After his 1896 visit, Mark Twain wrote that Mauritius was made first, and heaven copied after it.
The dodo, gone by about 1681, lived only on Mauritius: the island remains the only place on Earth that ever knew it.
The lagoon is calmest in the morning, before the wind. An eSIM helps: marine weather before the catamaran, taxis arranged over WhatsApp and Google reviews for Port Louis street food.