Need to know
Rooms
186, including 68 suites.
Check–Out
11am; earliest check-in, 2pm. Both are flexible, subject to availability or an additional charge.
More details
There are rates for room only, bed and breakfast, half board and all-inclusive.
Also
Two ground-floor superior rooms have adapted ensuites and ramps for wheelchair users.
At the hotel
Watersports centre (pedalos, Hobi cats, windsurfers, standup paddleboards, kayaking, water-skiing, wakeboarding, glass-bottomed boat tours); Scuba (extra cost), beach volleyball, tennis courts and tuition, padel tennis, table tennis, bocce ball, golf driving range, bikes for hire, gym, wellness studio, outdoor parcours circuit, mindfulness maze, indoor and outdoor cinemas, sea plane and yacht (both for excursions at extra cost), infirmary, helipad. In rooms: butler service (villas only), free WiFi, cable TV, Lux coffee machine, kettle and teas, minibar, free bottled water, yoga mat, Lux Me bath products.
Our favourite rooms
Kelly Hoppen interiors ensure all rooms are stylish – spacious, too, starting at a suite-like 50 square metres. Peace-seeking couples will love the thatched beachfront beauty of Prestige Junior Suites, which come with a private Jacuzzi and are set in the adults-only Banyan area.
Fitness fiends will love the Wellness Junior Suites, which give you access to a whole host of health-focused activities and amenities. Ground-floor junior suites are smartly dressed in neutral and navy and come with a bathtub looking onto a miniature walled garden. Family suites flaunt ample space and match sophistication with a child-friendly set-up. Or, on an ocean-lapped private beach with its own pool and garden, Lux Villa (which sleeps six) is a butler-serviced showstopper.
Poolside
A tale of two pools, Lux Grand Gaube has a (chlorinated) family pool, near the main beach (and heated in winter), edged by a wooden deck dotted with daybeds and sunloungers. In the adults-only Banyan area, there’s a second ocean-facing pool (no children allowed), fringed by palm trees and also sporting daybeds and loungers and handily near the Rum Tree House and BB’s burger shack.
Spa
Lux Me Spa is ready to revive you from head to toe (Lux Me spa ranges, its products of choice). Its stats are impressive and enough to recommend planning ahead (all facilities require booking): three pools (warm, ambient, cold), 12 treatment rooms, relaxation spaces indoors and out, a steam room and sauna. Check in for a 90-minute signature ritual, including a sugar body scrub, back massage and reflexology, breath work and aromatherapy. This thatch-roofed warren of wellness also has a hair salon and nail bar, plus a barbershop for Mr Smiths (where you can get a whisky with your whisker trim). The gym offers running, cycling, rowing machines and elliptical trainers; its mind and body studio hosts yoga, pilates and meditation classes.
Packing tips
Let fly-and-flop lazy days be your inspiration: prioritise swimwear and threads to throw over it, plus glamorous options for evening (no heels required though).
Also
A smart-casual dress code for evening (with long trousers for men) means you should pack beyond beachwear and flip-flops.
Pet‐friendly
This pristine beach resort is a pet-free zone. See more pet-friendly hotels in Mauritius.
Children
Very welcome. There are family suites, child-friendly beaches, children’s clubs (for teens, too), babysitting (extra cost) and baby kit provided.
Best for
All ages: the broad range of activities and childcare at Lux Grand Gaube means there’s something for babies, teens and in-betweens.
Recommended rooms
Family suites sleep up to three children (plus two adults) with a master bedroom plus a sofabed in the living room and optional rollaway bed. Interconnecting superior rooms are also available.
Crèche
Kids club Play entertains children aged three to 11 between 9am and 10pm daily with a programme of beach and pool games, crab hunting, cake decorating, treasure hunting, fishing, face painting, dance parties and cinema. A separate teens programme of activities and excursions runs for 12–17 year olds (bike rides, tennis lessons, yoga, pedalo racing and water polo), plus teen spa treatments can be arranged.
Activities
In addition to the organised activities run for children and teens, you’ll find stand-up paddleboarding, kayaking, windsurfing, wakeboarding, water skiing and pedalo at the watersports centre; for Hobi Cat sailing lessons and Scuba you pay extra. The Junk Art workshop keeps budding sculptors busy.
Swimming pool
The main pool (chlorinated) is open to families from 8am until 6pm and is heated in winter.
Meals
Highchairs are provided and all family restaurants include children’s menus.
Babysitting
Available any time (fees vary).
No need to pack
Hooded towels, kids slippers, a stroller, potty, nappy bin or bottle steriliser.
Also
The resort has indoor and outdoor cinemas with family movies screened daily (popcorn provided).
Sustainability efforts
The hotel is involved in a number of practical and educational partnerships to reduce its impact on the environment and give back to the local community: they host regular beach clean-ups, gardeners from the hotel maintain the local football pitch, and the hotel supports fundraising activities with children from Paille En Queue. A junk art workshop welcomes guests of all ages to upcycle waste into something practical or artistic. There are plenty of indigenous and endemic plants and trees in the hotel grounds and Lux Grand Gaube works to conserve these species with help from a local naturalist, who regularly organises talks and tours for hotel guests. The hotel has implemented water, energy and waste-saving measures, with zero plastic and a recycling policy that covers food waste, cooking oil, waste water, glass and paper (filtered drinking water is provided in refillable glass bottles). Eco education comes into play sessions on gardening and cookery for little Smiths, and all restaurants at Lux Grand Gaube offer a significant choice of vegetarian or vegan dishes (on kids’ menus, too). Then it’s your turn: guests are invited to (financially) offset their carbon footprint via Lux’s ‘tread lightly’ programme.