With Laura's family visiting us in Mauritius over the past few weeks, we've done of a lot of the tourist stuff we wouldn't normally normally do (except the beach visits,we would normally do that!)
The botanic garden in Pamplemousses worth seeing for anyone that comes here, especially if you get the guide to take you round. It seemed like almost everything growing there was either medicine for something or a seasoning to cook with. I also saw the tortoises there. I'm never quite as interested to see animals out of a natural habitat but it was interesting all the same.
The snorkelling was definitely a highlight, we did it almost every day. The family gave us an action cam as an early Christmas present so we managed to get plenty of footage and photos of all the underwater life. 
If you ever do it, take bread... the fish will swarm to you to feed (don't hold me responsible for anything else the jumps up to feed, mind you!) the best place was Coin de Mire: we took a cruise around there and Ilot Gabrielle, and at one point we stopped and all jumped off the boat around the shore of Coin de Mire. Genuinely some of the best snorkelling you could imagine. The rest of the cruise was fairly spectacular too; good food, great views, a new beach... A grand day out.
