“Everything began when Helmuth Otto Wilhelm Kux
left Germany at the age of 17; he left Berlin by bicycle and crossed the alps
to Italy. After many adventures he went to South Africa on a ship. During World
War II, he was interned in a camp with other German citizens, where he learned
a lot about different crafts, such as carpentry and architecture. These were
very useful to him later when he built up Kuxville from a scratch. After the
war, he met his wife Elke Marie. In the late fifties, a big cyclone had just
passed the island and social settlements were desperately needed in Mauritius.
This is when Helmuth Kux came to work on the island and discovered its beauty;
in 1960, the entire family moved over.
It is for his love of the sea that the family’s weekend residence was chosen in Cap Malheureux. At the time, life was very simple on the coast without proper roads and electricity. It through a natural process that, with the contruction of further bungalows, rentals to visitors started - Kuxville was established in 1966 when tourism in Mauritius was still in its infant’s shoes.
Through the continuous efforts of Elke and Helmuth Kux was created what Kuxville is today. Generations of happy and satisfied clients have spent their vacation here and it is with their son Nico and his wife Andrea that it goes on!”
It is for his love of the sea that the family’s weekend residence was chosen in Cap Malheureux. At the time, life was very simple on the coast without proper roads and electricity. It through a natural process that, with the contruction of further bungalows, rentals to visitors started - Kuxville was established in 1966 when tourism in Mauritius was still in its infant’s shoes.
Through the continuous efforts of Elke and Helmuth Kux was created what Kuxville is today. Generations of happy and satisfied clients have spent their vacation here and it is with their son Nico and his wife Andrea that it goes on!”
Sounding like a lovely story, one instantly wonders
what the Kux family’s hotel in Mauritius is like by reading the hotel history on the Kuxville website. Well, what we know is, it is located in Cap Malheureux in the North of the country and right
on the coast as Helmuth Kux obviously liked the sea. As we also do we love the
hotel's private beach, the shallow water and the lagoon being ideal for any
kind of watersport activities. There’s a million reasons to visit this paradise,
one surely is that all apartments and villas are located right on the beach and
are having a stunning seaview. Three others are:
Kuxville preserves
the island's natural beauty
As sustainable tourism is a
real matter of the heart to the Kux family the hotel has just been expanded by the
“Serendip Eco Lodges”, comfortably furnished bungalows located around an
ecological swimming pool and a tropical endemic garden.
Kuxville offers an unique catering concept
Enjoying real plain fair by a
local without even having to leave the hotel's comfort walls makes a perfect
holiday to you? Well, what Kuxville offers will knock you off your feet then! If
required there’s a local housemaid in each bungalow cooking whatever you like. This
may not only be traditional Creole, but also international cuisine. And the
best: Everything is fresh and delivered at market prices.
Kuxville is the watersport place to be
As there is not only the hotel
itself but also “Sindbad”, the hotels’ dive center and kite school, there is
always something to do. Enjoy kite instruction from one of the rare IKO
registered centres, take part in snorkeling trips, or rent a kayak and discover
the lagoon on your own.
Photos: kuxville.com
As there is not only the hotel
itself but also “Sindbad”, the hotels’ dive center and kite school, there is
always something to do. Enjoy kite instruction from one of the rare IKO
registered centres, take part in snorkeling trips, or rent a kayak and discover
the lagoon on your own. Photos: kuxville.com
