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|GOLFLA RESERVELINKS WITHNATUREText: Martin Coulon • Illustrations: Caroline MartialThe construction of the reserve’s new golf course is wellunderway. While the plans drawn up by Peter Matkovichand Louis Oosthuizen are designed to provide an outstandinggolfing experience, they are particularly focused on the course’s fullintegration within its surroundings.The track leading there is not in very good shape. On a dirt track that justseems to go on climbing, our four-by-four bounces all over the place. In thebright sunshine, the Indian Ocean bursts into view in the rear-view mirrors.In front lies the unspoilt greenery on the lush slopes of the Heritage NatureReserve. The outline of a first digger appears in the distance. Another set ofmechanical jaws looms as we reach the summit of the estate. The four-byfour grinds to a halt, and only the noise from the site’s machinery disturbs thesilence of the place.A short walk along the course-to-be and an amazing spectacle appears. Fromthe platform which will form the starting point of the island’s new golfingtreasure, the view is breath-taking. There is an unbroken line of sight rightdown to the distant ocean. The whole area of the Reserve’s future golf courseis a mass of greenery. There’s something truly spellbinding about the sheerbeauty of the landscape.Peter Matkovich, the South African architect of the Reserve’s course-to-be,gazes across the countryside with his hands on his hips. “It’s fantastic, isn’t it?”he utters, a slight smile on his lips. “I never tire of the view even though I’vebeen working here for quite some time now.” It is indeed impossible not tosuccumb to the raw charm of an area nestling between the hills and the sea,linking pristine Mauritian forest land and a picture-postcard lagoon.74| HERITAGE RESORTS STORIES
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