A Photoshoot in Mauritius: €72 for an Hour on Mont Choisy Beach, or €162 for a Private Sunset Session
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Two photographers sell booked sessions on Mauritius’s north coast, and they are different products. One is an hour on a public beach with around 100 edited photos delivered within a week. The other is a sunset session with a posing briefing and a smaller, more finished set.
For most people: the Mont Choisy beach photoshoot at €72 — 4.9 stars from 153 reviews, one hour, a private session. For a honeymoon, a proposal or a family portrait at golden hour: the Luxury Destination Photographer at €162, 5.0 stars, but from only 9 reviews.
The two side by side
| Session | Price | Duration | Rating · reviews | What you receive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photoshoot at Mont Choisy Beach | €72 per person | 1 hour | 4.9 · 153 | around 100 edited high-resolution photos within a week |
| Luxury Destination Photographer | €162 per person | 75 minutes to 1.5 hours | 5.0 · 9 | up to 35 edited photos (solo or honeymoon), up to 45 (family) |
Both pages price per person, so check the total for your party size at checkout before you compare.
The Mont Choisy session: a lot of frames for a modest price
The operator is Beyond Sea, the session is private, and the photographer speaks French and English. The page’s itinerary is simple: two starting points, a five-minute transfer, and 45 minutes of photographs at Mont Choisy Beach. It describes the beach as the best in Mauritius, which is the operator’s opinion; the page also calls the stretch Trou aux Biches.
What you get is a personal link within a week, from which you download high-resolution files, around 100 of them, edited for exposure, contrast and cropping. A reviewer who booked a save-the-date shoot says the edited photos arrived within a week. The page lists a drone photo and a short drone video as an option, which suggests an extra charge: check the price before you tick it.
The edit promise is modest. The page separates “corrective enhancements” from object removal and retouching, and the second group reads as not included. If you want a blemish gone, ask first.
The operator’s page also lists the session as wheelchair accessible; confirm it with the operator before you rely on it.
See availability and prices for the Mont Choisy photoshoot
The sunset session: fewer photos, more direction
The €180 session is timed around golden hour: it starts about one to one and a half hours before sunset, and after you book, the photographer contacts you to agree the place and the start time. The location is your choice, whether a beach, your hotel, a villa or somewhere the photographer recommends, and the page offers a honeymoon package and a family package with different meeting points.
What it adds is coaching. The page promises a “mini posing crash course” and says many clients have never done a professional shoot. The delivery is smaller than at Mont Choisy: up to 35 photos for a solo or honeymoon session, up to 45 for a family one.
The weather clause is clear: if rain or poor visibility makes the shoot impossible, the operator arranges an alternative where possible or refunds in full. The listing lists other extras, including hotel pickup, make-up and props, in a block that mixes what is included with what is not; ask which are in your price.
The evidence is thin. A 5.0 from eight reviews is a good sign, not a ranking, and the Mont Choisy session has nearly twenty times as many.
See availability and prices for the Luxury Destination Photographer
What the price per photo tells you, and what it does not
Spread over the number of photos each page promises, €80 for around 100 pictures is about €0.80 each, and €180 for up to 35 is about €5 each. That arithmetic is not the point. The €180 session is bought for the light, the briefing and a shoot built around your occasion, not for the count. If what you want is a good set of holiday portraits on a beautiful beach, the cheaper one gives you more to choose from.
When not to book
If you want a candid record of the holiday, don’t. Both are arranged sessions with a photographer directing you. A friend with a good phone costs nothing.
If your week is full of early starts and long boat days, don’t add a second fixed time. The golden-hour session starts when the sun dictates, not when you are rested.
If you expect heavy retouching, ask. The Mont Choisy page does not promise it.
Which one to book
For most people: the €72 Mont Choisy session. It has 153 reviews at 4.9 stars, the most photos, and a page that says what happens in the hour.
See availability and prices for the Mont Choisy photoshoot
For a honeymoon, a proposal or a family portrait at sunset: the €162 Luxury Destination Photographer, if you accept that only eight reviews stand behind it. If you are in the north anyway, the rest of what to see and do there is in our guide to what to see in Mauritius.
