History

Of the guest house:

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!