WHAT WE DO
SMART FARMING & AGRICULTURE
Various components contribute to this comprehensive approach. Our main agricultural products are sugarcane, palm and coffee, and our farming activities include deer, wild boar and pheasant, offering both the options of hunting, and marketing to the public.
WHAT WE DO
LAND MANAGEMENT
Only 40 minutes away from the airport, Heritage Villas Valriche is an elegant luxury residential estate situated on a rolling hillside surrounded by vast unspoiled and protected nature.
The plantation-style villas are set in 105 hectares of beautifully landscaped grounds that overlook the Heritage championship Golf Course. Residents gaze out over the golf course, down to white sandy beaches and across the lagoon to the crystal clear waters of the Indian Ocean.
The villas are available for sale to foreigners through the Integrated Resort Scheme and can also be rented for memorable holidays.
WHAT WE DO
GREEN ENERGY
Sharing this passion for nature was key, and we therefore act as a plant nursery, adding potted plants, and open ground trees to our offer, with instant lawn as our flagship product. Our team at the nursery provides guidance to customers while our landscaping experts propose the implementation and maintenance of tailor-made landscape designs.
WHAT WE DO
NATURAL & CULTURAL TOURISM
This is why we chose to set up Heritage Bel Ombre, a luxury domaine that will allow visitors to bask in this glorious environment, only minutes away from a full set of activities that represent the best assets this region can flaunt. Minutes away from the iconic village of Chamarel, tourists can taste and buy this regional delicacy, and afterwards, head on to the estate of the 7-coloured earth to discover this wonder of nature, and bring back a souvenir from the gift shop.
OUR BRANDS



Producer
As an agricultural producer, our farming ranges from crops to livestock, offering a comprehensive range of products. Crops like sugar cane, coffee, pineapple and palm, are local delicacies, relished by locals as much as tourists. Game like deer, wild boar and pheasant are, for their part, sought by hunters.
As a local manufacturer, what we produce contributes to making our region and its unique features shine: the iconic Chamarel coffee is processed and sold to both locals and tourists, as the rest of our farm products are processed and marketed.
As an actor in the field of hospitality, our hotels and restaurants power unforgettable experiences, as we offer a diverse choice of expertly organised packages providing memorable experiences to our guests. The south-west of Mauritius renowned for its preserved natural environment is home to some of the island's most authentic venues. Full of character and picturesque, Bel Ombre, Case Noyale and Chamarel will offer you a complete range of inspiring moments.
Protector
ABOUT US
In 1910, Messrs Emile Sauzier, Eugène de Rosnay, A James Wilson, Edouard Rouillard, Oscar Pitot, Robert Pitot and George Antelme created CSBO, now named AGRÏA. Today, the descendants of the founders of CSBO are still significant shareholders of the company, the majority being owned since 1971 by South West Tourism Development, a subsidiary of the Rogers Group.
Incorporated on the 22nd June 1910, the company was engaged in the cultivation and transformation of sugar cane.
In line with the reform of the Mauritian sugar industry, the company closed down its sugar factory in 1999. During the following decade, CSBO (now named AGRÏA) has implemented two Voluntary Retirement Schemes and reduced significantly its number of workers. Since the closure of its factory, AGRÏA invested in neighbouring mills.
A complete reengineering of the Bel Ombre region was subsequently initiated. With a new vision of transforming the zone into a quality hospitality and leisure zone, a master plan was implemented to set up exclusive leisure and property developments whilst pursuing agricultural diversification.
Two luxury hotels and a championship golf course in the unique surroundings of the historic monument, ”Le Château de Bel Ombre” were inaugurated in 2004. Frédérica Nature Reserve enriched its offer and the Domaine de Bel Ombre developed further with the opening of three additional beach hotels and the construction of the luxury villa resort, Heritage Villas Valriche. Traditional hunting activities were enriched to appeal to both local and international clients.
In 2010, AGRÏA undertook the renovation of the old sugar factory into a commercial and events complex, Place du Moulin.

The Rogers Group has been an innovative contributor to the development of the Mauritian economy since 1899. Over more than a century, its pioneering spirit has been key in exploring new opportunities for the country, especially through its active participation in founding the national carrier, Air Mauritius and via the settling of the leading hotel group on the island, Beachcomber Hotels. Rogers is engaged in the following core business domains – Financial services, Hotels, Leisure, Logistics, Property, Real Estate and Agribusiness as well as Travel and Aviation. The footprint of our major local and international brands stretches across 10 territories, with operations covering the Indian Ocean region and France.
The Group has built up an important portfolio of investments over the years and currently holds a strategic stake in numerous companies.
To continue moving forward in accomplishing its objectives, the Company calls for each of its employees to adopt a shared spirit of leadership, openness and dynamism.

AGRÏA has a longstanding tradition of consideration and respect for its employees. Our workforce to date consists of approximately 400 employees, the majority of which have been in employment for more than 20 years. In the pathway to achieve its business goals and sustainable development, the company favours a special attention to the personal development and well being of its employees.
MANAGEMENT TEAM
- Michel Pilot (CEO)
- Bruno Pydiah (Finance Manager – Accounts & Administration)
- Visham Paupiah (Finance Manager – Projects & Operations)
- Nicolas Harel (Manager – Garage & Maintenance)
- Nicolas Chauveau (Business Manager – Smart Farming & Hunting)
- Alain de Gersigny (Business Manager – Smart Agriculture)
- Jean-François Lecordier (Manager – Land & Property)
- Janot Peroumal (Business Manager – Landscaping)

Our commitment to the community is one of AGRÏA’s foundation values. Ever since the creation of the company in 1910, our engagement has never been limited to employment.

The region of Bel Ombre in the south of the island is home to the Domaine de Bel Ombre which enjoys 2,500 hectares stretching from the mountains to the sea.

Along the west coast in Case Noyale, the group owns around 1,000 hectares of diversely landscape woodland overlooking the sea and dedicated mainly to breeding and hunting activities.
The group territory extends over 250 ha in the picturesque region of Chamarel with its winding roads and abundant natural environment.

AGRÏA land holdings consists of 3,750 hectares situated in the south-west of Mauritius.

The realisation of our CSR ambitions and projects is the result of a close collaboration between various private and public institutions.
Our sponsors include
- Villas Valriche
- The Rogers Foundation
- The IBL Foundation
- The United Basalt Products
- The Fondation Lagesse
- The ENL Foundation
- The Ministry of Arts and Culture
- Heritage Resorts
- Biofarms, Enstyle
- UNDP
- Robin’s Nest.

Les Villas de Bel Ombre was incorporated to implement the development of Villas Valriche, an exclusive residential resort. Developed on 106 hectares of land formerly owned by CSBO, Villas Valriche forms part of a broader plan to shape the Bel Ombre region into a high profile residential and tourist destination.
Saint Marie Crushing Plant has been operating since 1990 and manufactures building materials for the construction industry. The company is a subsidiary of the UBP Group.
With its two leading brands, Veranda and Heritage resorts, VLH is a driving force of the Mauritian hotel industry. It forms part of the Rogers Group and set up 2 hotels in the Bel Ombre region in 2006.
INVESTMENTS
OUR PROJECTS
Heritage Resorts has worked with children supported by the NGO, Caritas in the South: 154 kids received value education sessions combined with an introduction to golf or foot-golf. Outings to Casela and Curious Corner of Chamarel were organised and support was given to a dance academy. Clothes and bed/bath linen were also donated before and after a flooding event in Bel Ombre.
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Objective of the project: decreasing non-communicable diseases as diabetes, hypertension, stress in the region.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CONTACT US
CORPORATE
General Enquiries
Costal Road • Domaine de Bel Ombre • Mauritius
Tel: +230 623 5068 • Fax: +230 622 6539
Email: [email protected]
AGRIBUSINESS
Business Manager – Smart Agriculture
Costal Road • Domaine de Bel Ombre • Mauritius
Cell: +230 5 728 37 59
Email: [email protected]