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Southwest Mauritius Day Trip: Chamarel Waterfall, Trou aux Cerfs, and Seven Coloured Earth
1 day
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Your day starts with pickup from your hotel on the north, east, west or south side of the island. Enjoy the scenery and learn about the area’s flora, fauna and history from your guide as you drive along the west coast to the Rivière Noire District. Pass through Le Morne, La Prairie and Macondé before curving back into the mountains to the picturesque village of Chamarel.
Visit Chamarel Waterfall, the tallest waterfall in Mauritius that plunges more than 328 feet (100 meters) against a scenic backdrop of forests and mountains. Continue to the Seven Coloured Earth, a striking geological formation created by volcanic rocks that cooled at different temperatures. Admire the exposed hillsides glowing with red, brown, violet, green, blue, purple and yellow colors.
Next, head to La Rhumerie de Chamarel distillery to sample local rum. Follow your tasting with a delicious, traditional 3-course lunch served with Chamarel coffee and water at a local restaurant.
After lunch, continue up to a high plateau and reach a viewpoint over Black River Gorges National Park. Listen as your guide points out the variety of flora and fauna thriving below.
In the district of Savanne, visit the secluded Grand Bassin lake, an important place of worship for Mauritian Hindus. Continue on to the Trou aux Cerfs, a huge volcanic crater formed millions of years ago. From here you’ll enjoy a beautiful panoramic view of the island before you head to see the Shop of Ship Model.
The art of ship modeling was brought to Mauritius by various sailors who visited this island. Le Port’s eye for detail and quality has many customers visiting them from around the world. Their craftsmen are adept in the art of miniaturization and the techniques of replica work. At times it requires more than six months for a craftsman to produce a particular model. They also create half models and replicas.
Your tour concludes with a drop-off at your hotel in the evening.
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Visit Chamarel Waterfall, the tallest waterfall in Mauritius that plunges more than 328 feet (100 meters) against a scenic backdrop of forests and mountains. Continue to the Seven Coloured Earth, a striking geological formation created by volcanic rocks that cooled at different temperatures. Admire the exposed hillsides glowing with red, brown, violet, green, blue, purple and yellow colors.
Next, head to La Rhumerie de Chamarel distillery to sample local rum. Follow your tasting with a delicious, traditional 3-course lunch served with Chamarel coffee and water at a local restaurant.
After lunch, continue up to a high plateau and reach a viewpoint over Black River Gorges National Park. Listen as your guide points out the variety of flora and fauna thriving below.
In the district of Savanne, visit the secluded Grand Bassin lake, an important place of worship for Mauritian Hindus. Continue on to the Trou aux Cerfs, a huge volcanic crater formed millions of years ago. From here you’ll enjoy a beautiful panoramic view of the island before you head to see the Shop of Ship Model.
The art of ship modeling was brought to Mauritius by various sailors who visited this island. Le Port’s eye for detail and quality has many customers visiting them from around the world. Their craftsmen are adept in the art of miniaturization and the techniques of replica work. At times it requires more than six months for a craftsman to produce a particular model. They also create half models and replicas.
Your tour concludes with a drop-off at your hotel in the evening.
Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Local guide
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Rum samples (over 18yrs only)
- Lunch with Chamarel coffee
Not included
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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Tourism
95%
Cultural
65%
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Great tour and made all the better with the wonderful tour guide Melissa
The tour was quite fast paced due to the amount of places that we had to visit. Nice experience and lovely tour guide who explained us every little bit of the route, the history of Mauritius as well as about the different sightseeings that we visited. Definatelly worth it The only thing that I would change is the food.
A great way to see the main sites of Mauritius!! Our tour guide Melissa, was very informative and she had a very friendly manner. We got the opportunity to stop off at each site, take pictures, admire our surroundings and take in the experience. We stopped off for a lovely lunch which was included in the tour cost, thereafter a rum tasting followed. It was an exceptionally hot day, so we would've liked to have been provided with some water in the minibus, as we were travelling for a long time and the aircon in the minibus was not very strong. Our resort was in the north and the journey back from south to north is rather long, so it would've been nice if our tour guide had given us warning about the length of the distance back and given us the option of buying some food and drink to sustain us for the long ride back.
A highly recommended and value for money tour.