South Mauritius Private Day Tour: Tea Factory, Nature Park and Wild South Coast
Description
Enjoy an 8-hour private tour of the South of Mauritius in an air-conditioned vehicle. At Bois Cheri Tea Plantation you'll discover the history of tea in Mauritius, and learn about the tea making process. At the La Vanille Réserve des Mascareignes you'll see giant tortoises and crocodiles in this one-of-a-kind nature reserve. At Gris Gris and La Roche qui Pleure you can admire the rugged scenery of the south of Mauritius, the most wild part of the island.
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Itinerary
Discover the tea making process at Bois Chéri, the first tea plantation in Mauritius, founded in 1892. You will visit the plantation, factory, museum and learn about the tea production process from harvest and fermentation to drying, sieving and packaging, and the history of tea in Mauritius. After the guided tour, you can sample the delicious varieties of tea on the terrace of its old chalet and admire a volcanic crater now transformed into a small lake, surrounded by lush greenery.
Stroll through La Vanille Réserve des Mascareignes and its 3.5 hectares of lush greenery. Discover its beautiful palm and banana trees, giant bamboos, its impressive animals, including 2,000 Nile Crocodiles and 1,000 giant tortoises. You will also visit their insectarium which boasts one of the best private collections in the world with 23,000 species.
Admire the rugged scenery of big, powerful waves crashing on the cliffs at Gris Gris. A few metres away, you will see La Roche qui pleure, a natural rock formation that resembles a person crying when the waves hit it.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We pick up at all hotels, B&Bs, apartments on the island. Please let us know which hotel, B&B or apartment you're staying at. Note that the driver will pick you up at 9am.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- You will be able to choose how long you spend at each attraction. Depending on your group’s speed you may not have time to see all the listed attractions.
- Entrance fees for the attractions are not collected by the supplier, so that gives you the possibility to skip the ones that don’t interest you and spend more time at the ones that do
- Bois Cheri is closed on Dec. 24 and 25, and from Dec. 31 to Jan. 5, and may be closed on certain public holidays
Reviews(9)
Comfortable car, great for family. The nature park was the highlight. We couldn’t go to the tea museum because they were understaffed and running oddly timed tours. The look out at Gris Gris and la roche de la pleur was beautiful. Nice half day trip with young kids. SAN - our driver was polite and was full of information about Mauritius. Overall was worth the tour
Hi Puneet, thanks so much for your review! We're glad you enjoyed the trip and we hope to see you again soon!
Beautiful day trip with meals included. We had several stops where we could see the lives of Mauritians. The tea factory is located high up, inside an exceptional park ... I recommend this excursion!
Bonjour, merci beaucoup pour votre avis ! Nous sommes heureux que vous ayez apprécié l'excursion et espérons vous revoir bientôt !
We really enjoyed the Tea factory but of course the most memorable moments were at the Nature Park with the giant tortoises.
Hi Gyula, thanks so much for your review! We're happy you enjoyed the trip and we hope to see you again soon!
Made the tour from the north, so it involved a lot of driving. My driver Satya was great. The tea factory only works on Wednesdays in winter, but you could visit it. The property (tasting) was nice but from the factory only about 1 km long very bad road (felt off-road) to reach. The southernmost part (Gris Gris and La Roche qui pleure) were also nice to look at. The vanilla zoo had many turtles that could also be fed and cricodiles as well as other animals , but was also not fantastic. Overall good!
Hi, thanks so much for your review! We're glad you liked the trip with Satya, and we hope to see you again during your next trip to the island!
I stayed at a hotel in the north and booked to do the South Tour. As I stayed in the north there was a lot of driving. I really enjoyed the trip and was great to experience Mauritius. The water falls were amazing. You had to pay to see 7 sands which was interesting.
Hi, thanks for your comments. We're glad you enjoyed the tour and hope you've having a great stay in Mauritius!
The "guide" didn't speak if you didn't ask him, he stopped at La roche qui Pleure, well, on a road and told us.... "over there you see it" and he sent us riding across to the cliff, we weren't told that on Fridays the Tea factory doesn't work, so we just went to try it... the rest of the excursions we did with a taxi hired in the hotel, much cheaper and infinitely better, they told us everything we were seeing, they told us a lot of curiosities and data of the island, they stopped where you asked them, recommended places and itineraries, we even repeated chauffeur of how well we liked... I wouldn't recommend hiring this excursion
Hi, thank you for your feedback. Our drivers typically give detailed information about each site you visit. We will follow up with this particular driver to find out what happened in this case.
That trip was super super because you can enjoy the beauty of that island and also know how the tea is done. What a great trip.
its the most beautiful tour and exceptionally at VST BRANDS, you cruise the west coast before we take you to the south. exceptional tour since the west is one of the most beautiful route in the world as classified in many selections made
