Chamarel: Seven Coloured Earth & Waterfall Private Tour

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Duration5h–8h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · IT +1

PickupAt your hotel

The Seven Coloured Earth and a full day in Chamarel's southwest

You're driven to Chamarel's Seven Coloured Earth Geopark and Chamarel Falls in a private vehicle with an English or French-speaking guide. Entry to both attractions and lunch are included. The full day keeps you off the road to other parts of the island and focuses on the southwest's main draws, returning you to your hotel in the late afternoon.

5h–8h

Step-by-step itinerary

Private south west Mauritius tour

Visit Chamarel village
See Seven Colored Earth
Explore Chamarel Falls
Visit Black River Gorges National Park
Discover local coffee and rum distillery

The Experience

Your driver picks you up in an air-conditioned vehicle and heads toward Chamarel, a village of about 700 people tucked into Mauritius's southwest corner. The landscape shifts as you move inland — the coast drops away and the terrain opens up. Chamarel itself is named after a Frenchman, Charles Antoine de Chazal de Chamarel, who settled the area around 1800, and the place still feels like it belongs to a quieter version of the island. Your guide speaks English and French, so the history and the details come through clearly as you drive.

The Seven Coloured Earth Geopark is the centerpiece. You walk out onto the viewing platform and the ground beneath you is striped — rust, purple, green, yellow, brown, all of it real and all of it there because of the mineral composition of the volcanic soil. It's not a trick of the light or a painted attraction. The colors shift depending on where you stand and what time of day it is. Entry is included, so you don't have to figure out tickets or lines. After that, you move on to Chamarel Falls, where the water drops into a gorge surrounded by the Black River Gorges National Park. The waterfall entrance is also included.

Lunch happens somewhere in the middle of the day — the meal is built into the tour, so you're not hunting for a restaurant or eating in a rush. The surrounding area is known for locally grown coffee and the Rhum distillery, and depending on where lunch lands, you might get a sense of that. The whole day runs as a private tour, which means the pace is yours and the vehicle doesn't stop to collect other groups. WiFi is on board if you need it, and the vehicle itself is set up for comfort — air-conditioned, accessible if you use a wheelchair, and equipped with infant seats if you're traveling with small children.

You're back at your hotel by evening. The tour covers the main attractions of the southwest in one day without you having to arrange transport, entrance fees, or a guide separately — all of that is already decided.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup in a private air-conditioned vehicle, WiFi on board, entry to the Seven Coloured Earth Geopark and Chamarel Falls, lunch, and a guide who speaks English and French throughout the tour.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleInfant seats available

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Is this one for you?Book this if you want the southwest's main attractions in one day without arranging your own transport or paying separate entrance fees — the private vehicle and included guide mean you move at your own pace and don't wait for other groups.