What the walk involves
A Mauritius waterfall hike here is a walk into a river valley and back out of it. The descriptions behind these ten listings are short, but they are specific where it matters: volcanic rock underfoot, rivers to cross, a guide for the whole way on some of them, and between 2.5 and 5.5 hours of your day. This page reads every one of those descriptions and says what a Mauritius waterfall hike commits to in writing, and what it leaves out.
Quick answer
The short answer. Eight of the ten listings here are a walk; the other two work on ropes. The shortest walk is 2.5 hours at $39, the longest is 5.5 hours at $83, and six of the eight sit at three hours. The only listing that spells out the ground describes volcanic rock and rivers to cross, and it costs $48 with 283 reviews at 4.9.
The ground
One listing names the ground. Three name the cover. None of them names a distance.
Only one of the ten descriptions describes the surface at all, and it is worth quoting plainly: a guided half-day in which you walk through volcanic rock and cross rivers to reach the waterfalls. That is the clearest sentence anywhere in this data about what a Mauritius waterfall hike is physically like, and it comes from a listing that costs $48 and holds 283 reviews at 4.9.
The rest describe the surroundings rather than the footing. One names the Rivière Tamarin and the natural pools along it. One names lush forest and wildlife. One calls the valley primal jungle and another puts a guided trek through the jungle, so Mauritius waterfall jungle hike is a fair description of what most of these days are. The remaining three say almost nothing: a half-day packed with surprises, a walk with a mountaineer guide, and one four-word question.
What none of them gives you is a number. There is no distance in kilometres anywhere in this data, no height of drop, no grading of difficulty and no description of how steep the way down to the water is. Any page that hands you those figures for a Mauritius waterfall hike is inventing them, and this one will not.
Eight walks
The two rope days are kept separate further down, because they are a different purchase. Everything below comes from the listing description and the booking fields, and where those are silent, so is this page.
Lush forest, wildlife to look at and a dip in cool water, with 619 reviews at 4.6. The booking field says five hours and the description calls it a seven-hour walk, so the length of this one is the first thing to confirm with the operator. It is also the only listing whose title names hotel transfers.
The only description that names the Rivière Tamarin, with swimming in natural pools and the flora and fauna explained as you go. It holds 616 reviews at 4.9, three fewer than the listing above at roughly half the fare and three tenths of a point higher. The two are worth comparing directly rather than by position.
A guided half-day over volcanic rock and across rivers. If you want to know what your feet will be doing on a Mauritius waterfall hike before you pay, this is the only listing that tells you in its own words, and it stands on 283 reviews at 4.9.
A 2.5 hour loop with 171 reviews at 4.9. Its description is the single question "Is nature calling you?" and nothing more, so nothing more is claimed for it here. Ask what is included before booking rather than reading the other listings into it.
Three hours with an experienced mountaineer guide and the chance to cool off in some of the waterfalls along the trek. Some, not all, is the wording the listing uses. Rated 5.0 on 164 reviews, the highest score among the walks.
Five and a half hours of guided trekking with swimming breaks along the way and a picnic lunch. It is the only walking listing that names both water and food, and the only one over five hours, on 111 reviews at 4.8.
Three hours described only as a half-day packed with surprises and thrills for nature and adventure lovers. No swim, no meal, no route. At 99 reviews and 4.8 it is also the cheapest hour on foot anywhere on this page.
Jungle exploration with a transfer, through what the listing calls the primal jungle, with waterfalls and a natural swimming pool named. It is the only listing starting from the Savanne district, and it holds 67 reviews at 4.8.
Every trip, current fare
Lengths are the figures in the booking fields, not estimates. The per-hour column reorders the page completely: the lowest fare and the cheapest hour belong to two different listings.
| Hike | Length | Price | What is included | Cost per hour | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius: 7 Waterfalls Hike with Lunch and Hotel TransfersThe most reviewed hike on this page: 619 | 5 h | $110 | Seven waterfalls, lunch and hotel transfers | $22.00 | 4.6 · 619 |
| Mauritius: Tamarind Falls Highlights 3-Hour Hiking TripNearly as booked, at half the fare | 3 h | $56 | The highlights of the falls in three hours | $18.67 | 4.9 · 616 |
| Tamarind Falls 7 Cascades Half-day HikeVolcanic rock and river crossings, as listed | 3 h | $48 | A half-day hike to the seven cascades | $16.00 | 4.9 · 283 |
| Mauritius: Tamarind Falls Abseiling/Canyoning ExperienceRope work down the falls, 4 hours | 4 h | $107 | Abseiling down the falls with local guides | $26.75 | 5 · 195 |
| Mauritius-7 waterfalls short loopThe lowest fare on this page | 2.5 h | $39 | The short loop, 2.5 hours | $15.60 | 4.9 · 171 |
| Mauritius: Exploring the Tamarind Falls with a GuideA guide for the whole three hours | 3 h | $55 | A guided walk to the falls | $18.33 | 5 · 164 |
| Mauritius: Tamarind Falls Guided Hike with Swim and LunchThe longest hike here, 5.5 hours | 5.5 h | $83 | A longer hike with a swim and lunch | $15.09 | 4.8 · 111 |
| Tamarind Falls Half DayHalf a day, nothing else named | 3 h | $42 | Half a day at the falls | $14.00 | 4.8 · 99 |
| Mauritius: Tamarind Falls Canyoning AdventureCanyoning rather than walking | 3 h | $101 | Canyoning in the gorge below the falls | $33.67 | 5 · 88 |
| Mauritius Natirel: Tamarind Falls Adventure HikeThree hours, listed from Savanne | 3 h | $45 | An adventure hike through the valley | $15.00 | 4.8 · 67 |
The hours
Six walks at three hours, one at 2.5, one at 5.5, and one listing arguing with itself.
Six of the eight walks are listed at three hours. One is 2.5 and one is 5.5, which means the whole range for a Mauritius waterfall hike here is three hours wide. For most people the choice is not how long to walk but what else is attached to the walking: a meal, a transfer, a guide named in the text, or nothing at all.
Cost per hour is where the fares stop agreeing with the fare list. The three-hour listing at $42 works out cheapest per hour of anything you can walk here, and the 2.5 hour loop at $39 is close behind it despite being the lowest fare on the page. The five-hour listing with the deepest review count is more than half as much again per hour as either.
One caution about the hours. Mauritius waterfall hiking lengths in these fields are the operator figures, and one of the ten contradicts itself: five hours in the field against seven hours in its own description. Where a listing disagrees with itself, this page shows you both numbers rather than quietly picking the prettier one.
Book direct
Between them they carry 2,130 of the 2,413 reviews on this site. The two rope days hold the other 283.
★ 4.6 · 619 reviews
★ 4.9 · 616 reviews
★ 4.9 · 283 reviews
★ 4.9 · 171 reviews
★ 5 · 164 reviews
★ 4.8 · 111 reviews
★ 4.8 · 99 reviews
★ 4.8 · 67 reviews
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Which falls you can book→Ropes
Four abseils of 10 to 25 metres, or canyoning with a zipline. Neither one is a walk.
Two of the ten are rope days and they should not be read as longer or better versions of the walks. The $107 listing is four abseils of 10 to 25 metres down the falls with local guides and certified instructors, plus optional cliff jumps and an Aqua Tyrolean, over four hours. Rated 5.0 on 195 reviews.
The $101 listing is three hours of canyoning in the gorge, rappelling down the falls with a natural zipline in the middle of it, at 5.0 on 88 reviews. Over three hours that is the most expensive hour on this page, and the equipment and the instructors are what the money is going on, not extra scenery.
Both start from Tamarin rather than from the towns most of the walks leave from. If you want a Mauritius waterfall hike, these two are not it; if you want to go down the falls themselves on a rope, the walks are not it either. They are two different days in the same valley.
Not stated
It is a short list and an important one. No description here gives a meeting point, a departure time, a group size, a minimum age, a fitness level, a kilometre count or a packing list. Five of the ten say nothing about getting into the water, and no listing anywhere on this page says how much water will be coming over the rock on the day you arrive.
That is not the operators being evasive, it is simply what fits in a listing. The point of this page is that you can see the gap rather than read a confident paragraph written over the top of it. Everything above is traceable to a description or a booking field, and everything that is not there has been left out instead of filled in. A Mauritius waterfall hike is sold in one short paragraph, and this page is about what that paragraph does and does not say.
So the practical advice is dull and worth following: pick the shape of day you want from the table, then send the operator the two or three questions the listing does not answer for you before you pay. Mauritius waterfall jungle hiking is sold in short paragraphs, and the answers you need are a message away.
Common questions
Between 2.5 and 5.5 hours by the booking fields, and six of the eight walks are listed at three hours. One listing shows five hours in its field while its description says seven, which is worth confirming before you book.
Only one description says: volcanic rock, with rivers to cross on the way to the falls. That listing costs $48 and holds 283 reviews at 4.9. The others describe the surroundings rather than the footing.
No listing grades it, gives a distance or states a fitness level, so this page will not either. What the data does say is that it is a walk over rock with river crossings rather than a viewpoint you drive to.
The five-hour listing at $110, with 619 reviews at 4.6. The three-hour listing at $56 has 616 reviews at 4.9, a difference of three reviews at roughly half the fare.
On five of the ten, where the description names a swim, a dip or a natural pool. The other five do not mention water you can get into, so treat it as not included on those.
Five descriptions name a guide outright, one of them an experienced mountaineer guide, and two more are titled as guided. Where the description says nothing about a guide, this page does not assume one.
The three-hour listing at $42, with 99 reviews at 4.8. The lowest fare on the page is the 2.5 hour loop at $39, which is a different thing from the cheapest hour.
No. They are separate products on ropes, at $107 and $101, and they start from Tamarin. Book one of those only if going down the falls on a rope is what you actually want.
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Mauritius: 7 Waterfalls Hike with Lunch and Hotel Transfers
★ 4.6 · 619 reviews · Free cancellation 24 h