Which falls you can book
Type Mauritius waterfall into a search box and you get the whole island back at once. This page is narrower and more honest. Of all the falls on the island, the one with guided trips bookable here is Tamarind Falls, the run of seven cascades in the river valley below the central plateau, and ten listings walk into it. Fares run from $39 to $110. Here is every one of them, what each description actually promises, and what a Mauritius waterfall day costs by the hour.
Quick answer
The short answer. One Mauritius waterfall on this site has trips you can book, and that is Tamarind Falls. Ten listings go there, carrying 2,413 reviews at a weighted 4.8. The cheapest is $39 for a 2.5 hour loop. The most reviewed is $110, with 619 reviews at 4.6; the one three reviews behind it is $56, with 616 reviews at 4.9.
One valley
One valley, one river, seven cascades, and ten different ways of being walked into it.
Every listing on this page walks into the same place: the valley of the Rivière Tamarin, which one description names outright, and the run of seven cascades along it. Another description is blunter still about the ground, calling it volcanic rock with rivers to cross. This is a walk down into a valley and back out of it, not a car park with a railing, and the pool under the waterfall at the bottom is where most of the Mauritius pictures are taken.
It is worth being clear about where this is. Mauritius is a small island and the sea is never far away, but nothing on this page is at the sea. Every one of the ten trips turns inland and goes up a river valley under the central plateau, and none of the descriptions mentions a coastline at all.
The cover underfoot is green and closed in. Two descriptions call it jungle, one of them twice over, and a third calls it lush forest, so a Mauritius waterfall jungle walk is a fair name for what you are buying. One listing starts with the question "Is nature calling you?" and says nothing else at all; another opens with the words tropical jungle adventures. That is the whole of the scenery these operators commit to in writing.
Ten listings
Each line below is taken from the listing description and nothing else. Where a description is silent, this page is silent too: departure times, meeting points, group sizes, ages, distances in kilometres and how much water is coming over the rock are not in this data.
Five hours by the booking field, with lush forest, wildlife to look at and a dip in cool water. It holds 619 reviews at 4.6, the deepest count on this page and also the lowest score on it. Read the length twice before you book: the booking field says five hours while the description calls it a seven-hour walk, and only the operator can settle which it is.
Three hours along the Rivière Tamarin, with the river named, swimming in natural pools and the local flora and fauna explained by the guide. It carries 616 reviews at 4.9. Against the listing above that is three fewer reviews, three tenths of a point higher and roughly half the money, which is why these two are worth comparing line by line rather than by position.
A guided half-day walk that states the ground plainly: volcanic rock underfoot and rivers to cross on the way to the falls. It is the most concrete description here about what the walking is actually like, and it stands on 283 reviews at 4.9.
A 2.5 hour loop, the shortest and cheapest trip on this page, with 171 reviews at 4.9. Its entire description is the question "Is nature calling you?" Nothing else is stated, so nothing else is claimed here: if you need to know what is included, ask before you pay.
Three hours with an experienced mountaineer guide, with the chance to cool off in some of the waterfalls along the way. Some is the word the listing uses, not all, and this page keeps it that way. Rated 5.0 on 164 reviews.
Five and a half hours, a guided trek through the jungle with swimming breaks along the way and a picnic lunch. It is the only description that names both a swim and a meal, and the longest listed length on the page, on 111 reviews at 4.8.
Three hours described only as a half-day walk packed with surprises and thrills for nature and adventure lovers. No swim, no meal and no route are named. At 99 reviews and 4.8 it is also the lowest cost per hour on the page, which the table below works out for you.
Billed as tropical jungle adventures through the primal jungle, with waterfalls and a natural swimming pool, and a transfer included. It is the only listing that starts from the Savanne district, and it holds 67 reviews at 4.8.
Four abseils of 10 to 25 metres down the falls with local guides and certified instructors, plus optional cliff jumps and an Aqua Tyrolean. This is a different purchase from the walks above, not a longer version of one. Rated 5.0 on 195 reviews.
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 it has the smallest review count here, and at its fare over three hours it is the most expensive hour you can buy on this page.
Every trip, current fare
Lengths are the figures in the booking fields. The cost-per-hour column is worked out from them, and it reorders the page: the cheapest fare and the cheapest hour are not the same listing.
| 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 |
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Ten listings to one valley, carrying 2,413 reviews between them at a weighted 4.8.
★ 4.6 · 619 reviews
★ 4.9 · 616 reviews
★ 4.9 · 283 reviews
★ 5 · 195 reviews
★ 4.9 · 171 reviews
★ 5 · 164 reviews
★ 4.8 · 111 reviews
★ 4.8 · 99 reviews
★ 5 · 88 reviews
★ 4.8 · 67 reviews
Want to know what the walking is actually like before you choose a fare?
What the walk involves→Other falls
Four other names come up in searches. None of the ten listings here goes to any of them.
The island has other named falls, and searches for them land on pages like this one all the time: Alexandra, Eau Bleue, GRSE, Minissy. None of them has a guided trip in this list. This page is not going to describe places it has no listing for, invent heights for them or rank them against each other, because none of that is in the data behind it. If a named fall is not on the table above, it is not bookable here.
That cuts the other way too, and in your favour. Every fare, rating and review count on this page belongs to a trip that goes to one valley, so the numbers compare with each other honestly. A waterfall in Mauritius that you reach by car, on your own, with no guide and no booking, is a different kind of day out and none of these fares tells you anything about it.
Choosing
Length first, then the two deep review counts side by side, then walking or ropes.
Start with how long you want to be out. Six of the ten are three hours, one is 2.5, one is four, one is five and one is 5.5. If the valley is an afternoon of your holiday rather than the day, the short end of that list is where your money goes furthest, and the per-hour column in the table says so more clearly than the fare does.
Then read the two big review counts against each other instead of taking the top line. The 619-review listing costs $110 and scores 4.6. The 616-review listing costs $56 and scores 4.9. Three reviews separate them, so neither is the obvious answer; the longer day, the transfers and the meal named in the first one are what the extra money buys.
Last, decide whether you want to walk at all. Eight of the ten are walks. Two are rope days, and they sit at the top of the price list because of the equipment and the instructors, not because they show you more of the valley. Picking one of those because it costs more is the commonest expensive mistake on this page.
Before you pay
Assuming every trip ends in the water. Five of the ten descriptions name a swim, a dip or a natural pool. The other five do not mention water you can get into at all, and two of those five are among the cheapest things here. If swimming is the reason you are booking, book one of the five that says so in writing.
Expecting a stated volume of water. Not one description on this page says how much water will be coming over the rock on the day you go, and nothing here will pretend otherwise. The photographs on this site were taken on the days they were taken. Treat them as what the place can look like, not as a forecast for your booking.
Reading the descriptions for things they never say. Nothing here states a minimum age, a fitness level, a distance in kilometres or what a family needs to bring, so those are questions for the operator and not something this page can answer for you. The one thing the listings do agree on is the place, and that is Tamarind Falls.
Common questions
Tamarind Falls, the seven cascades in the river valley. All ten listings on this page go there, from $39 to $110. No other named fall on the island has a trip in this list.
$39 for a 2.5 hour loop, with 171 reviews at 4.9. Its description is four words long and states nothing else, so ask the operator what is included before you pay.
The $110 trip, with 619 reviews at 4.6. The next listing has 616 reviews at 4.9 and costs $56, so read both before deciding.
Between 2.5 and 5.5 hours by the booking fields. Six of the ten are listed at three hours. One listing shows five hours in its field while its own description says seven, which is worth asking about.
No. Five of the ten descriptions name a swim, a dip or a natural pool. The other five say nothing about getting into the water, and this page does not fill that gap for them.
Eight listings walk into the valley. Two work on ropes: $107 for four abseils of 10 to 25 metres with an Aqua Tyrolean, and $101 for canyoning with a natural zipline. They are separate products.
No. Five different starting points appear across the ten listings, including Grand Baie, Vacoas-Phoenix, Tamarin and the Savanne district. Check the one you are booking rather than assuming they all leave from the same town.
It only lists places with a bookable guided trip in this data. Other named falls on the island appear in searches but have no listing here, so they get no description, no height and no ranking on this page.
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Mauritius: 7 Waterfalls Hike with Lunch and Hotel Transfers
★ 4.6 · 619 reviews · Free cancellation 24 h