Private tour

Mauritius: Tea and Sugar Plantation Guided Tour with Lunch

Activity provider: Destination Soleil
Private tour

Mauritius: Tea and Sugar Plantation Guided Tour with Lunch

Activity provider: Destination Soleil

From US$ 270 per group up to 2

Enjoy a unique tea route excursion and experience gastronomy, history, and culture together on a guided tour. Visit the local plantations and learn about the importance of tea production in Mauritius.

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Duration 6.5 hours
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Live tour guide
French, English
Pickup included
Pickup from your hotel lobby.
Wheelchair accessible
Private group

Experience

Highlights
  • Embark on a guided tour of historic tea and sugar cane plantations
  • Walk through beautiful farming and natural surroundings
  • Learn about tea, rum, and sugar manufacturing processes
  • Discover more about Mauritian colonial history
  • Enjoy a delicious 3-course lunch
Full description

Discover more about the cuisine, history, and culture of Mauritius on a guided tour to various locations. Learn about the importance of tea production by visiting the estates of Le Domaine des Aubineaux, Le Domaine de Bois Chéri, and Le Domaine de Saint-Aubin.

Start with pickup from your hotel and first visit Le Domaine des Aubineaux. Discover a collection of photos of colonial houses and learn about the wider tea industry.

Visit the Camphor tree garden, see the trees of the endemic forest, and enjoy the beautiful sights of the tea plantation. Stop at the old stable turned into a distillery, where the secrets of the distillation of essential oils will be revealed to you. At Le Domaine de Bois Chéri, learn about the tea production process at the factory. See old machines, 19th century, photos, tables, and historical documents.

Take a walk in the tea plantation and hear the stories and tales of the Bois Chéri along with the importance of tea production in Mauritius. Visit the tea museum and tea tasting accompanied with delicious biscuits at the chalet. Visit Le Domaine de Saint-Aubin and learn about the estate that produces sugar cane used to make delicious rum, with tastings included. Smell the anthurium flowers and vanilla greenhouses along a botanical walking trail.

Visit the farm and interact with animals and birds including fawns, chicks, and peacocks. You will also enjoy a delicious 3-course lunch on the grounds, before heading back to your hotel.

Includes
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Visit to Domaine Des Aubineaux
  • Visit to Bois Cheri Tea Plantation
  • Visit to Saint Aubin
  • Lunch at Saint Aubin
  • Rum tasting
  • Guide
  • Tips

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Overall rating

5 /5

based on 22 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    5/5
  • Value for money
    4.6/5
  • Service
    5/5

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Firstly, you should book your trip with Sailen. Sailen gave us one of the best experience in Mauritius ! This is something totally different from the beaches and the trips over the sea, which by the way you totally have to book, to explore the origins of Mauritius and the tee plantation, sugarcane production and of course the rum Money well spend!! Can recommend this trip with Sailen

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January 18, 2023

Excellent tour today with Sailen, me and my partner both fully enjoyed our day. The guide was full of knowledge and was very enthusiastic which makes things a lot better. Lunch at St Aubin was lovely, enjoyed how they incorporated the vanilla grown there in every course. Would highly recommend this tour and if you manage to get Sailen then you’re in for a good day! He also recommended restaurants for us to visit and filled us in with a lot of local knowledge. Also appreciate he did it on his day off!

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January 16, 2023

magnificent day, full of discoveries accompanied by our Sailen guide always available and smiling who knew how to share with us all his knowledge on his island, his customs. punctuality and caution on the road seduced us. Sailen gave us the private guided tour of the three estates, using her historical knowledge for the Aubineaux estate, then the tea factory (from picking to packaging) then accompaniment to the Saint Aubin estate with a traditional succulent meal Mauritian. sailen guided us in the discovery of spices, vanilla and the production of rum. real visit, we strongly recommend.

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December 1, 2022

Product ID: 415844