Places

This dramatic basalt monolith rises 556 metres above the south-west coast, visible from much of the island.

Named after a Dutch admiral, this peak is famous for the odd boulder balanced at its summit.

Alexandra Falls is a scenic viewpoint inside Black River Gorges National Park overlooking a forested waterfall and valley.

Also known as the Seven Cascades, this series of waterfalls drops through a forested valley in central Mauritius.

This private nature park combines coloured-earth formations with several waterfalls and canyon viewpoints.

Rochester Falls near Souillac tumbles over unusual rectangular basalt columns formed by cooling lava.

This dormant volcanic crater rises above the town of Curepipe on the central plateau.

Mauritius’s tallest single-drop waterfall plunges around 100 metres into a forested gorge near Chamarel village.

This small geopark protects dunes of volcanic soil naturally streaked in seven distinct colours.

Mauritius’s largest national park protects native forest, deep ravines and dramatic viewpoints across the island’s south-west.