Exploring Northern Mauritius: Scenic Full-Day Tour with Botanical Garden and Lunch

Embark on a scenic full-day tour of Northern Mauritius, exploring beautiful landmarks such as the Red Roof church, botanical garden, Citadelle fort, and more. Enjoy a delicious lunch and immerse yourself in the local culture at the Port Louis central market and China Town.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Port Louis - Begin your 8 hours North tour with a complimentary hotel pick-up at your accommodation anywhere on the paradise Island. You will meet and be greeted by our certified guide and after boarding to your comfortable vehicle, then set off for your first stop.
What's Included
  • Bottled water upon arrival
  • Entrance to Apravasi Ghat
  • Beverages during lunch (Non-alcoholic drink)
  • Services of a fully qualified certified private Guide/Driver
  • 3-course lunch (Veg and Non-veg) Note: Halal food
  • Entrance to Blue Penny museum
  • Private transportation in a fully air-conditioned vehicle
  • Pick-up and drop-off at any hotel or…
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities (Optional)
Additional Information

Explore the Northern region of Mauritius during an 8-hour private journey. Accompanied by your guide, you will have the opportunity to see many of the region’s stunning spots, such as the Red Roof church, which is a favorite among visitors and provides an idyllic view of the Coin de Mire islet. Subsequently, explore the botanical garden, a sanctuary for…

Location
Port Louis
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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290awab
Oct 8, 2025
Northern tour of the island - Our driver and guide Abishek really was great with us. Available, kind, amazing 🤩 Thank you all 🫶🏾🙏🏾
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Michellerg7065wp
Oct 6, 2024
Beautiful day trip to the North, Mauritius - We had a great day in northern Mauritius. Our driver Kevin is super friendly and informed us very well. We enjoyed the day and can highly recommend the trip.
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U6417nzjoanneh
Sep 13, 2024
Great day! - We had a fantastic day on this tour. Our driver, Sahil, was friendly and knowledgeable. Would not hesitate to recommend!
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Sepersadr
Mar 29, 2024
Great Seafood bbq - we had a great time visiting the north.. our guide ashley is a very friendly person, always pay attention to us. what i love the most is the food. we had a seafood bbq which was very very delicious. it was on the beach at gbay.. Great day!!
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S2858fyfran_oisel
Nov 19, 2023
To recommend. - Very interesting and informative private visit thanks to our very kind and attentive driver/guide Mevin who we recommend without any hesitation. Thanks also to Freshverde Holidays for this offer. Françoise and Bernard.
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Linda_t
Nov 24, 2025
Day’s tour of Port Louis and Northern Mauritius with driver/guide - We travelled from Bel Ombre in the South West so it’s over an hour and half's drive to the North of the island - but the roads are good and you travel through the mountainous heart of the island. Totally worth the drive as the towns, villages, harbours and beaches of the north are stunning 🤩 We visited a stunning church and temple in Cap Malheureux; the Botanic Garden at Pamplemiusse; lunch was included followed by a visit to the extremely busy capital Port Louis where we visited the museum dedicated to the indentured immigrants to explore the Mauritian heritage and finally a visit to the Citadel where there are amazing views over the city. Our driver Radhika was excellent - very friendly and helpful as well as knowledgeable. She was prompt and gave us clear instructions on each visit. If anything, because of the length of the drive, it felt as though we didn’t get long enough to explore, especially in the Botanic Garden, but we thoroughly enjoyed our day with Radhika and our visit to The beautiful north of the island.
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Pjhols2020
Sep 5, 2025
Saw lots but could have done with a guide in the places - We had two tours with this company. One to the North (full day) and one to the South (full day). Firstly, we had the same driver, Anil, for both trips. We couldn’t fault him, he was friendly, knowledgeable and went above and beyond. 5/5 Secondly, I’ve given both tours 3.5/4 stars as many of the experiences did not include a guide, which I was not really aware of. I’ve booked similar tours in other countries before and we’ve had both a private guide and driver. With the guide accompanying us on visits to places and giving us detailed information in the actual place. This did not happen here. We were simply dropped off at, for example, the tea factory, given our entry tickets and left to our own devices (pretty much like a taxi). Some places like the Pamplemousse Gardens would have been much better with a guide. You can organise and pay for a guide there I believe, but I thought that’s what I’d already paid for when you read the tour itinerary, and as we were tight on time by that point, we didn’t have time for one anyway. Another niggle was that one of our trips was on a Saturday. So both the tea factory and the rum factory were not open to go around. Yes, at the tea factory there was a small museum, but we couldn’t go inside the actual factory and didn’t get to speak to anyone. It would have been useful to alert us to this and we would have chosen a different day. Anil did accompany us to the rum place but it was just tasting and a shop due to being a weekend. Also, on the Chamarel tour to coloured earth. It was really not made clear that the walk to the coloured earth took 1.5 hours each way (so 3 hour total). Given we only had about an hour there, we felt we had to pay an extortionate amount for a jeep to take us (around £45/50 but the cheapest way for 4 to see it). Again, this should have been made clearer before we arrived/booked the tour. We are happy we saw the places we did, and the lunch was good both days (a set meal with a few choices), but the second tour to the North felt particularly rushed due to the amount to see. Overall, we are pleased we did them but did feel that they were a little expensive for no guide in the actual places. So overall I’d give 3.5/4 out of 5 for tours and 5/5 for Anil who was really kind and helpful.
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Michael_b
Nov 15, 2024
Very good - Had a lovely trip around the North of the island and our driver/guide Jeev was excellent. And good company
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Siphiwosethu_n
Nov 3, 2024
Disappointed - My trip was cancelled by the provider and no compensation or refund has been offered. Mu email to them has been ignored. Very disappointed in the service.
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Nicky_s
Jan 10, 2024
Worst of the worst - Terrible service. The driver came to pick us up and did not know that he had to provide water, lunch or that all admissions we included in the tour. It was just the worst experience ever. The driver had to call Freshverde Holidays to try and assist us. Bad service, I would not recommend this tour to anyone.
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up to 15 guests
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).