La Vallee des Couleurs Nature Park

Welcome to la Vallée des Couleurs, haven of peace and beauty. Forget all your worries and daily stress and let yourself be carried away by the mystery of this fantastic panorama.

La Vallée des Couleurs is an extraordinary place where you can have the opportunity to contemplate a beautiful land, which is composed of twenty-three colours. A lush vegetation, birds, animals, endemic plants, ponds, rivers and the multicolored earth form this magnificent landscape.

Explore this real beauty of nature with a stroll on foot or on quad bike. La Vallée des Couleurs is a pleasure for all senses: the songs of birds and the sounds of waterfalls are like the sweetest music and the picturesque view is a pure delight for the eyes. The restaurant of the valley provides delicious meals that will ravish you if ever you feel hungry.

History

Since the 23 colored earth was discovered on the 4th of July 1998, at La Vallée des Couleurs Nature Park has become one of the most famous and unique attraction of the island which fascinates Mauritians as well as foreigners. Nature lovers are bound to like this place; it is a quite unique experience with the indigenous fauna and flora that abounds in the park. Visitors are treated to a range of natural landscapes including plateaus, mountains, valleys, craters and crater-lakes. First, there is the exhibition room, which shows clearly what awaits the adventurers in the park. Next comes the fern garden, without which no visit to the park should be concluded unless one wants to miss out the beauty of all the tree ferns, wild orchids or the native flowers which comprises of the Trochetia (Boucle d'Oreille/Ear Ring), the Bouquet Banané (achna Mauriciana) which only blooms at the end of the year. The park is also home to tortoises, monkeys, stags, fish and also birds such as the Pink Pigeon, Paille en Queue, Cateau Vert among others Various endemic trees like the Ebony, Bois de Natte, Takamaka and some other rare plants and fruit plants also contribute to the beauty of the park. Cascade Vacoas, Cascade Bois de Natte and Cascade Chamouzé are the three wonderful waterfalls where the visitors can go for a swim and relax. Now comes the main attraction: the fascinating 23 coloured earth whose origin dates back to millions of years following the eruption of the Bassin Blanc Volcano. The ashes which bear witness to that event are unique in the world. The view of the park offers a captivating, breathtaking panoramic view of the South Coast.

We brings to you :

• Longest Ziplines in the Indian Ocean
• Breathtaking Quad Bikings -Comfortable and adventurous Buggy rides -Bigarade Hall for Receptions/Weddings/Parties/Conference -La Citronelle Restaurant