Chamarel entrance fees and opening hours, sight by sight

Every Chamarel entrance fee at a glance

In Chamarel you pay entrance fees at the Chamarel 7 Coloured Earth Geopark, whose ticket includes the waterfall viewpoints, at the Rhumerie de Chamarel, Ebony Forest and Curious Mauritius, and nothing at the roadside Chamarel viewpoint, the Black River Gorges and Alexandra Falls viewpoints or on the trails of the Black River Gorges National Park. VALLÉ Advenature Park, the other coloured earth, is a paid park about 21 km away by road in Chamouny.

Seven Coloured Earth entrance fee and what it covers

The Seven Coloured Earth entrance fee is Rs 800 for a non-resident adult and Rs 400 for a child aged 5 to 11, Rs 400 and Rs 200 for Mauritian residents and free under 5, and it covers the coloured earth, both Chamarel Waterfall viewpoints and the tortoise park (checked on 29 October 2026). There is no separate Chamarel Waterfall entrance fee, because both viewpoints are inside the Chamarel 7 Coloured Earth Geopark, and the same ticket also includes the endemic garden and time at the Viewpoint Café and Dunes Boutique.

The ticket does not cover the guided hike to the foot of the waterfall, which guiding companies sell separately because the geopark prohibits going down alone, nor the coffee tour, Ebony Forest, the Lavilleon adventure park, which publishes no current price, or Curious Mauritius opposite the entrance. Entry is charged per person, not per car. Tickets are sold at the main entrance, at a drive-through booth and online, and each is valid for one entry on the date shown, with no transfers or refunds.

Other figures circulate, including Rs 650 for adults in 2026, so rely on the geopark’s own price list.

Opening hours of every paid sight in Chamarel

The paid sights in Chamarel keep different days and hours, with the Chamarel 7 Coloured Earth Geopark open daily from 08:30, the Rhumerie de Chamarel running tours from Monday to Saturday between 09:30 and 16:30 and closing on Sundays, and Ebony Forest running guided walkway departures from 09:30 to 16:00 before the site closes at 17:00 (all checked on 29 October 2026). Ebony Forest and VALLÉ Advenature Park publish prices but no full weekly timetable, so their hours show as not yet confirmed in the tables below.

Tours, extras and lunch beyond the entry tickets

Beyond the entry tickets, the Rhumerie de Chamarel, Ebony Forest and VALLÉ Advenature Park sell tours and extras with their own prices and conditions, and lunch on the hill adds its own cost.

• The Rhumerie de Chamarel’s standard visit and tasting needs no booking, though reception warns of a wait of about 20 minutes, while the private visit costs Rs 1,500 per person, runs from 09:30 to 15:30, Monday to Saturday, and takes up to 15 people per slot by booking (checked on 29 October 2026).
• Lunch at L’Alchimiste, the Rhumerie de Chamarel’s restaurant, is served Monday to Saturday from 11:30 to 15:30, and its price includes the standard visit and tasting, and the distillery asks visitors to confirm they are 18 or over (checked on 29 October 2026).
• Ebony Forest sells Take A Hike 10% cheaper online, recommends arriving before 14:30 and prices its other outings separately, from the 250 m Green Loop at Rs 300 to Take A Drive at Rs 1,600 and the Sublime Sundowner at Rs 4,550 for non-resident adults (checked on 29 October 2026).
• VALLÉ Advenature Park charges separately for its ziplines, quad rides and other activities without listing those prices on its ticket page, and publishes no opening hours of its own. Plan on 09:00 to 17:30 daily, with 08:30 to 17:30 in older records (as found on 29 October 2026).
• The coffee shop inside the geopark opens daily from 09:30 to 17:00. Le Chamarel Restaurant publishes breakfast from 09:00 to 11:00, lunch from 12:00 to 15:00 and an afternoon pastry service from 14:30 to 16:00. Use its current menu to price your chosen meal.

Curious Mauritius tickets and opening hours

Curious Mauritius, formerly Curious Corner of Chamarel, brings together interactive illusions, playful photo sets and stories inspired by Mauritius opposite the Seven Coloured Earth entrance.

The Discovery Pass costs Rs 650 for non-resident adults aged 13 and over and Rs 550 for children aged 3 to 12. Mauritian and resident rates are Rs 550 and Rs 450 respectively. Ask about admission for children under 3 before booking.

For non-residents, the Discovery Pass and Lunch at Enbalao costs Rs 1,600 per adult and Rs 1,000 per child aged 3 to 12. Confirm the current menu and any dietary needs when booking.

Curious Mauritius opens daily from 09:30 to 17:00, with last entrance at 16:15. Arrive before 16:00 to leave time to explore. The visit is self-paced; allow around two hours as a planning estimate.

The free viewpoints and the national park

The Chamarel viewpoint, the Black River Gorges viewpoint, the Alexandra Falls viewpoint and the trails of the Black River Gorges National Park are all free, with no ticket or booking. The Chamarel viewpoint is a roadside lookout over Le Morne Brabant and the lagoon on the road up from Case Noyale, with no parking bays, so cars stop along the road. The Black River Gorges viewpoint on the Plaine Champagne road has a large free car park, a gentle path of about 200 m, free toilets and refreshment stalls, and macaques that raid bags.

The Black River Gorges National Park publishes no official opening hours. The hours in circulation between 2024 and 2026 are 07:00 to 17:00 on weekdays and 09:00 to 17:00 at weekends, or 06:00 to 18:00 daily, and the barriers close on the hour and can lock cars in, so plan to be out by 17:00. Trail maps cost between Rs 5 and a few dozen rupees at the visitor centres, and the “trail fees” of more than Rs 1,000 seen online are private guiding rates, not park charges.

How to pay, and who gets resident rates

The Chamarel 7 Coloured Earth Geopark takes Mauritian rupees only, in cash, by card or through a Mauritian mobile wallet, and its lower resident rates are for Mauritian citizens and residents who show an ID card or residence permit (checked on 29 October 2026). Cards are accepted except Diners Club, the wallets are Juice by MCB, Pop and Blink, and foreign cash and split payments are refused. No cash machine is mapped in Chamarel village itself, and the nearest are on the coast at Case Noyale and La Gaulette, in Baie du Cap and in Black River, so bring rupees up the hill.

Residents must show that ID card or permit at the geopark gate, even after buying online. Residents pay Rs 400 instead of Rs 800 at the geopark, Rs 400 instead of Rs 600 for Ebony Forest’s Take A Hike and Rs 400 instead of Rs 550 at VALLÉ, while the Rhumerie de Chamarel publishes one price for everyone (checked on 29 October 2026). Children’s age bands differ by site, from 5 to 11 at the geopark to 5 to 17 at Ebony Forest and 6 to 11 at VALLÉ.

How Chamarel prices have changed since 2018

The non-resident adult ticket to the Seven Coloured Earth has risen from Rs 200 to 250 in 2018 and 2019 to Rs 800 on 29 October 2026, roughly three to four times as much, and no announcement of the increases was published. In 2018 the ticket already included the waterfall, as it does now.