Anou al Moris
🚶 Walks · Bois Chéri
Bois Chéri tea fields walk
A walk through the island's oldest tea plantation, among neat rows of tea bushes in the green southern hills, before the factory tour and tasting.
Bois Chéri is the oldest tea plantation of Mauritius, on the cool, rolling hills of the south. Besides the factory and museum tour, you can walk in the plantation: tracks lead between the bright green rows of tea bushes, with pickers at work on weekday mornings and views over the hills and a lake.
Combine a short walk with the tour and the tasting at the chalet on the hill.
- Rows of tea bushes
- Pickers at work on weekday mornings
- Tasting with a view afterwards
Trail map
Approximate line on the estate tracks above the factory.
Trail traced on OpenStreetMap paths: check the signs on the ground, and take the OSM or an offline map app (Organic Maps, maps.me) with you.
What to expect on this walk
- 📍 Where it starts
- Bois Chéri factory and museum (≈ 55 minutes from the villa).
- 🧭 The route
- Estate tracks between the tea fields above the factory, gently up and down (≈ 1.5 km each way).
- 🪨 Terrain
- Dirt estate tracks.
- 👁️ Views
- Tea fields and green hills.
- 🌅 Best light
- Weekday mornings: pickers in the fields and the factory running; mist often rolls in later.
- 🚧 Obstacles
- A working estate: tea trucks use the tracks, keep to the side
- 🏊 Swimming
- No swimming.
- 👟 Footwear
- Proper shoes with grip: rock, roots or mud (not flip-flops).
- 🔁 Getting back
- Same way back to the factory.
- 🦟 Insects
- Few.
- 💧 Water
- Tea and snacks at the chalet.
- 👥 Crowds
- Quiet.
- 📶 Phone signal
- Good coverage.
- 🎒 Bring
- Comfortable shoes · A light layer · Hat
- Bois Chéri factory
Getting there
🚗 By car: 55 min (35.4 km) off-peak. At the Bois Chéri factory and museum. Directions in Google Maps ↗
Tips
- 💡 Ask at the factory where you may walk: it's a working estate.
- 💡 Go on a weekday morning to see the pickers.