Underwater waterfall tour reviews
If you only want the photograph, start with the airport helicopter review: its route is built around the waterfall. If you want to be collected from your hotel and do not mind a shorter flight, read the scenic flight with transfers. If you have already ruled out flying, the Le Morne hike is the one I would book, and I would still tell you the summit shows a rough shape rather than the effect. The side-by-side of all seven is on all tours.
The seven tours
Sees the waterfall40 min · 5 seatsMauritius: Underwater Waterfall by Helicopter Tour
Most reviewed flightTransfers includedMauritius: Scenic Helicopter Flight with Hotel Transfers
PrivateWhole aircraft · up to 5Mauritius: Private Underwater Waterfall Helicopter Tour
SeaplaneNorth-east routePrivate Seaplane Tour with Scenic Views of Mauritius
Top ratedLe Morne village guidesMauritius: Le Morne Brabant UNESCO Hike with Local Guide
Lagoon dayLunch + open barMauritius: Catamaran Cruise – Dolphin Watching, BBQ & Drinks
By roadPrivate car · up to 6Mauritius Southern Tour (Chamarel, Grand Bassin, Le Morne)
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Underwater Waterfall by Helicopter Tour
Forty minutes from the airport helipad, max five seats, the loop drawn around the sandfall. Tiny sample, perfect so far.
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Three hours door to door with a 35-minute flight in the middle. Hotel pickup, the west coast, Le Morne, then Chamarel and the mountains.
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The same loop with the aircraft to yourself, 45 minutes, up to five, hotel transfers in. Nobody has reviewed it yet.
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Take-off from the water at Grand Gaube on the north-east coast. Loved for the lagoon and the turtles. Does not see the waterfall.
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Four hours up a 556 m mountain with guides born in the village. Hands on rock for the last third. The best-rated thing on this site.
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Six hours from the La Gaulette jetty: Tamarin dolphins, snorkelling, lunch on board, Île aux Bénitiers. Sees the mountain, not the sandfall.
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Eight hours in a private car for up to six: Trou aux Cerfs, Grand Bassin, the gorges, Chamarel and half an hour at Le Morne beach.
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I do not run any of these tours and I have not paid for all seven as a customer. What I have done is brief a lot of passengers before they walked out to the aircraft, fly the Le Morne loop more times than I can count in the jump seat, and guide the mountain most weeks. So I read the operator’s own itinerary against the minutes I know each leg takes, then read the traveller reviews looking for the same sentence twice. Four things decide where a tour lands.
- Does it see the sandfall. The only question that matters if that is why you came. Yes for the three helicopters, no for the seaplane on this site, a rough outline from the summit, no from a boat. How to see it goes through the four ways properly.
- Minutes over Le Morne versus minutes in transit. A 40-minute flight from the airport is mostly the crossing plus one or two orbits of a minute or two each. That is not a complaint, it is the geography, but you should know it before you book.
- What the transfer costs you in time. Three hours door to door for a 35-minute flight is the honest arithmetic on the scenic flight, and it explains most of its lower score.
- What the reviews agree on. One bad morning is weather. The same wish from six people in four countries is a pattern.
Ratings here run from 4.5 to 5.0, and the 5.0 comes from five people. Read the review counts as well as the score: 638 people have rated the hike and five have rated the airport helicopter. Both numbers are honest; only one of them is settled.
Check dates on the flight that sees it
The airport helicopter is the widget I leave at the bottom of most pages because it is the flight whose route is drawn around the waterfall. Morning slots go first in July, August, December and January, so book several days ahead then. If you are still deciding whether the flight earns its price, read is it worth it first, and the guide if you want the shelf, the drop-off and the sand explained in one place.
Frequently asked questions
Which tour actually shows the underwater waterfall?
The three helicopter products: the 40-minute airport flight, the 35-minute scenic flight with hotel transfers and the 45-minute private charter. The seaplane sold here flies the north-east coast and does not pass Le Morne. The hike, catamaran and road tour see the mountain and the lagoon, not the sandfall.
Are these reviews independent?
Yes. This site is not a helicopter operator, not a seaplane operator and not GetYourGuide. I earn a commission if you book through a link here, which is set out on the affiliate disclosure page, and it is the same commission on all seven tours, so there is nothing to gain by pushing the dearest one.
Why don’t you name the operators?
Because you are booking a product with a route, a duration and a set of conditions, and those are what I review. The same company can fly a good season and a bad one. Prices, minimum numbers and cancellation terms are the operators’ own and live on GetYourGuide; how to compare them without being misled is on what a flight costs.
Do you review the seaplane from Le Morne itself?
No, because it is not sold on GetYourGuide and I only review what you can book here. Seaplanes do lift from the Le Morne lagoon with other operators. The one on this site takes off from Grand Gaube on the far north-east coast; the seaplane review and helicopter or seaplane explain the difference.