Mauritius Colonial Estates: Château de Labourdonnais or the Tea Route — Which Tour?
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If you want tea, rum and a beach in one day on the south coast, book the Tea Plantations & Colonial Estates Tour with Lunch: €139.45 per person, eight hours, 4.4 stars from 6 reviews. The Château Labourdonnais, Sugar Museum & Lunch tour is the pick when that one manor house is the point. It costs €134.08 per person, also takes eight hours and has 0 reviews.
Two days, two corners of the island
Both programmes include lunch and tastings, but the content differs. The tea route combines Gris Gris Beach, the Rhumerie de Saint Aubin with its artisanal rum, the Bois Chéri Tea Factory, Domaine des Aubineaux and Trou aux Cerfs. The château tour is about a single manor house, Château de Labourdonnais near Mapou, plus the L’Aventure du Sucre museum.
Choose by the programme: coast, tea, rum, a colonial mansion and a crater viewpoint on one side; Château de Labourdonnais, its tasting and the sugar museum on the other.
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The tea route: coast, estates and highlands
The five main stops move between coast, rum estate, tea fields, colonial heritage and a crater viewpoint, with lunch in Bois Chéri village. That suits you if you want a varied cultural day rather than a museum.
Read the 6 reviews alongside the programme before deciding. Hotel pickup is included, with the listing specifying hotels and accommodation across Mauritius. Confirm your pickup and return arrangements, and check whether admission to Saint Aubin, Bois Chéri and Domaine des Aubineaux is included in your selected option before comparing totals. If you would taste neither tea nor rum, consider whether the coast, estate visits and other stops still justify the day for you. Vegetarian lunch is available on the tea route if requested when booking. Inform the operator about allergies or illnesses; children aged three and under are free, and you should notify the operator if a child or infant seat is needed.
The château: gardens, tasting and the sugar museum
Hotel pickup and return are stated as part of this guided tour too, with Mauritius Island shown as the pickup area. The programme is Château de Labourdonnais, L’Aventure du Sucre, a tasting and lunch. The château tasting comprises two tropical fruit juices, four fruit jellies and five rums from the Classic and Liqueur ranges. Lunch is at Le Fangourin, and the listing caps the group at ten. Inform the chauffeur of dietary restrictions before the meal.
The current review count is 0; assess it alongside the places and programme. If only the sugar museum interests you, consider whether you want a full eight-hour programme.
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Our recommendation
For most visitors the tea and estates route is the more varied day, combining five main stops across the coast and highlands. Choose the château if the manor house, gardens, tasting and sugar story justify the trip; hotel pickup is offered by both tours.
