Mauritius Catamaran Cruise to Ile Aux Cerfs with BBQ Lunch
Description
Embark on a catamaran cruise to Ile Aux Cerfs from Trou D'eau Douce. Visit the Grand River South East Waterfall, snorkel in the crystal-clear waters, and enjoy a 3-course BBQ lunch and drinks onboard. Depart from Trou D’eau Douce and travel upriver to the Grand River South East waterfall known as 'Cascade Diamamouve'. Enjoy a stop for photos and try to spot the monkeys found on the trees of the riverbanks. Next, up for a snorkeling and swimming break. Then, enjoy a delicious BBQ lunch set on board the catamaran, with a selection of drinks. including soft drinks, juice, water, beer, wine, and local rum. Head to Ile aux Cerfs and admire the swaying palm trees and the pure white beaches framed by the vivid turquoise water. Relax on the white sandy beaches and swim in the lagoon. You can also visit the local craft market and get some souvenirs of Mauritius. Sail back to Trou D’Eau Douce and be entertained with some local music "Mauritian Sega" music, before arriving back onshore.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Sail from Trou d'eau Douce to the Grand River South East waterfall known as 'Cascade Diamamouve'. A perfect photo stop and sightseeing tour with monkeys swaying on the trees.
Stop for a snorkeling and swimming break in the crystal clear waters and explore the marine life. After snorkeling, enjoy a delicious BBQ lunch set on board the catamaran, with a selection of drinks. including soft drinks, juice, water, beer, wine, and local rum.
Next head to Ile aux Cerfs, a paradisiac island. Relax on the white sandy beaches and swim in the crystal clear lagoon. You can also visit the local Arts & Craft market and get some souvenirs of Mauritius to carve this journey and enjoy some watersports such as Parasailing and tube riding which are optional at an additional cost.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Meet your driver at your hotel reception or accommodation.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Transportation time between attractions is 1hour 30 mins in total
- Food is Halal
Reviews(21)
What's better? Honesty! FLIGHT on the catamaran during the visit of the mini waterfall! be careful of your belongings during each activity! nothing is the fault of the crew apparently yet only present on board at the only time my bag remained unattended!!! unfortunately I noticed it on the return to my hotel! so nothing was done off full deposit in progress.... So you stayed on your guard during your "Vacation" in Mauritius!
A 6-hour outing proposal for Deer Island... or we'll only spend an hour and a half. A waste of time navigating the water to make us circle... Why?? As many friends on the catamaran as there are customers coming to party. Not exceptional food.
We had such an incredible time on this boat tour. Absolutely stunning views, the staff and crew were so fun and accommodating! The food was tasty and everyone onboard was having a blast. The tour was also well organized and everything ran smoothly. They also offered additional activities which some people on our tour took advantage of.
Full day on a beautiful catamaran was a highlight of our vacation in Mauritius, yummy lunch, drinks, fun crew and people.. Definitely worth it ❤️ Thank you to the all crew for this experience.
Beautiful maritime escape, unforgettable snorkeling in the lagoon among fish and corals. Thank you very much to Chris s sympathy and the whole team. The BBQ was great.
A nice trip with nice crew and wonderful food. The only thing we found disturbing was the crowds.
Excellent day on board the catamaran! We spent the day on it with our 4 year old daughter. The crew is really caring, excellent food on board, snorkeling stop in the middle of the lagoon, stop to see the waterfall (a little quick perhaps), and stop on such a beautiful Deer Island. Yes, there are people on the boat, but it didn’t ruin the day. The icing on the cake: we saw dolphins returning from the excursion, magic!
Great experience. Hectic at first but turned out to be fantastic. Wish we had more time to swim. A little crowed for the size of the catamaran but still doable.
Went with family on this trip on 25 December 2025. 15 in total. When we paid , it was advised that we were only going to be 21 in total. Our family and 6 crew members. We ended up with more than 30 people in total. We placed this information before the manger (gold hair), which in an very disrespective, arrogant way told us to stay on the boat or leave and lose our money paid. The bus was also more than one hour late on the day. When we climbed on the Catamaran, the boat and bathrooms was very dirty. The advertsiment confirmed that we will be going to an island and snorkel as well. We did not snorkel and did not go to the promises island. The food was only prepared for 15 people and the other people had to stay hungry. For 60 000 Rs , you at least expect enough food. The barman did not have ice on the boat. The barman mixed the RUM with water/aqua to make it more. 2 of the members of the boas was also left behind. Leave a bad taste in our mouth. Not recommended.
What a horrible trip ! Firstly our driver was an hour late for pick up. When we got there our boat that was supposed to be just for us (maximum people per boat is 22 INCLUDING CREW) we were a group of 15 so with the crew we were 22 already then they loaded that boat with more people that we were total 30 people on the boat. When we complained the blonde owner / manager said take it or get off nothing we can do about it and we won't get a refund. Bathroom on the boat was so disgusting nobody wanted to use it because of cleanliness. When we got a moment to swim finally after sitting in full sun because the boat was so overloaded there was no seats, we only have 5 mins to swim and got called back onto the boat. When we got to the island we were told to swim in between the sea urchins...which we didn't because we have small children with us. I would not book this trip unless at the shops on the island itself then you can at least know if you will get overloaded or not. Also the worst part NO ICE on the trip. Please read the reviews before booking!
