The black river gorges national park is the largest protected forest of mauritius.
Black river gorges national park trail map.
We didn t see any office or guard.
Black river gorges national park mauritius.
Black river gorges national park is a national park in the hilly south western part of mauritius.
It covers an area of 67 54 km including humid upland forest drier lowland forest and marshy heathland.
The black river gorges is the largest national park in mauritius.
One can be found in petrin entrance a and one in black river entrance b.
A basic hiking map is available from the petrin information centre while.
The heart of mauritius island home of many endemic species.
The black river gorges national park 67 54 km of pure wild nature.
Black river gorges national park entrance and fee.
The trails leads us to many different viewpoints where we enjoy a few breaks contemplating the different parts of the park and its surroundings.
The pretty plaine champagne road which teems with guava pickers in season divides some 120km of trails in the more popular western gorges and 50km of trails in the eastern gorges.
Numerous trails crisscross black river gorges national park like unravelling shoestrings.
It offers a great discovery of the nature of the island.
There are entrances to the park both with an information point.
The park extends over an area of 6 754 hectares.
Black river gorges national park mauritius.
Address phone number black river gorges national park reviews.
There s plenty of scope for hiking in black river gorges national park.
Hiking the black river gorges in mauritius.
It was proclaimed on june 15 1994 and is managed by the national parks and conservation service.
The black river gorges national park is a national park in the hilly south western part of mauritius.
Famous for its waterfalls vistas and hiking the gorge is in the central highlands making it cooler than much of the island.
Facilities for visitors include two information centres picnic areas and 60 kilometres of.
While all of the trailheads are clearly marked along one of the two roads running through the park many of the paths can quickly get obscured in the brush leaving hikers confused.
The black river visitor center is very simple and does not provide really good information on the park but can you buy a trail map for rs 50.
The national park provides two information centres for visitors.
The black river gorges visitors centre at the west side of the park about 8km from the trois bras junction see map below for more info the petrin information centre on the east side of the park and just 2 km from the grand.
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