Food tours and culture in Mauritius

Taste the island with the people who live here: street food in the capital, a cooking class in a family home, rum at Chamarel, sugar heritage at Beau Plan and La Vanille Nature Park.

  • Local guides
  • Three-hour food walks
  • Hands-on cooking class
  • Rum and sugar heritage

14 experiences · live availability

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Dodo Museum, Pamplemousses Food & Culture

Pamplemousses 1 h 15 min

Dodo Museum, Pamplemousses

A 45–75 minute guided visit to the small museum opposite the Pamplemousses Botanical Garden: ten reconstructed extinct birds, a dodo skeleton, augmented reality and a film.

from €18 per person

The Street Food Day Food & Culture Hotel pick-up

Hotel pick-up island-wide 8 h

The Street Food Day

A private driver who eats where you are going: Port Louis Central Market, Chinatown and the Caudan stalls in the morning, then down to Mahébourg for the waterfront kitchens — Rs 1,500 of tastings included and chosen for you.

from €240 per vehicle · up to 4 guests

The Markets & Shopping Day Food & Culture Hotel pick-up

Hotel pick-up island-wide 8 h

The Markets & Shopping Day

A private car for a day of markets and outlets — Port Louis Central Market and the Caudan craft market, the Quatre Bornes textile market on Thursdays and Sundays, Floreal's cashmere and knitwear outlets, and Bagatelle Mall if you want air-conditioning.

from €160 per vehicle · up to 4 guests

Port Louis Street Food Tour Food & Culture

Port Louis 3 h

Port Louis Street Food Tour

Street food, markets and history in the capital, guided by a local who knows every stall.

from €35 per person

Grand Baie Food Tour Food & Culture

Grand Baie 3 h

Grand Baie Food Tour

Taste your way through Grand Baie with a local guide — snack bars, markets and village favourites.

from €50 per person

Cane-Cutting & Museum, Private Group Food & Culture

Beau Plan, Pamplemousses 3 h

Cane-Cutting & Museum, Private Group

Cut cane in the Beau Plan fields, then explore the L’Aventure du Sucre museum — for groups of up to 15.

from €675 per group · up to 15

Cane-Cutting & Museum (Wednesdays) Food & Culture

Beau Plan, Pamplemousses 3 h

Cane-Cutting & Museum (Wednesdays)

Cane-cutting in the Beau Plan fields followed by the L’Aventure du Sucre museum.

from €45 per person

L’Aventure du Sucre Museum Food & Culture

Beau Plan, Pamplemousses 2 h

L’Aventure du Sucre Museum

An immersive museum inside a 19th-century sugar factory — the story of Mauritius told through sugar.

from €24 per person

Mahébourg Food & History Tour Food & Culture

Mahebourg 3 h

Mahébourg Food & History Tour

Stroll Mahébourg’s waterfront and backstreets, tasting local specialties along the island’s largest lagoon.

from €42 per person

Mauritian Cooking Workshop Food & Culture

Mahébourg 3 h

Mauritian Cooking Workshop

Cook traditional Mauritian dishes in a family home in Mahébourg, then sit down to eat what you made.

from €58 per person

Rhumerie de Chamarel Tour & Tasting Food & Culture

Chamarel 2 h

Rhumerie de Chamarel Tour & Tasting

See how rum is made from cane to bottle at Rhumerie de Chamarel, then finish with a professional tasting of its premium rums.

from €17 per person

Cane-Cutting Experience, Private Group Food & Culture

Beau Plan, Pamplemousses 2 h

Cane-Cutting Experience, Private Group

Join the Beau Plan plantation team in the fields and learn to cut sugar cane — for groups of up to 15.

from €270 per group · up to 15

Cane-Cutting Experience (Wednesdays) Food & Culture

Beau Plan, Pamplemousses 2 h

Cane-Cutting Experience (Wednesdays)

Join the Beau Plan plantation team in the fields and learn the ancestral craft of cutting sugar cane.

from €18 per person

Rhumerie de Chamarel — Residents Food & Culture Residents’ rate

Chamarel 2 h

Rhumerie de Chamarel — Residents

See how rum is made from cane to bottle at Rhumerie de Chamarel, then finish with a professional tasting of its premium rums.

from €10 per person

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Eat like a Mauritian

Rum, sugar and nature

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Which food tour should I pick?

Port Louis is the busiest and most varied, Grand Baie is easiest if you stay in the north, and Mahébourg combines food with the town’s history.

Is the cane-cutting experience available every day?

The shared session runs on Wednesdays. Private sessions for groups of up to 15 are also available.

Do I need a car?

These experiences start at the venue. If you need transport, add a private taxi and we will drive you there and back.

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