Le Morne Brabant Hiking — Attraction in Le Morne

Stunning place.

Important: it's super hot if you start go later than 7am, the rocks are very hot (steaming) I recommend taking climbing gloves, comfortable shoes and a lot of WATER!

Half of the altitude, about 250m, is actually a walk in the dense vegetation, but then the fun begins, the second half of the altitude is already climbing. Maybe there should be chains and the possibility of attaching a harness. People climb with guides, we climbed alone - it is possible if you are in good physical condition, have no fear of heights and are not afraid of climbing an almost vertical wall. In places the rocks requires you to think three times where to put one hand and where to put the other. It may not be the hardcore toughest place, but the heat does its job, different people enter and block up. We made it in exactly 3h. But very high pace.

I recommend doing it with your head. The views...

The hike itself up until the North Viewpoint is not particularly difficult or technical. Your only enemy is the heat. if you do not start as early as possible you will probably suffer. Take at least 2 litres of water per person.

As of January 2024 and for 4 months the main path/entrance (where google maps takes you) is shut due to damages from a cyclone. Access is still allowed from further down the dirt road.

Due to the closure some locals are trying to make money off tourists by posing as guides or security guards and are asking 1000 to 2500 MUR per person to take you up the mountain.

DO NOT PAY THEM ANYTHING. You are still free to access the path to the North View point provided the weather is good. Call 203 1900 (Mauritius Tourism Authority) and mention the situation so they send the Tourism Police over, if they insist on not...

I have very mixed feelings - because the views when you go up the peak are beautiful, but there is another problem with local "guides" who want to go with you up in exchange for a large fee and say that it is obligatory, which in reality is not true. When we didn't want to agree to this, one of them was aggressive towards us, shouting and coming way too close to us. In the end, we didn't pay, but we had to enter our details in the "guest book", which is supposedly established by the Mauritanian government, but I don't know how much truth there is in it.

In any case, the last section of the path is quite steep, windy and you climb up high rocks without a rope, so you have to hold on tight. There are no signs, but the path is trodden and it is not difficult to find it, so you know where to go. The way there and back took us...