We took South Island Tour and Catamaran Cruise with them. Excellent service because the taxi arrived on time (very punctual), a nice clean car (megane renault) & very good communication with the driver who also became our personal photographer (no need to bring tripod or selfie stick!) and reasonable cheap price. For the catamaran cruise to lle aux benitiers, we got exactly what we wanted! A big catamaran with less crowded and BBQ onboard! We get to see the dolphins too! It was awesome and a day cruise to remember. Thank u satar ( the one that i communicate through whatsapp for the bookings ). This tour operator is Seriously recommended. 👍🏻
Full day dolphin swimming Ile aux Bénitiers with lunch
Full-day speedboat excursion in western Mauritius: swim with dolphins, snorkel, visit Crystal Rock, and enjoy a barbecue lunch on Ile aux Benitiers.
Loved by travellers — rated 4.8★ by 69 guests
Highlights
- Swim with dolphins (Western Region)
- Snorkeling (Western Region)
- Visit Crystal Rock Island (Western Region)
- Ile aux Benitiers barbecue lunch (Western Region)
Full description
This full-day speedboat excursion offers an immersive ocean experience in Mauritius's western region.
Guests encounter dolphins in their natural habitat, explore underwater ecosystems through snorkeling, visit the iconic Crystal Rock island formation, and conclude with a barbecue lunch on Ile aux Benitiers.
The all-inclusive package combines wildlife observation with island exploration and dining.
Includes
- Dolphin swimming experience
- Snorkeling with provided gear (masks, fins, snorkels)
- Crystal Rock Island visit
- Barbecue lunch (salads, garlic butter bread, grilled chicken, fish, sausage; water, Coke, beer, wine, local rum; flaming banana dessert)
- Hotel pickup and dropoff (all island locations)
- Swimwear (must be worn before visit starts)
- Towels
Important information
Meeting point / pickup: Tamarin
Guest reviews
Reviews from guests across our private tours and transfers.
We had Raolf as our driver for the South West tour with the Dolphin Encounter. Amazing trip. He was very friendly, picked us up on time and made us feel very comfortable. He was also very knowledgable of the island, regurarly telling us if we drive past something interesting and answering all questions. The sites seen were very good, dolphin encounter was good, although it is quite difficult to see dolphins as they swim very deep (would recommend they add fins to their equipment). Lunch was a very unique experience, but the food was not overly spicy and chillies were given seperately (which is nice if you don't like hot food). Overall the trip was 7am to 4pm and really was worth every Rupee. Tourists are recommended to take extra cash for soveneir shops visited along the way.
Having read favourable reviews about this tour company, we booked 4 tours with them-South tour with dolphin encounter, south east tour, north tour and a half day deep sea fishing. The correspondence with the manager was smooth and every single question of ours was answered in a timely manner. We had two guides. Michell, a knowledgeable guide, who took us on a fishing tour, secretly videotaped us catching fish. How cool that was! Another driver, Abdul was a very good driver, pleasant and friendly, however, lacking knowledge. All in all, we would recommend Bele Mare tours to our friends and would use their service again once on vacation in Mauritius.
We booked a scooter and the swimming with dolphins trip. They brought the scooter to our hotel and everything was arranged well. Had a great day. The dolphin tour was excellent. Very experienced skipper and guide and they brought us right in front of the dolphins. Most amazing experience ever. The taxi driver was punctual and the car was modern and clean. We also booked our taxi to the airport which was again effortless. Pricing is very competitive, and much cheaper than when you book thriug your hotel.
We stumbled on noorani and the staff waking to belle mare from our hotel emmeraude beach.we booked 4 tours with noorani two taxii tours ( South and Casella/ bagatelle) with his friendly clean taxi driver.then swimming with dolphins,black river,volcano,chammarel and then blue bay snorkelling I'll a cerf Island with seafood bbq on the beach rum tasting( yum) on the speed boat this is where we met satar who likes to be known as jack sparrow really he is like a Mauritian bob Marley lovely guy who does all the water tours ,humorous and he looks after you.noorani even organised one of his boys to take us to the airport for a fair price as per his tours unlike the hotels etc .so if your looking for tours,advice taxis etc he's your man my mon ami noorani and staff enjoy.
We found Ronnie walking around and he was very courteous and extremely helpful. He went out of his way to help us and show us around. He was great company and a great photographer to boast. Over all a great and memorable experience. We liked him so much that we booked a nature and dolphin trip for our last day and it was definitely the best day on the island for us.
Fabrice was amazing. Went out with him to swim with the dolphins. He helped, assist and gone out of his way to give us an amazing experience. Thank you sooooo much
If there’s one thing you must do in Mauritius visit belle mare tours and go on their speed boat trip . Includes drinks, lunch and plenty of stops for snorkelling and swimming.we went on New Year’s Eve amazing day out. See the monkeys and waterfalls then onto another island to explore on the way we were lucky to see a pod of dolphins . Stopped off at a protected island to see the beautiful birds . Lunch was on Ile aux Cerfs island food plentiful and loads of rum tasting, watch out for the chilli rum(you have been warned). The two guys who took us made the trip, can’t remember when I’ve laughed so much . If you like speed on the water this is the trip for you. Such a brilliant memory to go home with .
From the first enquiry Geerja was super helpful with all the questions we sent trying to arrange our tours for us - as you can imagine with it being our first visit to Mauritius we had lots! We were reminded of pick up times the day before excursions which was great. We booked 5 tours in the end; Blue cruise/ 5 island - shared (Papas Dream) Dolphin/ Île aux Benitiers - shared North Tour - private South Tour - private South East Tour - private Both Rishi and Mike our drivers for the private tours were excellent. Very friendly, full of information and pointed things out that we would otherwise have missed. Thank you so much for all of your help making our stay in Mauritius extra special.




