Moris

🍛 Restaurants & food · South

Bois Chéri tea estate

A tea factory and museum in the green southern hills, with a tasting of flavoured teas in a chalet overlooking a lake.

🚗 From the villa55 min · 35.4 kmoff-peak estimate
⏱️ Time needed1.5–2.5 hnot counting the drive
🕓 Best time of day☀️ Morning · 🕛 Midday
💰 PriceRs 600–1,500 (CHF 10–26)Per person for a main course and a drink.
🕘 Opening hoursMon–Sat 08:30–16:30 (factory runs on weekday mornings).

Bois Chéri is the island's oldest tea plantation. The tour shows the museum and the factory (processing on weekday mornings), then you drive up through the tea gardens to a chalet on a hill for a tasting of black and vanilla-flavoured teas, with a view over the plantations, a lake and the south coast.

The restaurant serves tea-infused dishes.

🍽️ Restaurant

Food
Tea tasting & restaurant
Price
$$$$ · about Rs 600–1,500 (CHF 10–26) per person
Must try
Vanilla tea, Tea-smoked dishes
Booking
Walk in; book lunch.
Hours
Mon–Sat 08:30–16:30 (factory runs on weekday mornings).

⭐ Google rating & photos

Getting there

Driving route from the villa

🚗 By car: 55 min (35.4 km) off-peak. Directions in Google Maps ↗

  • 🚕 Taxi from the villa: about Rs 1,450–1,900 one way per car (agree the price first; a return trip with waiting time is often negotiable).

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