We did the Machabee viewpoint walk starting from the Petrin visitor centre. We had a hire car so parked up in the visitor centre car park (there is plenty of parking and toilets available). We spoke to the man at the entrance who pointed us towards the map. The various walks are very well signed so you really don’t need a guide! The signage shows the difficulty level, distance and time and they are all colour coded. We originally intended to do the machabee loop but we arrived a bit later than anticipated so opted for the shorter machabee viewpoint. The viewpoint consists of a kiosk overlooking the view where we sat for a snack and some water. We didn’t see many people on our walk, there were a few people at the viewpoint but it wasn’t busy at all. The walk itself was not particularly exciting (mostly flat dirt tracks) and the views were not great along the way. The end viewpoint was nice but you get arguably better views from the Gorge viewpoint which you can access by car. We later did the Le Morne Brabant hike and if you don’t have time to do them both, I would 100% recommend that hike over this - the views from Le Morne are spectacular! After our walk we then drove to the Gorge viewpoint and the waterfall viewpoint which are both along the same road further down from the Petrin visitor centre. The Gorge viewpoint is definitely worth a visit!

If you are into hiking, you can dpend more days in this amazing national park. Well, we are not that much, so we spent only a few hours here, visited some of the viewpoints, waterfalls and walked a bit around. Nut only from what we saw, this place is breathtaking, beautiful views, amazing birds and if you are lucky enough some close interaction with monkeys. We were lucky enough, or actually they were smart enough to steal all my fruits so after that they were all around us for an hour. An experience for a lifetime!

Our group of friends went for a hike on a Saturday morning from the Petrin entrance. We hiked the 4.3 km hike (8.6km there and back) to the Maccabee view point. The park offers clean toilets, safe parking and an informative visitors’ centre. The trails are in good condition, are well maintained, with clear signage, refuse bins, picnic spots and benches. The views across the natural forests of the Black River Gorge National Park are panoramic. Take water, a hat & sunscreen. Ideal for a great hike in nature.

That place is only Nature. Mountains,Forrest, Waterfall,real magic.It is also home of monkeys. Beautiful area to spend time there. Small market with souvenirs availibale. Defenitly recommend to day trip.