Chamarel is a village located in the western hills on the west coast of Mauritius at an elevation of about 260 m, 6 kilometres from the coast, where the cascades are formed on the River du Capano flowing through an "amphitheater of abrupt rocks". It is named after the Frenchman Charles Antoine de Chazal de Chamarel, who lived in the area around 1800. One of the notable places of interest is the Coloured Earths, which is about 4 kilometres to the south west of the willage. It is a phenomenon resulting from colour variations due to cooling of molten rock.
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