It suddenly appeared out of nowhere

Samoussas and a cari poulet or a cari poisson. She doesn’t waste any time. We have barely set foot on La Réunion after our overnight flight from Paris when our tour guide, Marie-Annick, introduces us to …

Show destinationsSaint-Denis – Saint-André – Cirque de Salazie – Cascade du Voile de la Marée – Mare à poule d’eau – Hell-Bourg – Grand Hazier – Bois Rouge – Îlet Bethléem

Fortunately, it is a shield volcano

La Diagonale des Fous. The name says it all. The course of this race runs diagonally across the island, and you have to be a little crazy to take part. Yet it’s the biggest annual event on La Réunion. It’s a gruelling course that cuts through …

Show destinationsSud Sauvage – Grand Brûlé – Route des Laves – Lava tubes – Plaine des Cafres – Grand Bassin – Route du Volcan – Nez de Bœuf – Rivière des Remparts – Plaine des Sables – Piton de la Fournaise – Pas de Bellecombe – Commerson Crater – Stella Matutina

The place you never return from

A goat trail. That was the only way to get there. Otherwise, the cirque of Cilaos was completely cut off from the outside world. Ideal, then, for the marons, the escaped enslaved people, to hide there. They called the place tsy ilaozana, the place you never …

Show destinationsLe Souffleur – Saint-Louis – Route de Cilaos – Cirque de Cilaos – La Roche Merveilleuse – Maison de la Broderie – La Pointe au Sel – Saint-Leu – Le Gouffre de l’Étang-Salé – Entre-Deux – Jardin d’Eden

Why invest in a decrepit enslaved?

Of the three cirques around the Piton des Neiges, Mafate is the least accessible. While Salazie and Cilaos can still be partially explored by car, Mafate can only be reached by a long hike over the mountains – or by helicopter. It is no coincidence that Mafate means he who kills in Malagasy. Many …

Show destinationsCirque de Mafate – Le Maïdo – Sentier du Rempart – Maison du Géranium – Cimétière marin de Saint-Paul – Le Port – La Réunion from the air – Musée de Villèle – Chapelle Pointue