This is a tour designed for those wanting to hike. Not for the faint hearted but one of the most rewarding opportunities and holidays out there. Whether you are training for a bigger Mountain or just love an active holiday, this is an ideal “working” Holiday.
Reunion is primarily a mountainous and volcanic island. It is the only region in the world which combines an extinct volcano, the Piton des Neiges, which culminates at 3070 meters (over 10,000 feet), and one of the most active volcanos on the planet, the Piton de la Fournaise. This specificity has allowed the island to be listed a UNESCO World Heritage site since August 2010 as the “Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion island”. The Piton des Neiges, an ancient volcano that gave birth to the island as it came out of the ses waters, in the center, is surrounded by three magnificent volcanic cirques: Salazie, Cilaos and Mafate. They are all three part of a massif with several peaks over 2000 meters (6,500 feet).
Both “Pitons” over 3000 m are separated by high plains: La Plaine des Cafres and La Plaine des Palmistes. To the southeast is the Piton de la Fournaise, a very active volcano at 2631 meters of altitude (8,630 feet).
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Flights depart on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays
PACKAGE INCLUDES:
- Return flights on Air Austral in economy Q class
- Airport Taxes
- 1 night at Alamanda hotel, double standard BB
- 1 night at Roche Plate mountain hut, dormitory HB
- 1 night at Marla mountain hut, dormitory HB
- 1 Night at Vieux Cep, double authentik HB
- 1 night at Caverne Dufour mountain hut, dormitory HB
- 1 night at Volcano mountain hut, dormitory HB
- 1 day use at Juliette Dodu, double shower
- Handling fees & assistance 24/7
- transfer airport – Alamanda
- transfer Alamanda – Sans Souci
- transfer Belouve – Volcano
- transfer Volcano – Juliette Dodu
- transfer Juliette Dodu – airport
- luggage transfer Alamanda – Cilaos
- luggage transfer Cilaos – Volcan
- Topographical map
- Early check in at Alamanda
ZAR32 400 per person sharing (Valid for travel between Feb – Sep 2025)
If you have children traveling with you please advise their ages so we may quote accordingly. To Hike kids must be 10 years and older and experienced in hiking. – MINIMUM 2 PAX – NO SINGLE RATES
MOUNTAIN HUTS ARE CLOSED ON 24, 25, 26, 30, 31ST DECEMBER AND 1ST JANUARY
ACCOMMODATION IN MOUNTAIN HUTS IS DORMITORY , ONE SHOWER ROOM FOR THE WHOLE HUT
PACKAGE EXCLUDES:
- Any items of a personal Nature
- Travel Insurance
- Meals not mentioned / included
- Nightly Tourist tax which is payable directly at each hotel – approx EUR 1 pp/pn
- Optional Excursions
- Tips, Drinks, Taxi fares etc.
Subject to availability, currency, and airport tax fluctuations at the time of booking.
Hiking Sans Soucis – Roche Plate
Overnight at THE Gite of Roche Plate
17 Km / 9h55 walk – Difficult
GPS coordinates :S 20.97903° / E 55.34723° // S 21.068701° / E 55.403599°
Maximum Altitude : 1 333 m
Minimum Altitude : 488 m
Total Positive Elevation : + 2167 m
Total Negative Elevation : – 1552 m
Hiking Roche Plate – Marla
Overnight at THE Gite of Marla
8,06 Km / 4h15 walk – Middle
GPS coordinates :S 21.068781° / E 55.403277° // S 21.105019° / E 55.431387°
Maximum Altitude : 1 641 m
Minimum Altitude : 1100 m
Total Positive Elevation : + 809 m
Total Negative Elevation : – 268 m
Hiking Marla – Cilaos
Overnight at THE Gite of Cilaos
4,27 Km / 2h15 walk – Middle
GPS coordinates :S 21.103398° / E 55.434691° // S 21.11749° / E 55.450227°
Maximum Altitude : 2060 m
Minimum Altitude : 1265 m
Total Positive Elevation : + 442 m
Total Negative Elevation : – 795 m
Hiking Cilaos – Piton des Neiges
Overnight at THE Gite of Piton des neiges
7 Km / 6h00 walk – Middle
GPS coordinates : 21° 7’ 24.196799999999996S 55° 28’ 59.57400000000007E
Maximum Altitude : 3042 m
Minimum Altitude : 1398 m
Total Positive Elevation : + 1662 m
Total Negative Elevation : – 59m
Hiking Piton des Neiges – Bélouve
Overnight at THE Gite of Volcano
9 Km / 6h00 walk – Middle
GPS coordinates : 21° 3’ 37.684799999999996S 55° 32’ 12.00480000000016E
Maximum Altitude : 2484 m
Minimum Altitude : 1506 m
Total Positive Elevation : + 1064 m
Total Negative Elevation : – 87 m
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Hiking Gite Volcan – Piton de la Fournaise
12 Km / 5h15 walk – Middle
GPS coordinates : 21° 13’ 30.748799999999996S 55° 41’ 5.967599999999948E
Maximum Altitude : 2486 m
Minimum Altitude : 2213 m
Total Positive Elevation : + 516 m
Total Negative Elevation : -520 m
