CILAOS
SURROUNDED BY THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS, CILAOS IS WELL-KNOWN AS A MOUNTAIN RESORT AND SPA. A VERY PICTURESQUE ROAD ALLOWS TO DISCOVER IMPRESSIVE LANDSCAPES, STEEP PEAKS AND MOUNTAINS, AND THE PATHS THAT USED TO BE TAKEN BY THE SEDAN CHAIRS. NATIVES MAKE FAMOUS EMBROIDERIES, TYPICAL WINE, AND GROW LENTILS, THAT YOU WILL TASTE AT LUNCH, A DELICIOUS TRADITIONAL MEAL.
IN THE AFTERNOON, ON THE WAY BACK TO ST-GILLES, YOU WILL MAKE A STOP AT SAINT LEU, FAMOUS FOR ITS OLD BUILDINGS FROM TRADE SHIP COMPANY.

SALAZIE
ON THE EAST COAST SIDE, THIS MOUNTAIN « CIRQUE » IS FAMOUS FOR ITS MAGNIFICENT WATERFALLS (« VOILE DELA MARIÉE »), BANANA PLANTATIONS, FOREST AND TYPICAL VILLAGES. IN HELLBOURG, YOU WILL STROLL ALONG SMALL STREETS LINED BY OLD CREOLE HOUSES AND COLORFUL GARDENS, A OLD- FASHIONED FEELING. AFTER A VERY GOOD LUNCH AT A TRADITIONAL RESTAURANT, YOU WILL VISIT THE VANILLA FARM IN « BRAS PANON” OR VANILLA PLANTATION IN ST-ANDRÉ.

VOLCANO
BREATHTAKING SCENERIES, ‘MOON-LOOKING’ LANDSCAPES, THIS IS A PLACE YOU’LL REMEMBER. FROM ST￾GILLES, THE ROAD WILL DRIVE YOU ALONG THE WEST COAST, THEN UP TO THE ‘HIGH PLAINS’, TO REACH THE VOLCANO AREA AT ‘LE PAS DEBELLECOMBE’ WITH ITS LOOK OUT OVER THE MAIN CRATER AND MULTICOLORED
ROCKS. LUNCH WILL BE SERVED IN A FAMOUS RESTAURANT OF ‘LA PLAINE DES CAFRES’ , BEFORE VISITING THE MUSEUM ‘VOLCANO HOUSE’.
ON THE WAY BACK TO ST-GILLES, SUBJECT TO TIMES BEING LEFT, YOU WILL MAKE A STOP AT ST-PIERRE, THE SECOND MAIN TOWN OF THE ISLAND, WITH COLORFUL TEMPLE, MARKET AND BEACH.

WILD SOUTH
IN ONE DAY, BOTH SIDES OF THE ISLAND, THE RAIN COAST ‘ AU VENT’ AND THE DRY COAST ‘ SOUS LE VENT’ :VERDANT LANDSCAPES , SUGAR CANES FIELDS,…. SOUTH COAST IS MUCH TROPICAL, WITH WILD COUNTRYSIDE, TYPICAL HOUSES AND CHARMING FLOWERING GARDENS, SURROUNDED BY OLD LAVA FLOWS. AFTER LUNCH IN A TRADITIONAL RESTAURANT, A WALK IN THE MARE LONG FOREST WILL MAKE YOU A LOT OF ENDEMICS PLANTS.
ON THE WAY BACK TO ST-GILLES, PASSING THE SOUTH COAST WITH NICE AND WILD SCENERIES, YOU WILL MAKE SOME STOPS TO DISCOVER MOST ASPECTS OF THE WHOLE AREA.

MAIDO PEAK
AT 2200M ALTITUDE, YOU WILL ENJOY THE MOST BREATHTAKING VIEW OVER THE HEART OF THE ISLAND : PEAKS AND CRESTS, STEEP ROCKS, AND SMALL ISOLATED VILLAGES IN THIS VALLEY WHERE NO ROAD CAN DRIVE YOU !
ON THE WAY BACK, YOU WILL MAKE A STOP AT A CRAFTMANN PLACE, THEN YOU WILL VISIT ANCIENT COLONIAL RESIDENCE OF ‘MADAME DESBASSYNS’ WHICH RETRACES THE HISTORY OF THE ‘BOURBON ISLAND’.BEFORE LUNCH (EXCLUDED), YOU WILL VISIT ST-PAUL, OLDEST TOWN OF THE ISLAND, WITH ITS CAVES AND ITSFAMOUS MARKET (FRIDAY ONLY). HALF-DAY TOUR.