Private Full Tour of Reunion Island with Driver Guide

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Trou du Souffleur

  1st step: The Blower! The blower is a natural site that, under the action of waves, causes a geyser to gush up to several tens of meters high!

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2
  Etang Sale Les Bains

  2nd stage: the black sand beach! We then stop on the longest black sand beach on the island: the beach of the Salt Pond, a mixture of olivines and volcanic sand: an extraordinary beauty.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 3
  Le Gouffre

  Stage 3: the chasm! A little further, let’s discover the Salt Pond Abyss. It is a long volcanic chasm in which the waves come to end their run spectacularly. The site is very nice and particularly impressive when the swell is strong!

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4
  Manapany-Les-Bains

  4th stage: viewpoint over Manapany! This viewpoint offers a superb panorama of the Indian Ocean and the green village of Manapany les Bains. We can see the long pebble beach as well as the swimming pool.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 5
  Langevin

  Stage 5: Langevin! Continue in the south of the island and make a stop at the Langevin River. The Grand Galet waterfall is one of the most beautiful on the island!

  20 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 6
  Cap Mechant

  6th stage: Cap-Villagne! We now arrive at the famous Cap Méchant: this is where we will have lunch. The place is surprising: a vast green lawn lines black ebony rocks flowing into the deep blue of the ocean. A unique landscape where the forces of nature are fully expressed!

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 7
  Route des Laves

  7th stage: the Route des Laves! We now arrive in the Grand Brûlé: but what is this place? During large volcanic eruptions, lava flows flow down the flank of the volcano in a very wide corridor (the Grand Brûlé) before ending up in the ocean. There then remain gigantic fields of solidified volcanic rocks, only one road crosses this unique landscape: the Route des Laves, we take it.

  20 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 8
  Notre-Dame des Laves

  8th stage: Notre-Dame des Laves Let's continue our journey to Sainte-Rose, where the church of Notre-Dame des Laves still stands proudly. It was in 1977, during a major volcanic eruption, that a lava flow destroyed everything in its path, but miraculously stopped at the entrance to the building before going around it. The legend was born.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 9
  Pont Suspendu de la Riviere de l'Est

  9th stage: the East River Bridge. Shortly after Saint-Rose, we stop by an old suspension bridge over the Rivière de l’Est, with a maximum span of 152 metres, it was actually the longest bridge in the world when it was built in 1894! It is a remarkable work of art completely restored.

  20 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 10
  Eglise Sainte-Anne

  Step 10: The Church of Sainte-Anne! We now pass a baroque church whose beauty attracts the eyes. The church of Sainte-Anne, classified as a historic monument in 1982, is one of the remarkable churches on the island!

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 11
  Cascade Niagara

  Stage 11: Niagara Waterfall! Now let's go north towards Sainte-Suzanne. We take a narrow road in the middle of the sugar cane fields to reach a small cove from which a beautiful waterfall flows. It is named Niagara, because in rainy periods its flow can be torrential, like the famous Niagara Falls!

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 12
  Le Barachois

  Stage 12: The Barachois of Saint-Denis! The Barachois de Saint-Denis is an emblematic place of Réunion. It was once a small port/landing. The few cannon remnants, supposed to repel the English invasion of 1810, still face the sea. Today, it is a popular place to walk, being close to the prefecture and the statue of the Reunion war hero Roland Garros.

  30 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 13
  Cap La Houssaye

  13th stage: Cap-la-Houssaye! Now it’s time to go back west! Our tour of the island will end with a final stop: Cap-la-Houssaye. There are two completely different environments: The savannah and its expanses of golden grass under the scorching sun give this place an air of Africa: only lions are missing! The vertiginous cliffs flowing into the ocean: a magnificent panorama of the entire Bay of Saint Paul!

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Two types of vehicles are available: standard car with 1 to 4 passengers and minibus with 5 to 8 passengers.
• We'll spend about 5 to 6 hours moving from one point to the other.

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