- Length: 3 days/2 nights
- Difficulty: sustained
- Backpack: contains your gear for 3 days and several picnics
- Start/end points: Col des Boeufs, Cirque of Salazie - public transport is available with a limited schedule
Rates 2024:
Organisation and guide for this trek of 3 days:
| Booking for: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 pers | 2 pers | 3 pers | 4 pers | 5 pers |
| 680 € | 380 €/pers | 272 €/pers | 217 €/pers | 182 €/pers |
Rate upon request above 5 participants.
Additional costs:
2 nights in lodges incl. half-board (circa 55 €/pers/night)
the guide’s half-board package (rate according to the lodges policy)
3 picnics (8 to 10 €/pers/day)
recommended: the car park at Col des Boeufs (circa 15 €/night)
Day by day:
D1 – From the Col des Boeufs, start of our hike towards the “Lowlands” of Mafate along the Scout path. Stunning viewpoints for the Salazie and Mafate cirques. The path goes through forests, along crests, across ravines, before heading up to the hamlet of Ilet à Bourse.
Around 4h30 walking, +200 m and -1150 m
Dinner and night in a lodge in Ilet à Bourse.
D2 – We continue our loop via Grand-Place - where the famous postman of Mafate (now retired) lives, Cayenne then Aurère, îlet set at the foot of pyramid-shaped Piton Cabris.
Around 4-5 h walking, +800 m and -700 m
Dinner and night in a lodge in Aurère.
D3 – At sunrise, small wake-up walk to Ilet à Malheur.
Around 1h30 walking, +300 m and -300 m
We then head back to the lodge to get some breakfast, before our hike in a river bed in a wild and fresh atmosphere, towards the Col des Boeufs.
Around 5 h walking, +960 m and -60 m
