- Length: 4 days/3 nights
- Difficulty: sustained
- Backpack: contains your gear for 4 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 4 days:
| Booking for: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 pers | 2 pers | 3 pers | 4 pers | 5 pers |
| 890 € | 498 €/pers | 356 €/pers | 284 €/pers | 238 €/pers |
Rate upon request above 5 participants.
Additional costs:
3 nights in lodges incl. half-board (circa 60 €/pers/night)
the guide’s half-board package (rate according to the lodges policy)
4 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 points of view on the Salazie and Mafate cirques. The path goes through forests, along crests, across ravines, before heading up to the hamlet of Ilet à Bourse, then Grand-Place.
Around 5h30 walking, +400 m and -1200 m
Dinner and night in a lodge in Grand-Place.
D2 - Hike towards Roche Plate in the Uplands of Mafate, via the îlet of Les Orangers. Stunning points of view on the Cirque of Mafate.
Around 6 h walking, +900 m and -600 m
Dinner and night in a lodge in Roche Plate.
D3 - We continue our trek towards the îlet of Marla, via the “mythical” Trois Roches site, a geological curiosity (sill). At the end of the afternoon, we chill out and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of the hamlet.
Around 5 h walking, +750 m and -250 m
Dinner and night in a lodge in Marla.
D4 - Hike back to Col des Boeufs, via the largest hamlet of the cirque, La Nouvelle, and the mysterious Plaine des Tamarins, with its tormented-shaped Tamarins des Hauts (Acacia endemic to Reunion Island).
Around 6 h walking, +800 m and -450 m
