One of the reasons I came to Reunion is because I heard the hiking was very good. "Very good", doesn't begin to describe it. Basically the island was one big volcano whose interior collapsed millions of years ago, forming three cirques... Cilaos, Mafate and Salazie with Piton des Neige, the highest point in the Indian Ocean, in the middle. My hike took me to all three cirques and to the top of Piton des Neige.
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| The chapel in Cilaos |
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The trail is cut into the solid rock
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The beginning of a 7500' climb
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| This is meters...each 305 meters is = 1000 feet. |
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The top of Piton des Neige.. just over 10,000 feet
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