- Length: 6 days/5 nights
- Difficulty: moderate to sustained
- Backpack: contains your gear for 6 days and several picnics
- Start/end points: Cilaos - public transport is available (Alternéo 60)

Rates 2024:

Organisation and guide for this trek of 6 days:

Rate upon request above 5 participants.

Additional costs:
 5 nights in lodges for half-board (circa 60 €/pers/night)
 the guide’s half-board package (rate according to the lodges policy)
 6 picnics (8 to 10 €/pers/day)

Day by day:

D1 – After a short bus transfer along the road leading to Ilet à Cordes, start of our ascent to the Col du Taïbit (pass) on the crest between the Cilaos and Mafate cirques. Short but steep descent towards the hamlet of Marla.
Around 4 h walking, +800 m and -450 m
Dinner and night in a lodge in Marla.

D2 – Hike to Roche Plate, via the mythical Trois Roches site. A waterfall of more than 50 m in a narrow gorge. Picnic and nap near the river.
Around 5 h walking, +250 m and -750 m
Dinner and night in a lodge in Roche Plate.

D3 – Hike to Grand-Place in the “Lowlands” of Mafate, via the îlet of Les Orangers. Stunning points of view on the Cirque of Mafate.
Around 6 h walking, +600 m and -900 m
Dinner and night in a lodge in Grand-Place.

D4 – A loop in the loop, we go for a round of the hamlets of the “Mafate Lowlands”; Aurère, Ilet à Malheur and finally Ilet à Bourse. Aerial sensation on the footbridge crossing the Bras d’Oussy gorges.
Around 6 h walking, +800 m and -700 m
Dinner and night in a lodge Ilet à Bourse.

D5 – Long hike towards La Nouvelle. After a quick incursion in the Cirque of Salazie, we are back in Mafate via the Col de Fourche at 2000 m. We walk through lovely tropical rainforests and the Plaine des Tamarins, with its enchanting atmosphere.
Around 7-8 h walking, +1400 m and -700 m
Dinner and night in a lodge in La Nouvelle.

D6 – This last part of our trek takes us back to Marla, for the Col du Taïbit ascent. We then head back to Cilaos.
Around 7-8 h walking, +950 m and -1150 m