Réunion Island - Day 4

On our forth day we decided to stretch our legs a bit & get the walking boots out. The walk was in the Forêt de Bélouve to le Trou de Fer waterfalls - about a 7km round trip (you can just about see the little red line on the satellite image showing where the walk is - click on it to see a bigger version). Just getting to the starting point of the walk provided a few photo opportunities.

The walk began with a view over the Cirque de Salazie (an area we visited later on in the holiday) which was really beautiful. After that it was quickly into the mud. The walk consisted of three main parts. The 1st & last were though the indigenous 'rainforest' of Réunion & the bit in the middle along a track between the native & a planted European pine forest. Some stages in the last part of the walk had wooden walk ways but there was a lot of mud and clambering to be done.

It was great fun & there was so much to see - we took over 300 photos between us but don't worry the web album is the very edited version!

Day 4 Pics

Unfortunately we must have started a little too late as the clouds had got there before we did. Never mind! We had really enjoyed the walk regardless. This picture is not ours but lets you see what we were hoping to see...well...from a different angle anyway.

It was a hot walk so we were very glad when the was a shower of rain as we made our way back - even if it did make things even more slippery.