Route details
Duration: 45 minutes
Le Complet, the flight lasting 45 minutes. This essential flight lets you see all the must-see sites of Réunion Island from a helicopter.
The Three Cirques, the Trou de Fer, the Bélouve & Bébour forest, the Piton de la Fournaise, the Rivière des Remparts, the lagoon of Saint-Pierre.
Highlights
- Fly over the 3 cirques of Réunion Island, Mafate, Cilaos and Salazie, where some hamlets can only be reached from the air
- Discover the Trou de Fer, a chasm carved into the Piton des Neiges massif, closed to the general public and visible only from above
- Fly over the Bélouve and Bébour forest, remarkable for the density and the variety of its vegetation
- Come close to the Piton de la Fournaise, an active volcano rising to 2,632 metres, then the Rivière des Remparts and the lagoon of Saint-Pierre
- A 45-minute scenic flight departing from Pierrefonds, Saint-Pierre
Sites you will fly over
Cilaos
Mafate
Salazie
Trou de Fer
Piton de la Fournaise
Rivière des Remparts
Grande Anse beach
Manapany
The Saint-Pierre lagoon
Route
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Cirque de Cilaos
Take off toward the heart of the island and enter the Cirque de Cilaos, dominated by the Piton des Neiges and lined with dizzying ramparts. -
Cirque de Mafate
Fly over the wildest and most unspoilt cirque, reachable only from the air or on foot, with its picturesque hamlets. -
Cirque de Salazie
Head for Salazie, the green cirque with its spectacular waterfalls and the famous Voile de la Mariée. -
Trou de Fer
A striking pass above the chasm of the Trou de Fer and its waterfalls plunging into a monumental canyon. -
Piton de la Fournaise
Head south-east toward the Piton de la Fournaise, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, its craters and its lunar landscapes. -
Rivière des Remparts
Descend the impressive canyon of the Rivière des Remparts to begin the return toward the coast. -
Grande Anse beach & Manapany
A pass above the poetic bays of the Wild South, between the coconut-lined beach of Grande Anse and the sea pool of Manapany. -
Saint-Pierre lagoon
A spectacular finale above the turquoise waters of the Saint-Pierre lagoon before landing at Pierrefonds airport.
The cirques
Each cirque is protected by a rampart carved by erosion into a thin wall of greenery, opening onto a grandiose setting, bathed in breathtaking light.
The Trou de Fer
The Trou de Fer, also called Trou d’Enfer, is a geological depression of the Piton des Neiges massif located in the Cirque de Salazie.
The volcano
The Piton de la Fournaise, which rises to 2,632 metres above sea level, is the active volcano of Réunion Island.