The Volcano

25 minutes of eternity between sky and craters!

Right in the heart of the Réunion National Park, the Piton de la Fournaise, our volcano, rises to 2,632 m in the south of the island. Regularly erupting, it offers a dazzling spectacle from a helicopter. The volcano is an almost compulsory stop during your trip to Réunion Island. The helicopter flight begins with a pass over the Plaine des Sables, a vast expanse of red scoria. You will feel as though you are flying over Mars! You will glide effortlessly into the Enclos and up to the Dolomieu crater. While our island rose out of the ocean around 500,000 years ago, the volcano in its present form is only about 5,000 years old, which is why this young volcano still regularly spews lava that pours down the slopes in incandescent flows. You will end your excursion with the dizzying cliffs of the Rivière des Remparts, before returning over the lagoon of Saint-Pierre and its coral reef.