Tailor Made and Bespoke Holidays & Honeymoons to Reunion Island
The 12-day Honeymoon to Reunion Island offers a relaxed experience of this romantic Indian Ocean island. Staying three nights each at two charming guesthouses, both ideally located for exploring the Reunion’s highlights. The focus is on taking in the breathtaking scenery, picturesque mountains, quaint villages and coastal towns.
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Day 1 - Depart...
Tailor Made and Bespoke Holidays & Honeymoons to Reunion Island
The 12-day Honeymoon to Reunion Island offers a relaxed experience of this romantic Indian Ocean island. Staying three nights each at two charming guesthouses, both ideally located for exploring the Reunion’s highlights. The focus is on taking in the breathtaking scenery, picturesque mountains, quaint villages and coastal towns.
Call us on 01728 748209 or complete the enquiry form or talk to us on Live Chat.
Day 1 - Depart from the UK on the Air France flight to Réunion via Paris.
Day 2 - Hell-Bourg - Cirque de Salazie. Arrive in Réunion and collect your hire car. Drive east, through lush fields of sugar cane and past Tamil temples built by plantation workers, to Hell-Bourg, voted one of the most beautiful villages. Hell-Bourg is the main settlement in the lovely Cirque de Salazie and has many delightful Creole buildings here. Day ends at the delightful Diana Dea Lodge & Spa for a 3 night stay in a prestige room with breakfast included. Honeymooners will love the outdoor sitting alcove and breathtaking 180° views of the Indian Ocean from the terrace or balcony. Run a bubble bath and enjoy stunning sea views through the carefully positioned bathroom windows.
Day 3 - Cirque de Salazie -Salazie is the lushest of the three amphitheatres. Its 100 waterfalls plummet down spectacular gorges and cliffs like giant, silver ribbons. Walk to the hot springs, Les Sources Pétrifiantes.
Day 4 - Drive to the outstanding viewpoint at Le Point du Jour and the nearby cascade. Go canyonning, mountain-biking or climbing or explore the Forest of Bélouve, with its endemic silvery tamarind trees.
Day 5 - Bébour Forest - Nature enthusiasts should explore Bébour Forest, with its carpet of white lilies and dominated by enormous, prehistoric-looking tree-ferns. It is possible to see all the locally endemic birds and a variety of rare plants during one walk in Bébour Forest. Pause in Bourg Murat to visit the volcano centre. Then drive to the village of St Philippe. Stay 3 nights at Villa Belle near St Pierre in the Colonial Room with sea-view with breakfast included.
Day 6 - La Rivière Langevin & St Pierre -From Villa Belle you could visit St Pierre, with its charming fishing port, 19th-century dry dock, and craft market. Walk to La Rivière Langevin with its amazing waterfalls. Do the botanical ramble at Mare-Longue and the Garden of Perfume & Spices (1½ hour-walk in the middle of tropical trees, flowers and spices) near St Philippe.
Day 7 -Piton de la Fournaise - For and adventurous day take an early morning drive to Piton de la Fournaise & the lava flows. Explore the awesome volcano, Piton de la Fournaise (‘peak of the furnace’), which has erupted several times in recent years (most recently in September 2008). Or to discover why St Philippe is one of Réunion’s easternmost settlements, drive a short distance towards Tremblet to see the recent flows of lava. In this part of the island, the rugged coast is one of black pebble beaches or black volcanic cliffs.
Day 8 -Hermitage-les-Bains -Drive west along the coastal highway and drive to Hermitage-les-Bains to spend 4 nights at the 5-star LUX* Ile de la Réunion (formally Grand Hotel du Lagon) in a luxury room with breakfast included. LUX* Ile de la Réunion is a 5-star hotel situated 3 kms out side of St Gilles, the island’s most popular beach resort, on one of the best beaches at Hermitage-les-Bains.
Days 9 - 11 -Hermitage-les-Bains -The hotel has tennis courts, bikes, the largest pool on the island and a choice of four restaurants. The beach is protected by a coral reef and the snorkelling is very good. Diving, and surfing, golf and paragliding are available nearby. Drive up to Le Maido, on the rim of the Cirque de Mafate for breathtaking views of the peaks and into the cirque itself. You could make a day hike along the rim to the summit of Le Grand Benard or descend to the village of Roche Plate – or from St Gilles, take a helicopter trip into the cirque
Day 12 - Drive to the airport, return your hire car, and check in for the Air France flight to the UK via Paris.
Why not extend this trip and add a few more relaxing days at the end? We can easily tailor make any trip to your individual requirements.
Prices from £2,540 per person
