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Réunion's cirques: Saint-Denis to Cilaos: 4-Day Plan You Can Actually Drive
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The 4-day version for September: every day fits real transit, opening hours and daylight. Prefer more or fewer days? 4-day plan · best time to go.
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4
days
173 km
distance
5.6 h
driving
6
curated stops
💡 Good to know for this plan
- The reviewed drier-season baseline still requires current road, rain, landslide, cyclone, trail, weather, daylight and parking checks.
Day 1 Saint-Denis
- Transit
- none
- Finish
- ~14:00
- Temperature
- 17.3°C–21.4°C
- Rainy days
- ~5
- Daylight
- 11.9h
09:00
Walk a bounded public circuit through Saint-Denis's Creole civic core and waterfront. Museum, worship-space and garden interiors, events and after-dark activity remain optional.
300 min · Saint-Denis · Public streets and ground-level exterior viewpoints; confirm current roads, weather, security, daylight, parking and local access before travel
Overnight here
e.g. Pension Aïssa · Tulip Inn Sainte-Clotilde La Réunion
Day 2 Salazie and Hell-Bourg
- Transit
- 1h22
- Finish
- ~16:25
- Temperature
- 17.3°C–21.4°C
- Rainy days
- ~5
- Daylight
- 11.9h
10:25
Salazie and Hell-Bourg public village-and-cirque-view circuit en.reunion.fr map ↗
Use public village streets and safe roadside or ground-level cirque views in Salazie and Hell-Bourg. Treacherous paths, canyoning, waterfall approaches and guided activities remain optional.
300 min · Salazie and Hell-Bourg · Public streets and ground-level exterior viewpoints; confirm current roads, weather, security, daylight, parking and local access before travel
15:25
Overnight here
e.g. Gîte de Bélouve · Maison de la Montagne
Day 3 Saint-Pierre
- Transit
- 2h23
- Finish
- ~17:25
- Temperature
- 21.4°C–23.0°C
- Rainy days
- ~4
- Daylight
- 11.9h
11:25
Walk Saint-Pierre's bounded public historic centre and seafront promenade. Swimming, lagoon activities, paid interiors and nightlife remain outside the baseline.
300 min · Saint-Pierre · Public streets and ground-level exterior viewpoints; confirm current roads, weather, security, daylight, parking and local access before travel
Day 4 Cilaos
- Transit
- 1h50
- Finish
- ~15:50
- Temperature
- 17.3°C–21.4°C
- Rainy days
- ~5
- Daylight
- 11.9h
10:50
Cilaos public village-and-cirque-view circuit en.reunion.fr map ↗
Use public village streets and accessible ground-level views of the Cilaos cirque after the RN5 approach. Mountain trails, canyons, peaks and guided products remain optional.
300 min · Cilaos · Public streets and ground-level exterior viewpoints; confirm current roads, weather, security, daylight, parking and local access before travel
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