Bras des Calumets to Sentier Josémont
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Starting point
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Cyatheales and Kahili Ginger - Fanjan and longose
Crapaud guttural - Amietophrynus gutturalis
Cryptomeria forest
Forêt des bois de couleur des hauts
Muddy trail
Tec-tec - Reunion Stonechat
Veloutier - Heliotropium foertherianum
Forêt de fanjans - Cyatheales forest
Crosse de fronde - Tree fern frond
Trail near the top
Burnt area
picnic area
Route du Volcan - Volcano road
Ambaville - Hubertia ambavilla
End of trail
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Story
Certainly not among all the well-known trails to get to the volcano but it's without any doubts one of the most interesting. It starts at Bras des Calumets and, after going through the village, you walk into a cryptomeria forest that will lead you up to an altitude of 1800 meters where you enter into the Parc de La Réunion and the tropical forest. That part is muddy and very humid with a wide variety of flora. Just before reaching Piton Textor, we come across a huge area burnt down to the ground by an arson a couple of years ago. It'll take decades before the vegetation gets back to normal there.