Réunion

Réunion's most powerful coastal blowhole site on the island's wild southern tip near Saint-Philippe, where the full force of the Indian Ocean swell funnels through ancient lava tube channels to produce spectacular spray eruptions against dramatic black cliff scenery.

A roadless volcanic caldera on Réunion's west coast, accessible only on foot, housing scattered villages amid some of the island's most dramatic highland scenery and excellent multi-day hiking.

A former spa village at 1,200 metres inside the Cirque de Salazie, famous for its pastel case créole houses, exceptional traditional cuisine and access to the waterfall hikes and ridge walks of the eastern caldera.

A high-altitude viewpoint at 2,205 metres on the rim of the Cirque de Mafate, offering sweeping panoramas of the caldera floor and serving as the trailhead for the descent into the roadless interior.

One of Earth's most active shield volcanoes on Réunion, erupting regularly from the Enclos Fouqué caldera with easy viewpoint access at Pas de Bellecombe (2,311 m).

Réunion's longest swimming beach, a safe reef-protected lagoon in the island's largest city, offering year-round warm water, full tourist infrastructure and the only open-sea swimming available on the island's south coast.