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down the mountains, even over the road in places - Salazie is the wettest of the three
Cirques.
Getting There & Around
There are seven buses daily from St-André to Salazie (€1.70) between 6.10am and
5.45pm (in the opposite direction, buses run from 5.30am to 4.40pm). On Sunday buses
leave St-André at 8.40am, 1.30pm and 5.45pm (8am, 12.40pm and 3.45pm from Salazie).
Buses from Salazie to Hell-Bourg run about every two hours from 6.45am to 6.20pm.
In the opposite direction, there are services from 6.15am to 5.45pm. There are four buses
in each direction on Sunday.
There are eight buses a day (four on Sunday) from Salazie to Grand Îlet and Le Bélier
between 6.45am (9.15am on Sunday) and 6.20pm. Heading back to Salazie services de-
part from Le Bélier between around 5.45am and 5pm (7am to 5.20pm on Sunday), calling
at Grand Îlet 10 minutes later.
From Le Bélier to Col des Bœufs, there are two buses per day on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday at 7.35am and 2.35pm, as well as two buses on Sunday (at 10am and 4.25pm).
In the opposite direction, buses leave at 8.05am and 3.05pm (10.25am and 4.55pm on
Sunday).
There's only one petrol station, in Salazie - fill up in St-André.
Salazie
POP 2400
The road alongside the gorge of the Rivière du Mât from St-André to Salazie, which lies
at the eastern entrance to the Cirque, winds past superb waterfalls. There's not much to
detain you in Salazie, though, and most visitors press on to Hell-Bourg. You'll have to
change buses here if you're heading further up into the Cirque.
Further along the road to Hell-Bourg, just north of the turn-off to Grand Îlet, you'll see
the
Cascade du Voile de la Mariée
(Bridal Veil Falls) on your left. These towering falls drop in
several stages from the often cloud-obscured heights into the ravine at the roadside. You
get an even better view from the Grand Îlet road.
Hell-Bourg
POP 2200
