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Plaine-des-Cafres & Bourg-Murat
Velvet-green hills and pastures undulating off into the horizon. Fresh air. Mist. Filled with
iconic pastoral landscapes, the Plaine-des-Cafres area bears an unexpected likeness to
Bavaria. It is cool, relaxing and oxygenated. Chalk that up to altitude and attitude. It sits
1200m above sea level and is regularly massaged by cool breezes. Once a refuge for run-
away slaves from the coast, the Plaine-des-Cafres is a vast, gently rolling area that spreads
between the Cirques and Piton de la Fournaise.
As you make the approach from the south (St-Pierre), the Plaine-des-Cafres begins
shortly after the sprawling, nondescript town of Le Tampon and ends at Col de Bellevue,
at the top of the winding road that plunges down to Plaine-des-Palmistes. North of Le
