Activity Snapshot
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Sensation Level: Adventurous
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Spoken languages: English, French, Creole
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Fitness level: from Everybody welcome to Sporty
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Duration: from 3.5 hrs to 7 hrs
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Cancellation policy:flexible 1) Cancellation 4 days or more prior to the agreed activity starting date
→ You are automatically refunded for the full activity price
2) Cancellation between 48 and 96 hours prior to the agreed activity starting date
→ You are entitled to a 50% refund
3) 48 hours or later are what we call last-minute cancellations
→ No refund will be made -
Meeting point:Vierge au Parasol car park, Grand brûlé 974, RN2, Sainte-Rose, Réunion
Activity description
Explore the 2004 Lava Tube Flow of Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island, with a mountain guide who specializes in volcanology.
Rando Volcano offers sporty excursion inside the 2004 Lava Tube Flow of 5 or 6 hours.
Semi-sporty excursion (3.5 hrs underground)
- You leave the bottom of the network near the ocean to go up about 2.5 kms to an exit located at the foot of the "big slopes".
- The route traces almost the one that the first explorers of the tunnels borrowed in 2005.
- Some passages are quite low although it is not necessary to crawl, but it is still a fairly sporty route where there are numerous passages that require to walk on all fours.
- Your guide can adapt the route according to the level of the group and your needs with many narrow passages.
- You will eat underground so remember to bring your picnic!
Sporty excursion (6 hrs underground)
- You cross the network of the "Sunday tunnel" which is quite narrow and labyrinthine.
- You arrive at the bottom of the big slopes and you go down in the tunnels to the lower entrances which are about 3,5 kms underground.
- This excursion requires a good physical condition.
- Several routes are possible depending on the level of the group but all have many curved passages, and others that require to be walk on all fours or to crawl.
- You will eat underground so don't forget to bring your lunch!
