MAGMA AND MAGNIFIQUE EQUALS TO MAGMA’ GNIFIQUE – ONLY ON REUNION ISLAND
(Posted 23rd September 2015)
Four eruptions this year of the famous Piton de la Fournaise have raised interest levels greatly for visits to the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion and the tourism marketers have promptly latched on to these events to hard sell island holidays on the French mainland and elsewhere.
Reunion’s national highway route 2 is also known as the ‘Lava Route’, used by over 3.000 vehicles per day, driven by islanders but also the tour busses taking tourists to the most scenic spots of the island.
Presently under reconstruction will the highway re-open towards the end of October but while car traffic is not possible during this time have the tourism marketers lost no time to declare the weekend of the 26th and 27th September an open day for the route. Anyone coming to the stretch of road closed on foot, by bike, by velo or on skates will be allowed to see the lava flows. Those with deeper pockets can of course take one of the regular helicopter tours to see the event, and the natural spectacle of the lava flow, from the air. Afterwards will a film be screened ‘La coulée du siècle’ while other activities too are planned such as an introduction to braiding or a guided hike from Port Tremblet to the ‘Puits Arabe’.
Reunion island, never shy to find a new angle to promote and market their island. For added information about the destination click on www.reunion.fr
