Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03
Réunion
French volcanic island of cirques and an active volcano; Piton des Neiges, Piton de la Fournaise and a UNESCO-listed national park.
- Formation
- volcanic hotspot shield; dormant Piton des Neiges and active Piton de la Fournaise
- Population
- 885,700
- Water
- Indian Ocean
- Access
- easy
Every required movement
The passage
to Réunion.
Fly Roland Garros Airport (RUN) from Paris, Mauritius and regional hubs; no scheduled passenger ferries.
- 01Roland Garros Airport (RUN), Saint-Denis
Nearest recorded air access
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 02Water crossing
No regular passenger ferry; cargo/cruise calls at Le Port; inter-island links via Mauritius flights.
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 03Entry check
French/Schengen entry rules; EU citizens free movement.
Schedule or condition may change · verify
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Young, steep volcanic island 175 km southwest of Mauritius. One of the world's most active volcanoes erupts regularly above a lagoon-fringed coast; the interior national park is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Uninhabited at European arrival; French possession from 1642 as Bourbon; British occupation 1810–1815; sugar colony; overseas department since 1946.
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The useful
details.
- Coordinates
- 21.11° S · 55.53° E
- Sovereignty
- France · overseas territory
- Nearest mainland
- Madagascar (~700 km west); Mauritius ~175 km northeast
- Best recorded window
- May–November (dry, cooler hiking season).
- Permits / entry
- French/Schengen entry rules; EU citizens free movement.
- Languages
- French, Réunion Creole
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