What to See in Piton de la Fournaise - Top Sights and Attractions

Mountain pass in Réunion. Pas de Bellecombe-Jacob is a mountain pass and vista point overlooking Enclos Fouqué, the last caldera formed by Piton de la Fournaise, the active volcano on the eastern side of Réunion island in the Indian Ocean.

It is named after Guillaume Léonard de Bellecombe, governor of La Réunion during the 18th century, and Jacob, the slave that actually discovered the pass.^[1]

Volcanic crater in Réunion. Formica Leo, named for its similar shape to the pitfall built by the antlion, is a small volcanic crater of the Piton de la Fournaise, the active volcano on the eastern side of Réunion island in the Indian Ocean. It is located at the bottom of the caldera called Enclos Fouqué, just beneath the mountain pass Pas de Bellecombe.^[2]

Rivière des Remparts – Rivière Langevin Important Bird Area is a 7000 ha tract of land on the island of Réunion, a French territory in the western Indian Ocean.^[3]

Rivals crater is a small volcanic cone adventitious of Piton de la Fournaise, the active volcano of Reunion Island, a French overseas department in the southwestern Indian Ocean. It is located in the heart of the Piton de la Fournaise massif on the slopes of the main cone within the caldera called Enclos Fouqué. Thus, it is part of the national park of Reunion. Formed during a volcanic eruption in 1937, it culminates since then, according to the maps of the National Institute of Geographic and Forestry Information, at 2 243 meters of altitude.

The crater is reached by the Rivals trail from the Bellecombe rampart.