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| panorama of Cilaos from Fenêtre des Makes viewpoint |
After a visit to a forest adventure park at Les Makes,
St Louis, at 1300m altitude, we carried on up to La Fenetre des Makes which is a viewpoint over the
cirque of
Cilaos, 1574m above sea level.
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| Ilet à Cordes |
Although we arrived at midday, as you can see from the photos we had a cloudless blue sky and a wonderful view.
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| Cilaos town, with the village of Bras Sec to the right |
Fenêtre means 'window' and today its name was well-deserved.
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| Palmiste Rouge |
The viewpoint is about 10 km further uphill from the village known as Les Makes, which is strung out along the road between 900m and 1200m altitude, itself 12km from the town of St Louis.
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| looking towards the Dimitile |
Les Makes is also known for its astronomical observatory, which regularly offers stargazing programmes open to the public.
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| looking towards the Col du Taibit (centre) |
I had a good view of the final part of the
path I hiked up to Ilet à Cordes in May.
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| path leading up to Ilet à Cordes |
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| Saxciola tectes / Reunion Stonechat / Tec-tec |
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| Saxciola tectes / Reunion Stonechat / Tec-tec |
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