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Mail contact: a.a.r.reunion(at)gmail.com
Réunion Island, the french jewel in the Indian Ocean: live it with CHRISTOPH KINDLER !
Hiking with a local guide - Trekking - Cultural Outings - Excursions for Cruiseship Passengers
Methods of payment:
- cash
- bank transfer
Our company, A.A.R. (Adventure Agency Reunion Island), is specialized in guiding local, french and foreign tourists. We have offers for single persons, couples, families and groups. We also offer educational outings in order to explore volcanism, botany, or the history of Reunion Island.
We provide you with experienced and state qualified mountain guides for your hiking
and trekking trips, speaking French, Creole, English, German and Spanish. Reunion Island is an all-year-long hiking paradise !
Professional licence number: 03820ED0038, Professional liability insurance with: MMA Oullins, contract number: 105630300
Our services also include touristic visits: Creole villages, viewpoints, monuments, places of worship ...
In collaboration with our partners, we organize activities for you at sea, on land and in the air: canyoning, rafting, downhill mountain biking, tree climbing, climbing, diving, whale or dolphin trips, paragliding, ultralight aviation...
Our company is based in the south of the island, so most of our outings take place in this part or in the west of the island. But we also organize complete crossings of Reunion on foot, in the footsteps of the famous Grand Raid Ultra Trail competition, as well as outings in the huge volcanic calderas, the so-called cirques: Mafate, Cilaos, Salazie, geological phenomena which are unique in the world.
In fact, it all depends on what you want to do, we will develop an individual program for you.
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Our weekly outings, please book at least 24 hours before the scheduled date !
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Visits in french language. For an english speaking guide, at a date convenient for you, please book in advance.
Nicole Altmann (Sunday, 04 July 2021 22:21)
As an avid hiker, I have been very privileged to have enjoyed private tailored hiking tours with Christoph on three occasions (2012, 2014, 2016. NB. I could not travel in 2018; the COVID pandemic put every thing on hold in 2020).
As Christoph has not only extraordinary knowledge of Reunion Island, but he is also very well respected by the Creole locals in the mountain villages. Christoph chooses comfortable half-board huts (gites in French) for overnight stays to unwind after a long hike and to enjoy authentic creole food, the traditional carrie. It was an amazing experience to mingle with the friendly locals, enjoying their hospitality first hand and learning a lot about their life in the mountains which you cannot have, staying in a hotel.
Christoph is outstanding in communicating travel plans and options. He has always addressed my wishes and options pertaining the hiking tours and explained the levels of feasibility. And most importantly, he provides valuable advice on what to pack into a backpack.
Christoph started off with introducing me to the breath-taking scenery of traversing the Cirque de Salazie, Mafate and Cilaos (5-day hike, 50km) with the highlight of ascending Piton de Neiges (3070m) and observing the sunrise. I have never thought in my dreams that I can ascend 800m in the early hours and descend 2400m in one day. Oh my word, I do not have any impalla blood in me, I am not a fast hiker at all. But I could do it with ambition, a strong will, a lot of humour and Christoph's planning and patience. I not only lost weight and gained muscles, but most importantly discovered a lot about myself, as hiking from hut (gite in French) to hut away from civilisation and infrastructure is cleaning the soul. I could reconnect to my inner peace. Living in simple conditions, carrying lunches, enjoying half-board in the gites (of course creole carries, homemade jam, lots of baguettes) has redirected me to the real meaning of happiness, satisfaction, thus luxury. And I took hundreds of photos (always a good excuse for a break).
Christoph also designed a hiking trek for me, crossing the entire island in 12 days, hiking over 100km. Honestly, I had initial stage freight, but again, scenery, accommodation, meals, resting days, so in a nutshell, Christoph's planning and skills, made it easy for me to overcome that and to thoroughly enjoy the hiking trek. From La Port in the west to climbing Piton de la Fournaise in the east and from there back into civilisation, it was such an achievement.
I cannot wait to come back and highly recommend Christoph's expertise.