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  Landscape around Piton de la Fournaise, Réunion's biggest active volcano

  © Olivier Cirendini

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  Aerial view of Reunion's capital St-Denis

  © Jean-Bernard Carillet

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  Fall for the pools at Ravine St Gilles, St-Gilles-les-Bains

  © Olivier Cirendini

Reunion: Overview

Few people outside la métropole know of Réunion and even fewer know of its spectacular natural wonders. The island's dearth of world-class beaches has a lot to do with its lack of mass tourism, but what Réunion lacks at sea level it more than makes up for with its wildly dramatic mountain country.