点评:once you arrive to Salazie, continue driving towards Grand Ilet. the road will end at a paid parking lot -21.061761951695615, 55.45040627388359
the paid lot is mostly catered to overnight hikers into Cirque de Mafate. if you are only there for day hike, just park 200 m downhill from and before the the paid lot
after parking, walk towards the paid lot. this is where the trailhead to Col De Boeufs can be found. it takes about 20 minutes one way from parking to Col De Boeufs pass.
the descent into Cirque de Mafate begins from the pass. most hikers have two destinations in mind at this point
- Marla
- La Nouvelle
each hamlet is about 2-2.5h one way. both hamlets pass the mystical Plaines des Tamarins where cattle can be found. the two hamlets are in different directions and therefore about 2h hike from each other. I missed the turn off for Marla, so ended up in La Nouvelle instead, which is a pleasant surprise. I believe this village is bigger than Marla and is in fact the classic route into Cirque de Mafate.
La Nouvelle has a bakery, chapel, several restaurants and gites. there is also an excellent viewpoint called "Vue panoramique cirque de Mafate" which you can find from googlemap, well worth the short walk to see it
I find this hike to be more scenic than the hike to Col du Taibit. so if you only have time and stamina to do one hike, i will choose this one. the difficult portions are the beginning (near Col de Bouefs) and the end (near La Nouvelle) . this is because it entails an uphill hike on the return leg, when sun is beating down your back.
翻译:抵达萨拉齐后,继续向大岛 (Grand Ilet) 驶去。道路的尽头是一个付费停车场 -21.061761951695615, 55.45040627388359
这个付费停车场主要面向前往马法特环岛 (Cirque de Mafate) 的夜间徒步者。如果您只是进行一日徒步,只需在付费停车场前方下坡 200 米处停车即可。
停车后,步行前往付费停车场。这里是前往博夫山口 (Col De Boeufs) 的登山口。从停车场到博夫山口 (Col De Boeufs) 单程大约需要 20 分钟。
从山口开始下山前往马法特环岛。大多数徒步者此时有两个目的地:
- 马拉 (Marla)
- 拉诺维尔 (La Nouvelle)
每个村庄单程大约需要 2-2.5 小时。这两个村庄都经过神秘的塔玛琳平原 (Plaines des Tamarins),那里有牛群。这两个村庄方向不同,因此彼此之间大约需要徒步2小时。我错过了去往马拉的岔路,结果去了拉诺维尔,这真是个惊喜。我觉得这个村庄比马拉大,而且实际上是通往马法特环城的经典路线。
拉诺维尔有一家面包店、一座小教堂、几家餐厅和几间小屋。这里还有一个名为“马法特环城全景”(Vue panoramique cirque de Mafate)的绝佳观景点,你可以在谷歌地图上找到,非常值得走一小段路去看看。
我觉得这条徒步路线比去泰比特山口(Col du Taibit)的徒步路线风景更美。所以如果你的时间和体力只够完成一条徒步路线,我会选择这条路线。最难的部分是起点(靠近布埃夫山口)和终点(靠近拉诺维尔)。这是因为回程需要爬坡,而且阳光会直射你的后背。