Let’s just say absence makes the hikes grow longer. When I was 22 and in the best shape of my life, I used to hitchhike into the mountains of Réunion Island every weekend to take in the dizzying views ...

Hiking is the latest tourism product the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) is promoting among travelers in the neighboring Reunion Island. Following the official launch of STB’s first official hiking ...

Vanilla Island member Reunion, the French Indian Ocean island between Madagascar and Mauritius, offers over 1.000 kilometres of marked hiking trails across the rugged interior and along the shore line ...

The coast of this former French colony is plagued by sharks, but its interior is an outdoorsy paradise. Mist over the mountains in Mafate, Réunion Island.Credit...Gulshan Khan for The New York Times ...