Bel Ombre Hiking Trail — Attraction in Chamarel

Did the trail yesterday starting from Plaine Champagne road all the way down to Beau Champs and it was one of the quietest days ever, hearing only birds and the ocassional rustling of the leaves. Some things are worth mentioning: This is different from the heritage reserve (some pictures uploaded by other contributors show pictures of the reserve). This is a road, not a simple well marked trail. A ROAD. Half of it paved, with almost pristine concrete. I think I remember reading somewhere that it used to be a utility road. Entrance from Plaine Champagne road very clear. Exit in Beau Champ to the main road a bit scrambled, among the new development in the area. Not that difficult to find the right road out of the sugar cane field. Stick to the side of the golf course and you should be fine. Length: about 12 km from Paine Champagne road to the Beau Champs main road. First 2 km of descent represent about 200m in total descent, then gradually descending. No source of water along the way (so I find the pictures with water & waterfalls very misleading - it's clear these people did not do this trail) Almost the entire trail is shaded. Sham waterfall: About half way on the trail, we noticed a cleared path in the banana trees and decided to follow it. Noticed blue paint marks on some trees and even found a small rock marking "w" at one point. We thought it is the trail to the Sham waterfall which we saw marked on google maps. The descent is quite abrupt. After about 5 min descending, when we reached the point where we didn't see the path that well marked and no sound of water, we decided to turn around. Apps we used to compare paths: Locus map (off-line version works very well) & memap There are no mind blowing views to the ocean or other points of interest. Some 3 points where you catch the horizon (remember, shaded trail 🙂) Do it for the quiet and potential wild boars you...

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Very nice trail and nature reserve.

Especially pink pigeon can be found in the watook forest.

Recommend to keep the...