A short forest walk from Étang-Salé les Bains

Car park at the Étang-Salé les Bains stadium.

(S/E) Follow the stadium fence on your left. Take the path that branches off to the left and starts with some steps. Follow the path as it winds through the woodland until you reach a crossroads. Take the path furthest to the right, which climbs slightly. Continue until you reach another crossroads. Look out for a passageway under the road on your right.

(1) Turn right and go under the road. You’ll soon reach a crossroads. Take the wide path straight ahead, then turn right almost immediately onto a narrow path. Turn left at the first Fork in the road. Follow the path as it makes a circular curve to the left. You’ll come to a wide path again; turn right onto it.

(2) Follow the path straight ahead. Ignore the small side paths on both the left and right. After a wide bend to the right, you’ll reach a road (Chemin du Zoo).

(3) Cross the road and take a small path on the right that runs alongside the road. Follow the path straight ahead, passing a sign marked: ‘fitness trail’. After a while, the path veers to the left, then back to the right and leaves the road. It heads into the forest and reaches a junction marked by a fountain.

(4) Turn right. When you reach a crossroads, carry on straight ahead. The path climbs slightly, zigzagging as it goes. Carry on straight ahead until you reach a monument dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

(5) The path branches off to the left. Continue to a very sandy crossroads.

(6) Carry on straight ahead. Pass a series of steps that go up and down. Carry on straight ahead. Pass a series of twelve small posts. Continue to a crossroads.

(7) Carry on straight ahead. Pass a series of eight small posts. Continue to a sign on the ground marked: ‘fitness trail’.

.(8) Take the path on the left, lined with pebbles.
The path winds gently, then begins to descend. Continue to a set of fitness equipment.

(9) Head off to the far left. On your right you’ll find a fountain and, on your left, a small rock with four small ‘no entry’ signs. Follow the barely marked path straight ahead.

(10) When you reach a large clump of agaves, turn right. Follow the sign: ‘jog’. The path veers off to the left. You’ll come to a small flight of steps leading down. Continue along the path straight ahead.
Pass a set of climbing equipment, then take the staircase which descends quite steeply. Carry on until you reach the fountain you passed on the way there.

(4) Continue to the right, following the outbound route in reverse. Carry on until you reach the stadium (S/E).

Car park near the stadium: 40 Avenue de Bourbon, 97427 Étang-Salé les Bains

• Part of the route follows a fitness trail. If you feel like it, try out some or all of the exercise equipment located along the way.