Cirque de Cilaos Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Cirque de Cilaos
The name Cilaos is traced back to the Malagasy Tsilaosa, which means something like "someone you don't leave" or "place where you're safe": The first inhabitants of the basin were slaves who had escaped from the sugar cane plantations on the coast in the 18th century ("Noirs marrons"). After the end of slavery, impoverished sages ("petits blancs") also immigrated. The crater of the Cirque de Cilaos has a diameter of approximately 11 km, and the valley floor is at an altitude of approximately 1200 metres. The region is drained by the Bayonne Gorge.
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