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Impressive Palm Tree – Macchabée Trail Signpost loop from Black River Gorges National Park / Parc national des gorges de Rivière Noire

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Impressive Palm Tree – Macchabée Trail Signpost loop from Black River Gorges National Park / Parc national des gorges de Rivière Noire

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Impressive Palm Tree – Macchabée Trail Signpost loop from Black River Gorges National Park / Parc national des gorges de Rivière Noire

03:18

12.3km

150m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 24, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Parc national des gorges de Rivière Noire

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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93 m

Pétrin Pink Pigeon Release Site

Highlight • Natural Monument

Behind the visitor centre you can find the protected area for the pink pigeon. You can discover here a lot of pink pigeons. And toilets :-)

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122 m

Black River Gorges National Park Viewpoint

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

1.79 km

View of waterfalls in Black River Gorges National Park

Highlight • Viewpoint

1.83 km

View of the gorges from the Machabée Trail

Highlight • Viewpoint

5.58 km

Mare Longue Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

🇲🇺 Mare Longue Reservoir - here the Mare Longue Trail passes in a very little frequented area

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9.46 km

Black River Gorges National Park information board

Highlight • Rest Area

12.0 km

Macchabée Trail Signpost

Highlight • Rest Area

The paths are all well signposted.

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12.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.59 km

2.41 km

279 m

Surfaces

11.4 km

603 m

279 m

Elevation

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Highest point (670 m)

Lowest point (580 m)

Weather

Tuesday 4 August

26°C

18°C

50 %

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Comments

December 31, 2021,View on a waterfall – Viewpoint at Machabée Trail Runde

Easy hike, beautiful views of a waterfall, easy to walk paths along the drinking water reservoir.

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September 13, 2023,Wanderung um Mare Longue Reservoir im Black River Gorges NP

A beautiful hike with a variety of impressions: forest paths, gravel paths, T2 hiking trails that lead to a small waterfall, beautiful views. And a lot of isolation. On the way there it may happen that you have to cross 3 tributaries for the water reservoir. Either ankle-high waterproof shoes or barefoot. Or you can build a passage through the …

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Pétrin Pink Pigeon Release Site