Situation : Takeoff at Matouta (Saint-Joseph). Landing at Basse-Vallée (Saint-Philippe).
GPS : WGS84 S -21.34662 - E 55.70227
Altitude
: 461 m ASL
Access : Takeoff is on a mall round peak situated under "Piton Bernard". By coming from Saint-Pierre, take the CD37 on the left after Vincendo village, direction MATOUTA. After about one kilometre, turn right in a small tarred road which appears with an acute angle. Continue until you find a concreted road on the left. Take this road until starts to surround a small peak on the left. In a bend on the right, take the lane which surrounds Piton Bernard by the right-hand side. Park here. The path which climbs on to takeoff is a dozen meters before this bend.
Aerology : Toakeoff orientation : East-Southeast. Privileged meteorological conditions : dominant Wind coming from the North or from the South-Southeast. Sometimes a West-Southwest wind can bring a return of South-Southeast. Possibility of soaring by steady wind, over the take-off and behind Piton Bernard can gain height. It is also possible in the first two thirds of the course between takeoff and landing on the cliff situated in border of the R.N. 2. By sunny weather, thermical currents are generous above Matouta hamlet and Basse-Vallée village. They are stronger when sugar cane fields are cut.
Landing : GPS : WGS84 S -21.36173 - E 55.71510 On the football field of Basse-Vallée : easily accessible because very clear. The flying over the cliff before landing is sublime.