A marvellous journey in the rums & sugars universe

Share the amazing space of a genuine industrial nave dedicated to the incredible Odyssey of the Sugar Cane.
Discover the importance of the sugar industry in the economic local context and learn about the history and the culture of the Island through the presentation of the agricultural universe of the sugar cane in Reunion Island.
While touring the Sugar Cane Refinery, you will enter the deep and fantastic world of the magic metamorphose that transforms the vegetal into sugar.
While discovering the Rum Manufacturing Plant, you’ll be learning about the meticulous elaboration of the famous rums, about the fermentations processes and about the mystery of maturing process.
Eventually, once in our boutique “Tafia & Galabé”, you’ll be offered a tasting to discover the charm of the Reunion Island’s flavours.

Touring Program

After booking, each visitor is welcomed at the “Tafia & Galabé” shop. Groups of 15 people maximum are defined before entering the nave and each group will have a qualified guide to visit the plant.
Your guided touring journey begin with a 13-minutes film presenting the history of the plant, the stakes of sugar cane at a local level and inviting you to discover the 4 companies composing the production plant of Bois Rouge:

• the Bois Rouge Sugar Refinery and the magic manufacturing of sugars;
• Distillerie de Savanna and the very true mysteries of the rum confection;
• Eurocanne which markets sugars and exports sugars to metropolitan France;
• The Centrale thermique de Bois Rouge (the Bois Rouge Power station) which produces electricity.

Touring Schedule

During the sugar season: July to December
Guided tour of the Bois Rouge Sugar Refinery and Distillerie de Savanna:

• Monday to Friday: from 9.00 am to 8.00 pm
• Saturday: from 9.00 am to 8.00 pm

• Monday to Saturday from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm

General Information

Child must be over 7 years old
Touring not recommended to people suffering from asthma or vertigo
Dress code recommended: pants, shorts, low heels shoes