The FAHAM lodge seen head-on under the forest: two storeys in red wood, a covered balcony upstairs, a varangue at ground level and a natural pool in the foreground.

Six lodges for two, in the heart of the forest.

What stays with them.

Three stays under the canopy.

You wake with the forest inside the room. The lodge never tries to overpower it.

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The ground, before the lodge.

A former family property, at Vincendo. The ground falls away beneath a lowland colour-wood forest: tree ferns, coloured bark, old lava flows. The six lodges rest on a basalt base, each one set apart from the others. The air stays humid all year and the light arrives filtered, even in mid-afternoon.

Vincendo, in the commune of Saint-Joseph.

The lodge seen at an angle from the undergrowth: a two-storey timber structure, wide roof overhangs, a basalt base and a natural pool to the right.

A drawn botanical plate of Jumellea rossii: fanned leafy stems, aerial roots gripping a fragment of rock, and a white star-shaped flower detailed separately.

The name comes from an orchid.

On Réunion, faham is the name given to native orchids of the genus Jumellea, long used on the island. Jumellea rossii grows in the lowland humid forests of the wild south, of which Mare Longue is one of the last remnants. The place borrows its name, not its shape.

The upstairs bedroom: a low timber bed, pale linen bedding, a slatted red-wood wall and a sliding glass bay open onto the balcony and the forest. — The bedroom, upstairs.

Inside, the wood.

Red wood inside, ivory, basalt underfoot. The ground floor opens onto the covered varangue; the bedroom and the bathroom take the upper floor, with their balcony. Outside light always wins over inside light: the interior stays warm without ever turning dark.

The bathroom: a pale stone counter with two basins, black wall-mounted taps, a glass screen onto a rain shower and a low window open onto ferns. — The bathroom, on the same floor.

The lodge façade seen head-on: two storeys in red wood, a covered balcony upstairs, large glazed bays and dense forest on either side.

Sous-bois

Four lodges

The full module, under the canopy, without a private pool.

The stay

A wooden breakfast tray resting on the water of a basalt-edged natural pool: pastries, cut fruit, a jug of juice and cups.

Bassin

Two lodges

The same module, with a private natural pool.

The stay

Down to the object.

From the first welcome to the bathroom, the same mark moves from paper to textile and amber glass.

Ivory FAHAM towel with a forest-green embroidered symbol.

Ask for dates.

Choose your dates and preferred lodge type.

Book

Two people per lodge.