Archaeology handicrafts and science and technology sites to visit Great South

You can wander around the mountain, in the humid forest, and steep ravines of 150 m to a beautiful river. The waterfall is on the other side. You access the river, but the water level can climb very quickly when the valves are open. You arrive in the village. Now you are on the east coast: vegetation is green and tropical. When you arrive at the bridge that crosses the False Yaté, you have two options: either cross the bridge and choose the direction of Yaté village or Unia (which ends two more or less in cul-de-sac), or to Waho and Goro. Arriving at Yaté, you see the bridge of Yaté which replaced the ferry and leads to the tribe of Mamié (Unia). If you continue towards Unia (along the coast towards the north), a road will take you over kilometres. Walk through fields of banana trees. At the end of the road to the right, a small entrance gives on the sea: the waves are meant to break off on the reef. To the north is the Forgotten Côte. You can't get there by car, you have to turn around to Goro.

This mine was exploited until the Second World War by the Japanese and closed after Pearl Harbor. The Japanese were expelled and some interned. The remains are impressive. All that remains here are concrete columns that carried evacuation hoses to the beach, as well as rusted conveyor belts that end up on the shore. Up there, on the mountain, more than 1,500 people once worked to extract the iron.

The Madeleine reserve is an exceptional site for the diversity and richness of its flora. Botanists will find here unique species: dwarf araucarias, carnivorous plants, wild orchids... 168 species of plants (most of them endemic) have been listed in the area. This red earth contains very few nutrients and only the vegetation of the mining maquis can resist these extreme conditions, which explains the unusual rate of endemism. The trail leads for 2 km to the falls. Easy access.