The piton de la Fournaise, little brother of the piton des Neiges, is currently one of the most active volcanos in the world, whereas the last eruption of the piton of Neiges goes back to 12 000 years. It roars regularly in the enclosure of Fouqué, by its main crater, reformed at 2630 metres, or by cracks of its slopes, from where escape then fountains of lava.