
The Lodge Roche Tamarin & Spa
born from a love story
In 2000, the Lodge Roche Tamarin concept was born, inspired by South African lodges and built by a native from South Africa, Mr. François Naude and Reunion island local, Mrs. Eve-Marie Lechat.
The environment is at the heart of our actions, a philosophy which is still respected today.
“From the beginning, our hotel is committed to the environment, in order to protect our planet, we opt for environmentally friendly facilities and procedures. “
When we started building the Lodge, the designer asked me:
“How are you going to prepare the ground?
“Spontaneously I replied,” I will level the ground with a backhoe loader! “
“This land has been like this for how long? “
Surprised by his question I replied “200, 300 years … or even more as the land was intact …”
“How long are you going to live there?” “
“I hope for 20, 30 years …”
And suddenly I realized the disproportion between the time of occupation and the upheaval I was going to cause by destroying a land that the winds and the rains had shaped over the centuries …
It was in this spirit that the Lodge was born.