--- title: "Réunion eSIM: Prepaid Travel Data Plans | Viasimo" canonical: "https://viasimo.com/destinations/reunion-islands/" price_from: 1.29 currency: USD locale: en content_type: destination --- # Réunion eSIM: Prepaid Travel Data Plans | Viasimo > Réunion eSIM from $1.29: 5G data on Orange, delivered by email in minutes. No roaming fees, no contract. Source: https://viasimo.com/destinations/reunion-islands/ --- ## eSIM for Réunion ### Works everywhere in Réunion Search a state or region in Réunion - Reunion Select your plan In stock Unlimited Standard Duration 3 Days $2.33/day 5 Days $2.20/day 7 Days $2.00/day 10 Days $1.90/day 15 Days $1.80/day 30 Days $1.63/day 60 Days $1.65/day 90 Days $1.67/day 180 Days $1.64/day Quantity 1 Unlimited data · 3 Days $7.00 Get unlimited internet Unlimited data · 3 Days ×1 $7.00 Get unlimited internet [Going to more than one country? See regional plans](#multi-country) ### Does my phone take an eSIM? Check now Dial *#06# on your phone. If you see an EID number, your phone takes an eSIM. Most phones sold since 2019 do. [Not sure it works on your phone? Check compatibility](https://viasimo.com/device-compatibility/) Install before you fly ### How do you install and activate it? - 1 #### Buy before you fly Pick a country and a data size; pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay or card. - 2 #### Open the email Your QR code arrives in minutes. Scan it while you still have wifi. - 3 #### Land connected Switch data to Viasimo on arrival. Your own number keeps working for calls. Network ### Which networks does the Réunion eSIM use? Host networks: Orange Your eSIM picks one automatically; you do not choose or switch between them. - **Data**: 500 MB – 20 GB or unlimited - **Validity**: 1–180 days - **Speed**: 4G LTE / 5G - **Hotspot / tethering**: Supported on most devices - **Activation**: Starts when you first connect in your destination - **Speed management**: Roughly 2-3 GB per day at full speed, sometimes less depending on the local carrier, then reduced - **Text messages (SMS)**: Data only: use an app for verification codes - **Unused validity**: 180 days before it must be installed Choosing a plan ### How much data do you need? The allowances below are our sizing recommendations, not measurements. The plan beside each one is the cheapest option on this page that covers it. Recommended data allowances matched to the plans sold for this destination | You are | Plan for | Cheapest plan that covers it | | --- | --- | --- | | Light Maps, messaging and the occasional lookup | About 1 GB a week | $1.59 1 GB, 7 days | | Typical Maps, social, photos and some browsing | About 3 to 7 GB a week | $4.59 5 GB, 30 days | | Heavy Video streaming, video calls and uploads | 10 GB a week or more | $8.99 10 GB, 30 days | | Working or sharing Tethering a laptop, calls and cloud sync | 20 GB a week or more | $14.00 Unlimited, 7 days | [Work it out from your own habits](https://viasimo.com/esim-data-calculator/) What a week abroad costs ### eSIM, local SIM or roaming? Charged per day Your carrier roaming Queue and plastic A SIM at the airport $1.29 Viasimo, one bundle Only the Viasimo figure is a price: it comes from today’s live catalog. The other two rows are directional, not quoted rates. ### About this eSIM Réunion is a volcanic island in the Indian Ocean that happens to be a French department, and its network follows the same logic as its roads: a strong ring around the coast, decent links inland where cars can go, and nothing much once you drop into the cirques on foot. If your trip is mostly hiking, that gap is the entire story. Set your line up before you fly and you land in Saint Denis connected, then choose deliberately when to walk out of range. #### Getting online when you land Add the profile to your phone at home while you have wifi, keep it dormant, and enable it once you are on the ground at Roland Garros in Sainte Marie. Most arrivals are long haul from Paris or short hops from Mauritius, and either way the line will attach while you wait for bags. Nearly everyone rents a car at the airport, so the practical priority is having navigation running before you pull out. Réunion's road network is scenic and unforgiving in equal measure, with the coastal route hugging cliffs and the inland roads to Cilaos and Salazie folding through switchbacks. Knowing which turning you want in advance is better than discovering it at the hairpin. #### The networks you'll be on Data here goes through Orange, which runs 3G, 4G/LTE and 5G. Around the main towns you will find LTE and 5G that feel like anywhere in metropolitan France, and 3G is the fallback in the interior valleys. Speed is not the constraint on this island; line of sight is. A mast on the coast does not help you at the bottom of a canyon, and no amount of bars elsewhere changes that. #### Where coverage holds, and where it thins The coastal ring is solid. Saint Denis, Saint Paul, Saint Gilles les Bains and the lagoon beaches at Hermitage, Saint Leu, Saint Pierre and Saint Benoît are all well covered, as is the fast road connecting them. The tunnels on the coastal route between Saint Denis and La Possession will interrupt you briefly, which is a tunnel problem rather than a coverage one. Inland it becomes uneven in the way mountains make things uneven. The roads up to Cilaos and to Hell Bourg in Salazie have signal at the villages and lose it repeatedly on the climbs. The Plaine des Cafres and the Plaine des Palmistes along the cross island route are reasonable. The Bébour Bélouve forest and the road toward the Trou de Fer viewpoint drop off quickly. Mafate is the real one. The third cirque has no road access at all, is reached only on foot or by helicopter, and coverage across it is unreliable to absent depending on which îlet you are standing in. Treat a Mafate trek as offline and plan your gîte bookings, route and water stops accordingly. The volcano is similar: you will typically have something around the Pas de Bellecombe car park and much less once you are down on the lava field walking to the crater. The Piton des Neiges ascent, the Cap Noir ridges and most of the higher trails are the same. #### What you'll actually use data for here Booking beds. The gîtes in the cirques are reserved in advance, often through a central booking service, and the confirmation is what gets you a mattress and a meal at the end of a long day of descent. Sort those while you have signal, then save them. Trail conditions and volcano status are the second, and they are not optional. Piton de la Fournaise erupts regularly and the access road and trails close when it does; the same authorities post trail closures after heavy rain, which happens often. Checking before you drive up saves a wasted morning. Cyclone season brings its own alerts, worth watching if you are visiting in the southern summer. Beyond that: hiking maps and downloaded route files, tide and swell information if you are swimming inside the lagoon, and everyday navigation between towns whose names all begin with Saint and blur together fast. #### Before you fly Install the eSIM at home, make it your data line, and keep your usual SIM active for bank verification. Confirm the roaming switch is enabled on the travel line rather than assuming a global setting covers it. Download offline maps of the whole island, since it is small enough that a full download is trivial and interior signal is not. Save your route files, gîte confirmations and car hire details to the device itself. Take a power bank on any multi day trek, because there is nowhere to charge in the cirques and your phone is doing navigation duty. And leave your intended route with someone before you walk into Mafate; that is basic mountain practice here, connected or not. [Unlimited runs at full speed up to a fair-use limit, then continues slower.](https://viasimo.com/legal/fair-usage-policy/) Before you buy ### Important to know - This is a data-only eSIM. It carries no calls or SMS on its own number. - Your existing number stays on your primary SIM, so calls and verification texts keep working. - Your phone must support eSIM, and some carrier-locked phones cannot install one. - Signal varies with location, terrain, congestion and your handset. Dense urban areas are consistently better served than remote ones. - 5G only works where the host network has deployed it and your phone supports it. Everywhere else it falls back to 4G LTE. - The eSIM selects a host network automatically. You cannot pick or switch between them. - Unlimited plans run at full speed up to a fair-use limit, then continue at a reduced speed. [Read the fair usage policy](https://viasimo.com/legal/fair-usage-policy/) Looking for more information? ### Frequently asked questions ### Does an eSIM work in Réunion? Yes. Your Réunion eSIM connects automatically the moment you arrive, with no roaming fees and nothing to set up at the airport. The host networks it can use are Orange. Coverage runs on 4G LTE and 5G where the network has rolled it out, and falls back to 4G elsewhere. ### Do I get 5G in Réunion? Yes, where it has been deployed. 5G runs on Orange in Réunion, and your eSIM uses it automatically on a 5G-capable phone, dropping back to 4G LTE outside covered areas. No country is covered everywhere, so 5G availability varies by location. ### How much data do I need for Réunion? These are Viasimo's sizing recommendations, not measurements of your trip. Maps, messaging and the occasional lookup run to roughly 1GB a week. Streaming, video calls or tethering a laptop push that to 3-5GB a week, and uploading photos and video moves past it faster still. The data calculator on this site works it out from how you actually use your phone. Sizing one tier up costs less than topping up part-way through a trip. ### Is an eSIM cheaper than roaming in Réunion? Usually, though it depends on your own carrier. A roaming day-pass is charged for each day it is active whether you use the data or not, while a prepaid bundle is one up-front purchase for a fixed amount of data. The gap widens on longer trips. Check your carrier's published rate for Réunion before you fly rather than taking our word for it. ### How do I install my eSIM? After checkout we email you a QR code. On your phone, open Settings, then Cellular or Mobile data, tap Add eSIM, and scan the code. Installation takes under a minute. ### When does my Réunion eSIM activate? Your plan activates automatically when you arrive and connect to a local network, so your validity period only starts once you land. ### Can I keep my regular number? Yes. The eSIM is data-only and runs alongside your physical SIM, so you keep your home number for calls and texts while using Viasimo for data. ### Can I top up or extend my plan? Yes. You can buy more data or extend your plan at any time from your account before it expires. ### Does it support hotspot and tethering? Tethering is supported on most devices, so you can share your connection with a laptop or other devices. Where this comes from ### Information and verification Each block below says what was checked and when. Anything we cannot date, we do not claim. - **Prices and plans**: Every price and allowance on this page is read from the live catalog, not typed in. - **Prices and plans**: Verified September 19, 2026 - **Host networks**: The operator list comes from the network partner that carries this eSIM. - **Host networks**: Verified September 19, 2026 Transparent pricing ### Réunion eSIM prices 1 day Réunion eSIM prices: 1 day | Data | Price | Per day | | --- | --- | --- | | 500 MB | $1.29 | $1.29 /day | | 1 GB | $1.59 | $1.59 /day | | 2 GB | $2.29 | $2.29 /day | | 3 GB | $3.00 | $3.00 /day | | 5 GB | $4.00 | $4.00 /day | | 10 GB | $8.99 | $8.99 /day | 3 days Réunion eSIM prices: 3 days | Data | Price | Per day | | --- | --- | --- | | Unlimited | $7.00 | $2.33 /day | 5 days Réunion eSIM prices: 5 days | Data | Price | Per day | | --- | --- | --- | | Unlimited | $10.99 | $2.20 /day | 7 days Réunion eSIM prices: 7 days | Data | Price | Per day | | --- | --- | --- | | 500 MB | $1.29 | $0.18 /day | | 1 GB | $1.59 | $0.23 /day | | Unlimited | $14.00 | $2.00 /day | 10 days Réunion eSIM prices: 10 days | Data | Price | Per day | | --- | --- | --- | | Unlimited | $18.99 | $1.90 /day | 15 days Réunion eSIM prices: 15 days | Data | Price | Per day | | --- | --- | --- | | 3 GB | $3.29 | $0.22 /day | | Unlimited | $27.00 | $1.80 /day | 30 days Réunion eSIM prices: 30 days | Data | Price | Per day | | --- | --- | --- | | 3 GB Best value | $3.29 | $0.11 /day | | 5 GB | $4.59 | $0.15 /day | | 10 GB | $8.99 | $0.30 /day | | 20 GB | $16.99 | $0.57 /day | | Unlimited | $49.00 | $1.63 /day | 60 days Réunion eSIM prices: 60 days | Data | Price | Per day | | --- | --- | --- | | Unlimited | $98.99 | $1.65 /day | 90 days Réunion eSIM prices: 90 days | Data | Price | Per day | | --- | --- | --- | | Unlimited | $149.99 | $1.67 /day | 180 days Réunion eSIM prices: 180 days | Data | Price | Per day | | --- | --- | --- | | Unlimited | $294.99 | $1.64 /day | Going to more than one country? ### Regional plans that also cover Réunion [All destinations](https://viasimo.com/destinations/) [Global from $8.99](https://viasimo.com/destinations/global/) [Africa from $10.99](https://viasimo.com/destinations/africa/) Destinations ### Popular eSIM destinations [All destinations](https://viasimo.com/destinations/) [United States from $1.29](https://viasimo.com/destinations/united-states/) [Algeria from $1.29](https://viasimo.com/destinations/algeria/) [Albania from $1.29](https://viasimo.com/destinations/albania/)