La Plaine des Cafres is a plateau on Réunion Island, one of the French volcanic islands in the Mascarene Archipelago in the southwestern Indian Ocean. It is part of the commune of Le Tampon.
Located between the two mountain ranges of Piton des Neiges and Piton de la Fournaise, la Plaine des Cafres is separated from La Plaine-des-Palmistes by the "col de Bellevue", a mountain pass culminating at 1630 m. The RF5 road leading to the Piton de la Fournaise volcano starts from la Plaine des Cafres.
Due to abundant flat lands covered with meadows, bovine farming is well developed (most of bovines grown on the island are at Plaine des Cafres). The many cow pastures give the area its Alpine-like charm.