You maybe never heard about it but it time that you started to listen the music of love « ZOUK ». I will recommend you to listen “zouk retro”. Also, for the traditional part we have Gowka! The UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage art form blends African call and response singing, Guadeloupe-Creole lyrics & dancing.

PICTURE-POSTCARD BEACHES

It’s easy to find your perfect beach on Guadeloupe. You have more than the choice! My favorite beach in Guadeloupe is “la perle” and in Marie-Galante “moustique”.

WORLD CLASS DIVING & SNORKELING

Guadeloupe features calm waters ideal for aquatic enthusiasts. The 3 spot where I had been for snorkeling is “La crique de Beaugendre”, secret beach of Bosco and the beach of “Pain de sucre” in les Saintes.

#INFO: More info to access to this 02 first spot that are secret place on www.Insolite-guadeloupe.com

LES SAINTES

I heard so many story about how much beautiful is les Saintes and i wasn’t deception about it when we go there. An island without car or you can do everything by foot. By miss of times we did les Saintes in 1 day and stay only in Terre de Haut. We have the time to go to the Fort Napoleon that is a museum about the colonization and then we go to the beach “Pain de sucre” for snorkeling: D! By the way it was my favorite snorkeling time ever, I saw so many fish from different size, colors and type ‘I even see my first fish snake lol) it was amazing.

Les Saintes in 1 day? NO WAY!!! Les Saintes deserves to stay at least 2/3 days min. I am already so happy to come back in Guadeloupe next year and to discover more again.

INFO: Lying 10km off Guadeloupe is Terre-de-Haut, the largest of the eight small islands that make up Les Saintes. Since the island was too hilly and dry for sugar plantations, slavery never took hold here. Consequently, the older islanders still trace their roots to the early seafaring Norman and Breton colonists, and many (even I will say 98% of the population lol) of the locals have light skin; blue eyes and blond or red hair.

#PRATICALINFO: You need to go there by boat and you have 2 possibilities. You can go there from Pointe-à -Pitre and it will take 01h30 or to go there by Trois-rivières and you will be there in 30m. Everything depend on your location in the main island, Guadeloupe. I will recommend you to book online ticket with the company ValFerry and to be there 15m before the departure! It will allow you to don’t do like us and miss the boat lol especially if this is the one from pointe-à-pitre due to having only one departure by day. When you book online take “Pass découverte” that will allow you to have for 52 € your 02 ways tickets for Marie-Galante and les Saintes. You can choose the date and time you want during your booking.

BATH IN HOT THERMALE NATURAL WATER

there are many places where you can bathe in the warm waters. They said that these waters have therapeutic properties. We go for the sunrise to “la source de Thomas” that it’s from what I know the only one that it directly on the sea.

We go also to “les bains de Dolé” and we were very lucky due to the fact we were the only one inside.

#INFO: La Grande Soufrière, a huge (and active) volcano on Basse-Terre gives birth to the many hot springs scattered throughout Guadeloupe National Park. 

THE CASCADES

I have been in two cascades: « la cascade des écrevisse” that is very beautiful by her rock is located in the national park and la cascade du trou du diable, unowned, with a difficult access, that its, for me kind of dangerous but that it worst it. I feel myself like Lara croft lol. To go there, please don’t do like me because halt the way I finish naked foot lol, take a back bag and good shoes for hiking. Count 30/40m to go there.

SPEND 02 DAYS IN MARIE-GALANTE

My childhood Marie-Galante I miss you, where are you? I am very surprise about the degradation of Marie-Galante, especially Capesterre. If you want to come here I will recommend you to stay in Saint-Louis that is preserve from the sargasses and look less like a ghost city but you really want to be away of any population this is #THEBEST good plan!

#WHEREIAMFROM: My family and ancestor are from their (Dad side), my last name by the way “MONFRET” is full French from a little man that decided to go live in Marie-Galante due to the less of work in French-metropole he marry a rich daughter from an Irish family that run away at this time to escape the extermination of all catholic; they have one of the biggest plantation in Marie-Galante {…} 4 generations ago, one of their children engaged with a Caribbean woman, then started mixed baby on my family XD.

You can find the book “quotidienne à Marie-Galante » (life in MG) available on www.cultura.com

#INFO: Also, called “the big pancake’’ or “the islands with 101 moulins”, Marie-Galante is a flat pristine island, circular in shape with rolling hills and extraordinary countryside. Almost entirely dedicated to the cultivation of sugar cane, it is one of the best-kept secrets of Guadeloupe and a gate to escaping the crowds. Don’t forget to visit the distilleries in order to bring some rum back from your trip. I will advise you to choose Bielle for the quality of rum & the site, Père Labat for the quality of rum and Bellevue only for the beautiful site. 

#POST-IT: 

I already noted my top 10 to do list to go for my next time in Guadeloupe next year:

1. La Désirade in 03 days
2. Les saintes in 03 days
3. Le mémorial ACT
4. Vestige awawak + cascade Kalinago
5. The cascade Birloton
6. Le bain des amoureux
7. La crique de la perle
8. Les chutes de Carbet
9. Plage de Rocroy
10. Fort delgrès

If you go to Guadeloupe and that you have time to do the activities of my post-it or to do the places where I was don’t hesitate to give me a feedback.

I hope that my article will help you during your travel in Guadeloupe.