AI generatedLa Soufrière
Guadeloupe · Basse-Terre · 1467 m
Short description of La Soufrière
La Soufrière rises to 1467 metres and is the highest point in the French Antilles, an active volcano the islanders call the old lady. The climb from the Savane à Mulets car park takes about two hours each way, easy woodland at first and then a rockier scramble over lava blocks to a summit dome cracked by steaming fissures. Cloud closes in most afternoons, so it is walked early. The Bains Jaunes below are a stone pool of warm sulphur water, and the Chutes du Carbet fall on the eastern flank. The road ends at a car park a thousand metres up.
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Best time to visit: December – April
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All highlights and sightsBeta
- Climb to the summit dome
- Steaming fissures on the crater rim
- Bains Jaunes sulphur pool
- Rainforest trails of the national park
- Views to Les Saintes and Dominica from the top
- Chute du Galion waterfall
- Tree ferns and mountain palms on the lower slopes
- Savane à Mulets and the old crater path
- Endemic birds of the cloud forest