North of Grande Terre loop


An exceptional natural environment, a rich history, a little known heritage : a network of emblematic sites, over 3 different stages.

Beauport factory

Chapelle de la Piéta

Dispensary

Port-Louis Mairie

'Yang-Ting' mansion

Palais de Justice

Main Boulevard

Eglise de Port-Louis

Lighthouse of Port-Louis

Plage du Souffleur

Cimetière de Port-Louis

'Chimen Kas Moustach'
Beware : access not recommended to the boardwalk (currently damaged).

Pointe des Mangles
A fishing spot, but also a spiritual 'démaré' (rebirth) bathing area, not far from the ornithological hide.

Chapelle

Batterie Pointe d'Antigue

Pointe d’Antigue

Saint-Pierre

Anse Colas

La Mare Indigo
(Mare Indigo can be seen 150m to the east of the main path)

Plage de La Chapelle

Cimetières d’Anse-Bertrand

Eglise d'Anse-Bertrand

Débarcadère d'Anse-Bertrand

Ancienne prison

Ravine Sable
NB: ornithological observatory on the area (opened on October 2017 by the Anse-Bertrand Community and the National Park)

Anse Laborde
It is bordered by the Pointe de la Petite Vigie, advanced sentinel of the urban stretch of water.

Trou de Man Louis

'Yaya'

Caribbean site

Pointe Montagnier

Pointe de la Grande Vigie

Petite Tortue

Savane Desrosières

Couloir de Budan - St Jacques

Anse Pistolet
(The Anse is visible 400m to the north of the main road).

Anse à Tortues

Pointe du Piton

Overlooking the Porte d'Enfer

Porte d'Enfer

Trou a Man Koko

Trou du Souffleur
Be careful, do not go near the edge !

Pointe du Souffleur

Pointe "Tête à Boeuf"

Anse à la Barque

Route de l'Esclave : La Mahaudière.
The owner was then Jean-Baptiste Douillard Mahaudière whose, name remains connected to a famous judicial matter.
In October 1840, he was taken to court for the abusive sequestration of his slave Lucile, a seamstress.
She was accused by her master of having poisoned his wife. Lucile was thrown into a cell measuring 5 square metres; it was only 1.20m high, so she could not stand upright. She was kept there for nearly two years in almost complete solitary confinement. Denounced to the law in an anonymous letter, Douillard Mahaudière had to answer for this crime before the Pointe-à-Pitre Assizes. The King's Prosecutor, himself a settler and owner in Guadeloupe, found himself torn between his role as magistrate and the interests of the community to which he belonged. Under pressure from the settlers, Douillard Mahaudière was declared not guilty and acquitted. The slave Lucile was sold.
In the years following the abolition of slavery, the house slowly fell into disrepair. At the end of the nineteenth century, the conversion of its facilities made it into a large steam-powered distillery. The activity continued on the site until the beginning of the 1950s.
Description
Hiking trail colour: yellow.
- First Stage :
From Port-Louis (Beauport) to Anse-Bertrand (Anse Laborde), passing through the coastline running alongside the bay of Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin.
- Second Stage :
In Anse-Bertrand : from Anse Laborde to La Porte d’Enfer, via La Grande Vigie, northern tip of the Guadeloupe Islands.
- Third Stage :
In Anse Bertrand : from La Porte d’Enfer to La Mahaudiere, following the trail of the cliffs.
Enjoy the hike !
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For more information about the North Grande-Terre loop, check the following webpage : http://www.randoguadeloupe.gp/informations/partenariats/
Altimetric profile
Recommandations
Please respect the signs and the environment !
Please follow specific recommendations for each stage.
Information desks
2 rue Gambetta, 97117 Port-Louis
http://www.lenordguadeloupe.com
contact@lenordguadeloupe.com
0590 22 33 87 / 0690 50 76 48
Access and parking
RN6 road, between Port-Louis and Petit Canal : head towards the “lycee“ and the “usine” of Beauport. Follow the signs “Beauport, pays de la canne”, departure of the North Grande Terre loop.
Parking :
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