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Basse-Terre
Saint-Claude

La Découverte Summit (1,467 m) – Lush Lava Fissure loop from La Soufrière

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Guadeloupe
Basse-Terre
Saint-Claude

La Découverte Summit (1,467 m) – Lush Lava Fissure loop from La Soufrière

Hard

3.9

(14)

125

hikers

La Découverte Summit (1,467 m) – Lush Lava Fissure loop from La Soufrière

04:13

9.56km

650m

Hiking

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

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Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 2.79 km for 745 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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1

41 m

La Soufrière

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The Soufrière (or La Soufrière) is an active volcano on Basse-Terre, one of the two main islands of the French overseas department of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean. At 1,467 m, …

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75 m

Les Bains Jaunes Hot Spring

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The perfect way to cool down or relax after the tour.

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1.24 km

Viewpoint

Viewpoint

4

1.27 km

Faujas Landslide

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Good shoes are an advantage and a rain jacket

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5

2.99 km

Summit of La Soufrière Volcano

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Be sure to bring a rain jacket!

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3.09 km

La Découverte Summit (1,467 m)

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As always at a summit, forget the effort and be happy about what has been achieved. For us, the effort was more the weather near the summit :-)

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3.12 km

Fumaroles of La Soufrière Crater

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Simply a visual and olfactory highlight. Great views, wafts of fog and a smell of hydrogen sulfide that every chemist would kneel down for😉

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3.12 km

Lush Lava Fissure

Highlight • Gorge

Starting the hike early ensures the best weather :-)

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4.56 km

Col de l'Échelle

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Lonelier route up and down

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9.56 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.70 km

2.33 km

1.32 km

198 m

Surfaces

3.57 km

3.39 km

1.39 km

1.19 km

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Highest point (1,440 m)

Lowest point (830 m)

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Thursday 25 June

29°C

21°C

7 %

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Comments

July 5, 2022,Von Canton de Basse-Terre nach Canton de Basse-Terre
Very nice but also strenuous hike. The stage from La Citerne to the waterfall is very strenuous and is more reminiscent of canyoning. Sturdy waterproof shoes are strongly recommended as well as a good physical condition.

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