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Basse-Terre
Saint-Claude

La Découverte Summit (1,467 m) – La Découverte Summit (1467 m) loop from Rivière Rouge

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Hiking trails & Routes
Guadeloupe
Basse-Terre
Saint-Claude

La Découverte Summit (1,467 m) – La Découverte Summit (1467 m) loop from Rivière Rouge

Hard

4.0

(1)

10

hikers

La Découverte Summit (1,467 m) – La Découverte Summit (1467 m) loop from Rivière Rouge

06:16

12.8km

860m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 0 m for 3.56 km

After 5.99 km for 747 m

After 9.17 km for 2.42 km

After 12.4 km for 438 m

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15 m

Matouba Interpretation Trail Trailhead

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Good starting point for a hike to the Grande Découverte (1263m) & La Découverte (1467m) near the volcanic peak La Soufrière (1467m)

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2

1.06 km

brown underground can be very slippery when wet (after rainfall)

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3.79 km

Morne du Col

Peak

4

4.62 km

Carmichaël Summit

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Summit easily accessible by a path (about an hour's detour from the path around Soufrière). Great views of the volcano on a clear day

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5

6.16 km

Be sure to bring a rain jacket!

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6

6.26 km

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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7

6.29 km

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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8

6.29 km

Lush Lava Fissure

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Starting the hike early ensures the best weather :-)

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9

6.30 km

La Découverte Summit (1467 m)

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The last steps are again quite steep, but well secured.

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9.55 km

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12.8 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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12.0 km

717 m

Surfaces

10.8 km

1.94 km

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Thursday 21 May

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