La Caravelle

I've been on some pretty sympa hikes in Martinique, but I think my favorite is the hike along the Presqu'île de la Caravelle, right next to Tartane, a quartier of Trinité. If you look at a map of Martinique, it's the little arm-like peninsula that juts out from the northeast coast.


On Wednesday I did it for the second time, and it was perhaps even better than the first. I love it because you dépasser so much diverse scenery in just a few hours. Dramatic cliffs, foamy blue sea, forest, a swampy mangrove, a tranquil swimming beach. The sweeping ocean views from atop the cliffs are just breathtaking.



Sympa lighthouse you can climb to.



Looking north. Just miles and miles of open ocean.



The cliffs, covered in green.



The mangrove. A huge swampy, muddy area.



You can also go and roam the grounds of an old plantation, Château Dubuc, now in ruins.