Activities & tours in Guadeloupe

Les Saintes dive centre on Plage de la Colline in Terre-de-Haut. It runs two trips a day to sites around the archipelago, including Sec Pâté.

3-hectare organic farm devoted to moringa, located opposite the Père Labat distillery. Visitors can see the plant being harvested, stripped and dried on site.

Family leisure park created in 2000, with a farm of unusual animals such as ostriches. Around twenty activities for children: swimming pool, pedal karts, slides and bouncy castles.

Art gallery near the Marches des Esclaves showing original works and paintings, some inspired by current events.

Artistic space in Anse-Bertrand open to all, offering visits and workshops.

Marie-Galante workshop devoted to indigo dyeing and plant-based dyes: guided tours, courses for adults and children, and a shop selling dyed items. You can bring your own white fabric.

Estate in Le Moule devoted to the land crab: guided tours of the site, a table where you can taste crab by reservation, and sale of live or prepared crabs.

Riding centre in the hills of Saint-Claude offering lessons for children and adults, courses, competitions and horse rides, as well as grass livery for horses.

Cassava workshop at Îlet Pérou where you can follow the processing of cassava, from cultivation to coconut-filled flatbread, on guided tours and educational workshops, with a Creole garden and tasting.

Memorial site in the Pirogue section recalling the unrest of 24 and 25 June 1849 linked to the legislative elections, shortly after the abolition of slavery. Public site whose information is managed by the Écomusée de Marie-Galante.

Snorkelling trails led by qualified instructors in the Cousteau Reserve, with green turtle watching. Suitable for beginners and children who can swim and use a mask.

Circus and street arts school in the heart of Pointe-à-Pitre: aerial arts, acrobatics, juggling, hip-hop, from age 3. Holiday courses, birthday parties and street cabarets on the programme.

Active volcano rising to 1,467 m, the highest point in the Lesser Antilles, located at the heart of the Guadeloupe National Park and surrounded by rainforest. It is climbed on foot.

Home of writers André and Simone Schwarz-Bart in Goyave, which became a cultural venue in 2013 hosting readings, screenings, concerts, exhibitions and residencies; open mainly during events, and to school groups by reservation.

ONF (French National Forests Office) centre dedicated to the tropical forest in Gourbeyre, with a documentation centre, exhibition rooms, an educational Creole garden and educational guided hikes.

Vanilla farm in Pointe-Noire offering tours of its plantations, its medicinal plant garden and the stages of curing the pod; oils, spices and condiments are also produced here.

Motorboat rental, with or without a license, at the port of Sainte-Rose, by the day or half day, to explore the lagoon of the Grand Cul-de-Sac marin. Onboard GPS, masks and snorkels provided.

Hiking association organising outings every two weeks from December to June, with a main route and an easier variant.

Discovery days by boat in the Grand Cul-de-Sac marin.

Eight-hectare landscaped park on the banks of the La Rose river, where you can stroll among tropical vegetation, birds and small mammals. Canoe-kayak hire and picnic area on site.

Discovery farm offering, at weekends and by reservation, a cart tour of a farm dating from 1920 and of historic landmarks. Visitors also discover food and medicinal plants, with a snack or meal possible in the garden.

Educational garden and conservatory of Guadeloupean flora covering about 8,000 m², with over 400 plant species, a spice trail and picnic areas.

Baie-Mahault association running fun science workshops for children aged 5 to 12, introducing them to science through experiments and play.

Site in Terre-de-Bas offering hikes, crafts and a discovery of local and medicinal plants at the Éloi Germain educational garden.