Guadeloupe National Park

The National Park of Guadeloupe ( frz: Parc National de la Guadeloupe) is a national park on the island belonging to France Guadeloupe.

The Basseterre, which includes the southwestern part of the island, contains on its mountainous Central Plateau largely tropical forests. The idea of ​​there set up a National Park, dates back to 1970. The General Council of the French overseas departments Guadeloupe henceforth worked towards the realization of the national park. Since 20 February 1989, he officially exist. It covers an area of ​​around 17,300 hectares. That's around 10% of the entire archipelago. Two-thirds are forested. The height above sea exceeds some 300 m, where the active volcano La Soufrière middle of the park with 1,467 m is the highest peak of the Lesser Antilles. It can be climbed specific paths.

Vieux- Habitants, Bouillante, Point -Noire, Le Lamentin, Petit -Bourg, Goyave, Cape Terre -Belle- Eau, Trois- Riviéres, Gourbeyre, Saint- Claude and Baillif are the communities that are involved in this national park.

Flora and Fauna

The diversity of plants consists of about 300 species of trees, and 270 ferns and 100 species of orchids. 38 bird and 17 mammal species occur in the park.

Tourist attractions

In the south of the island, on the edge of the park are the Carbet, a cascade with three waterfalls of 110 m height. The Cascade aux Ecrevisses ( crayfish waterfall ) in the core of the park is one of the most popular tourist attractions.

Also the Marine Reserve Grand Cul -de -Sac marin is with managed by the National Park, a protected area of about 3,700 hectares, it is located - by settlement area currently separated - in the north of the National Park, between the two main islands of Basse-Terre and Basse -Terre and is the longest coral reef in the Lesser Antilles limited. This coastal habitat provides white, gray and red mangroves, swampy forests, grass bogs, wet meadows, mud flats, sea herbaria, islets and sandbanks.

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