{"id":779088,"date":"2025-10-15T16:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/779088\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T16:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:00:44","slug":"la-guadeloupe-le-veritable-tresor-des-caraibes-les-100-lieux-quil-faut-voir-mg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/779088\/","title":{"rendered":"La Guadeloupe, le v\u00e9ritable tr\u00e9sor des Cara\u00efbes &#8211; Les 100 lieux qu&#8217;il faut voir &#8211; MG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"La Guadeloupe, le v\u00e9ritable tr\u00e9sor des Cara\u00efbes - Les 100 lieux qu&#039;il faut voir - MG\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O0YpbAEOArY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nLa Guadeloupe, le v\u00e9ritable tr\u00e9sor des Cara\u00efbes &#8211; Les 100 lieux qu&#8217;il faut voir &#8211; MG<br \/>\n<br \/>\nDo you like France?  Do you like to explore it,<br \/>\ndiscover it, and meet it? Sometimes you even<br \/>\nfeel like you know her well. We all have a small beach,<br \/>\na small cove, a clearing, a hamlet or a path that belongs<br \/>\nonly to us, far from the beaten track and that we only want to share with<br \/>\nthose we love. This is the France we want<br \/>\nyou to discover through 100 places that you absolutely must see in your lifetime. It is a journey to a wonderful island,<br \/>\nto which we invite you today. Located in the heart of the Antilles, Guadeloupe<br \/>\nis nicknamed the Butterfly Island. A land of character which offers<br \/>\na rare diversity of landscapes in a single beat. It is at the pace of the case that we will<br \/>\nenter the dance. At the summit of Souffri\u00e8res,<br \/>\nwe will venture as close as possible to the bowels of the earth. In the rain forest,<br \/>\nwe will follow the steps of a counter to the land of imagination. That was a long, long, long time ago. In the Caribbean Sea<br \/>\nthere were still no islands. In Marie-Galante,<br \/>\nwe will share the daily life of enthusiasts who bring treasures back to life&#8230;<br \/>\nSuper pretty. And perpetuates ancestral traditions. Whether on land or at sea, let yourself be carried away by the thousand-year-old<br \/>\nfaces of Guadeloupe. You fall in love, in love. And then, in fact, you leave her and then<br \/>\nyou think about her, morning, noon, night. Our journey begins with the<br \/>\nbutterfly&#8217;s eastern wing, Grande Terre. Its coastline offers<br \/>\npermanent dazzle. The color palette is sparkling. Blue comes in many shades. A dreamlike picture,<br \/>\na true postcard setting where the tranquility of the Cotoy lagoons<br \/>\nrubs shoulders with the vigor of the ocean. Here, the cliffs plunge into the<br \/>\nwarm water and bubbling life can emerge at any moment. With boundless enthusiasm and an infectious smile,<br \/>\nJenny started dancing at a very young age. An early passion<br \/>\nthat she made her profession. Through her art,<br \/>\nJenny wants to promote the entire Guadeloupean culture. What makes me so attached<br \/>\nto Guadeloupe is because it is my island. I am a girl from Guadeloupe,<br \/>\nI was born here, but also because I feel that I am one with my island. It is important for me<br \/>\nto defend her body and soul. I love everything it is,<br \/>\neverything it represents in its diversity, in its plurality and also with<br \/>\nall its inhabitants, since they are my brothers and sisters. It&#8217;s beautiful. The reflections on the water, there. Oh yeah, that&#8217;s really great. Jenny got up at dawn to<br \/>\nshow us the Pointe des Ch\u00e2teaux, a must-see place on Grande Terre. A place where the cliffs jut out<br \/>\ninto the Atlantic, where sky, earth and sea unite<br \/>\nand display their omnipotence. Jenny is with Jeremy,<br \/>\nthe site curator.<br \/>\nThey have each admired the tip of the castles dozens of times, but the emotion<br \/>\nremains intact. The place is impressive<br \/>\nand at the same time, regenerating. Yes, the castles point has<br \/>\na bit of a unique vibe. You feel it every time,<br \/>\nit&#8217;s very special.  For a few years now, I&#8217;ve been trying to come<br \/>\nhere at the beginning of the year, really to throw out my intentions,<br \/>\nreally what I want, and leave behind what&#8217;s less good.  I&#8217;ve always been told: You&#8217;re not<br \/>\nGuadeloupean until you&#8217;ve seen a sunrise on January 1st,<br \/>\nat Pointe des Ch\u00e2teaux, followed by a swim to recharge your batteries,<br \/>\nto cleanse yourself of the whole of last year. This is really important. And that bath, by the way, we<br \/>\nhave to talk about it, it stings a little. Yeah, yeah. So here we are getting ready to climb to the<br \/>\nhighest point of Pointe des Ch\u00e2teaux. Ah, yes. There are more than a hundred steps<br \/>\nto reach the full panorama that we love so much on this site.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m ready. Are you ready?<br \/>\nThe origin of the name Pointe des Ch\u00e2teaux is enigmatic.  Did these chiseled rocks with their<br \/>\nfantastic architecture name the place? One thing is certain. In 1683,<br \/>\nthe religious community of the Capuchins established a parish there called<br \/>\nthe Parish of the Castles. I see this glow. That&#8217;s it, we&#8217;re close. Finally. The what? Oh yeah. It&#8217;s beautiful. So there, we can clearly see our<br \/>\ncastle points with the whole large land appearing a little behind. And so, what is interesting here<br \/>\nis that we will have the entire archipelago of Guadeloupe that we will be able to observe. So, you know the&#8230; The desire. The desire.<br \/>\nThe famous desire. Yes, great. This 360-degree panorama attracts<br \/>\nthousands of visitors every year. It is the<br \/>\nmost visited natural site in Guadeloupe. The Monumental Cross<br \/>\nalso makes it a place of loving contemplation. Pointe des Ch\u00e2teaux is also<br \/>\na site of major ecological interest. It is home to<br \/>\nremarkable flora and fauna. The Salines are the territory<br \/>\nof wading birds. So there, if you look, normally,<br \/>\nyou should be able to observe. So, I won&#8217;t tell you where<br \/>\nthe female is, but there is a female, Gravelo de Wilson. I see her.<br \/>\nYou see her. So there you see his plumage,<br \/>\nhe is really in discreet mode. Because it is a bird that lays eggs<br \/>\nlike that in open environments. He needs to be quite discreet. They blend in a little with the landscape. In the landscape, yes. This is awesome. The Salines are a very peaceful place,<br \/>\nideal for bird breeding. In the past, they were<br \/>\nexploited by hand. Salt pickers came to<br \/>\ncollect something to delight their taste buds. What&#8217;s the foam there? So, yeah, exactly,<br \/>\nin your opinion, what is it? A foam party gone wrong. Is it all the salt that creates this effect? Yeah, there is a role for salt,<br \/>\nactually, in saline. You have bacteria that are<br \/>\nat the bottom of the saltworks. We call them cyanobacteria. It was these same bacteria<br \/>\nthat made oxygen at the beginning of life on Earth.<br \/>\nWow. So, since they<br \/>\nhave lots of little ones&#8230; I realize. It&#8217;s true that it&#8217;s quite fascinating<br \/>\nto find these same species here. And in fact, as they make lots<br \/>\nof little air bubbles from time to time, when it comes back to the surface,<br \/>\nas the water is very salty, it will keep the little bubble. And then, with the waves, the wind,<br \/>\nit brings everything back to one place. And in fact, what is interesting<br \/>\nis that it is also a way of self-washing the saline,<br \/>\nsince the particles, a little, the small dirt,<br \/>\nthey will cling to the bubbles. It&#8217;s something that&#8217;s done.<br \/>\nAnd suddenly, it brings everything back here. Oh, great.<br \/>\nNature is&#8230; Everything is perfect.<br \/>\nEverything is well done. Exactly.<br \/>\nWell, I&#8217;m learning things. Oh yeah, right?<br \/>\nYeah. So happy.  A delight for the taste buds,<br \/>\nthis salt is an anecdotal resource.<br \/>\nPart of the archipelago&#8217;s economy is based on another flavor: sugar cane. Green stems shape<br \/>\nthe landscapes of Grande Terre. In the 1960s, workers came to<br \/>\nwork in the fields on mopeds. Not just any one.<br \/>\nThe Grena. A popular emblem of Guadeloupe. We saw her on every road. Today, it is a collector&#8217;s item that<br \/>\nenthusiasts are bringing back to life. It is in Pointe \u00e0 Pitre that Jenny has a<br \/>\nmeeting for her first outing. In a small alleyway in the city center,<br \/>\nat the premises of the Passion Grena association, it&#8217;s time to polish. The bikes must be sparkling. Every detail.  So.<br \/>\n  Every detail counts. Even the little points count. We polish as much as possible,<br \/>\nso it shines. Full of fire. Because the aim of the association<br \/>\nis to bring the pomegranate back into the spotlight. Because many young people do<br \/>\nn&#8217;t really know this machine. So that&#8217;s why we<br \/>\nwanted to bring it up to date. So there, it&#8217;s a little<br \/>\nbit like your babies. You can&#8217;t even qualify it. We pamper her and then<br \/>\nwe admire her. So this is something that has<br \/>\na lot of value for you, then. Lots of value. It&#8217;s more There are no<br \/>\nwords to describe it. That&#8217;s why we<br \/>\ntreat it, we treat it. It&#8217;s true that sometimes<br \/>\nit can cause a little jealousy between either husband or wife. But there are times&#8230; It&#8217;s a kind of value<br \/>\nthat the family, the children. I&#8217;d rather not say anything because otherwise<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll go for Blaine. I understand, I understand. The precious one takes its name from its<br \/>\ncoppery color which recalls that of the fruit of the pomegranate tree: the pomegranate.  We have to go there, we<br \/>\nhave to go there. Is it time?<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s time, it&#8217;s time. Come on, let&#8217;s go. Okay. It&#8217;s a roaring procession that sets off<br \/>\nthrough the streets of Point-\u00e0-Pitre. Heading towards the cliffs<br \/>\nof North Grande Terre. A glittering parade that<br \/>\ntakes us back to another time. The Guadeloupe road network has<br \/>\ndeveloped mainly since the 1960s. The Grena has therefore arrived at just the right time. Particularly suited to the<br \/>\nvery flat topography of Grande Terre, it was immediately a great success<br \/>\nwith families who could not afford to buy a car. Very quickly, the robust and reliable machine<br \/>\nbecame the means of transport for a large part of the population. You know, when I knew that,<br \/>\nmy uncle had time to take me to school in Gwena. Yes, indeed. So, we have to recognize it anyway. The moped practically<br \/>\nbuilt Guadeloupe. It was on a saddle of a garnet<br \/>\nthat the pairs of families proudly transported: bags of cement, concrete blocks<br \/>\nand sheets of metal to build their hut. I&#8217;m having a great time and it&#8217;s<br \/>\ntrue that they are beautiful bikes. We often talk about two-wheelers that are a bit<br \/>\nmore powerful, but with these, in any case, we can see that people are happy<br \/>\nto discover the countryside with them. We try to make a little effort,<br \/>\nto pamper them, to keep them as long as possible.<br \/>\nYeah, that&#8217;s it. We can see on their faces the pride<br \/>\nand pleasure of parading, of riding the roads on a legendary bike. Around a bend, the place<br \/>\ncalled Porte d&#8217;Enfer is revealed. A stop is essential to admire<br \/>\nthis unmissable site. A memorable day for Jenny,<br \/>\nwho will repeat the experience. Yes, it&#8217;s the new one. Did you enjoy it? Yes. See you at the next one? Yeah. Great. There is a part of Guadeloupe that<br \/>\ncannot be discovered by road: the mangrove. This mangrove forest, a<br \/>\nlink between land and sea, is found on tropical coastlines,<br \/>\nmost often at river mouths. The Grand Cutzac-Marin mangrove is<br \/>\nthe largest and one of the best preserved in the Lesser Antilles. To get closer to it, Jenny and Eric,<br \/>\ncoastal guards, go up the Canal des Retours,<br \/>\ndedicated in the 19th century to the transport of goods. At that time, the canal was<br \/>\neven wider than it is now, since both banks were colonized<br \/>\nby the palaces of Touvier-Rouge. Okay, who, as and when&#8230; There, who dragged here,<br \/>\nwithout declining the space.  So. The universe that is drawn<br \/>\nalong the water is fascinating. Enigmatic shapes,<br \/>\ntangled branches. Between the inextricable webs,<br \/>\nthe aerial roots form an astonishing natural landscape. When you delve into this vegetation,<br \/>\nyou enter a world apart, with a unique atmosphere. Around us, we have the mangrove,<br \/>\nwhat we call the red mangrove, the red tracking pucks. The red tracking pucks are the ones we<br \/>\n&#8216;ll see closest to the water. This is what we call<br \/>\nthe seaside mangrove. We know this very well<br \/>\nfrom the roots. These are hunting roots that will anchor<br \/>\nthemselves directly in the mud. It is a plant that requires<br \/>\nto move further and further into the water. Can you tell me<br \/>\nmore about the role of the mangrove? One of the important roles<br \/>\nof the mangrove is a physical role. But this mangrove<br \/>\nwill protect the coasts against cyclones, against strong waves. Where you have mangroves,<br \/>\nwell there will be less damage. It will actually absorb<br \/>\na large part of the wave energy. Before a cyclone,<br \/>\nfishermen come to shelter their boats in the mangroves.  A buffer zone between land and sea,<br \/>\nthe mangrove is also a valuable ally in the fight against<br \/>\nglobal warming. It is the ecosystem that stores the most<br \/>\ncarbon, up to five times more than other forests in the world. It is a territory to be conserved,<br \/>\npreserved and enhanced, especially. It is a bit like cassava. On Earth,<br \/>\nagricultural crops stretch as far as the eye can see.  A flagship product of Caribbean heritage,<br \/>\ncassava is harvested all year round. This tuber, this root,<br \/>\nis to South America and the Caribbean what rice is to Asia,<br \/>\na staple food. In Guadeloupe of yesteryear, every family<br \/>\nhad cassava which was harvested all year round. This tuber, this root,<br \/>\nis to South America and the Caribbean what rice is to Asia,<br \/>\na staple food. In Guadeloupe of yesteryear, every<br \/>\nfamily had cassava, \u00c9l\u00e9onore. Today, it is cultivated on a larger<br \/>\nscale by farmers who work with cassava factories,<br \/>\nthese family cassava processing structures. Guadeloupe has around ten of them,<br \/>\nlike this one, in the deep waters of Sainte de la Farin. Wyddi is a former<br \/>\nhigh-level athlete. He shone in the<br \/>\nbiggest trails on the planet. And it takes endurance<br \/>\nto turn cassava into flour. Today he has an apprentice, Jenny. He will share his know-how with her<br \/>\nand introduce her to the handling of tools. You spread it on the plate. Ideally, Jenny, you take the carrot.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s called a carrot. It&#8217;s made with&#8230;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s brown. And you stir the flour, you make it pass.<br \/>\nPut yourself on. No, wait, I&#8217;ll give you<br \/>\na little more movement. You sweep it like that underneath. For example, the flour that was at the bottom will<br \/>\ngo to the top, so that it never stays put on the plate.  So.<br \/>\n  And there you do it with a little energy,<br \/>\nlike dancing, it&#8217;s ingenious. That&#8217;s how it is, don&#8217;t worry.  That&#8217;s<br \/>\nit. You said the magic word,<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s it, I&#8217;m giving it my all.  So. It&#8217;s okay, you already have<br \/>\nthe hang of it. But I have a good teacher. Yes, but it&#8217;s in us, it&#8217;s<br \/>\nin our blood, the work of cassava. All Guadeloupeans, in all<br \/>\nour families, they worked on this. It&#8217;s super good too. Exactly, what made you<br \/>\nwant to work? You tell me what drove me? I tell you: I grew up in it. When I opened my eyes,<br \/>\nI was in it. You were already in it. My grandmother used to do that. And all my grandmother&#8217;s children<br \/>\nworked with cassava. That is to say, my family<br \/>\nworked with cassava. You&#8217;re not lying when you<br \/>\nsay you were born into it. I was born into it.  So.<br \/>\n  Hey, but Jenny, perfect, perfect. You could say it&#8217;s good, right? You reach the point of your flour,<br \/>\nyou hold it like this and you take it. And that seems to me.<br \/>\nAnd that makes&#8230; Because if it wasn&#8217;t cooked,<br \/>\nwhen you do that, it stays in a block. But as soon as you open your hand,<br \/>\nyou see how it goes, it goes down. This means there is no more humidity.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re already, OK. Okay.<br \/>\nOh well&#8230; Well, we&#8217;re proud of ourselves. What can we say to each other? In his cassava factory,<br \/>\nWidi also makes delicious cassava, a<br \/>\ntraditional West Indian flatbread. You know Jennifer, a break-in<br \/>\nis really hard. It&#8217;s not easy. You have the starch, you take your starch. Cassava starch is<br \/>\ncalled moussache.  So. It must be sieved to obtain a sort<br \/>\nof semolina which will serve as the base for the cake. Okay. You see, it&#8217;s starch,<br \/>\nbut reduced to flour form. You see? And like that, you can spread it out<br \/>\nto make your cassava. You can spread it on the plate like this. So, for aesthetics,<br \/>\nI always use a circle. Like this, you have your cassava,<br \/>\nwhich will be nice and round. With a beautiful format. With a nice format and it&#8217;s<br \/>\neasy even for beginners. Cassava, for dummies. There you go, roll out your dough well.  So. When in contact with heat,<br \/>\nthe dough changes texture and solidifies. The cassava is ready to be garnished. You take your coconut jam and<br \/>\nmake a small rectangle in the middle. All right. Right in the middle,<br \/>\nso you can use the edge to close your cassava. You can be generous<br \/>\nwith the coconut jam.  So. Cassava can also be enjoyed<br \/>\nsalted with cod, for example. You close this edge and do the other one.  Should I take the step?  So. Don&#8217;t hesitate to put<br \/>\nsome good pressure on it. And great. I changed the shape, but it&#8217;s really<br \/>\nthe original cassava, in fact. It&#8217;s still the starch, it&#8217;s the starch<br \/>\nand the coconut jam inside. Great.<br \/>\nGreat. Like young people do, check. You did it. It is in the middle of generous nature,<br \/>\nin its Creole garden, that Widi invites its visitors to taste. This looks so good. I love the shape too much. It&#8217;s light. Well done, indeed. For me, cassa La cacahve is<br \/>\nan emblematic product of Guadeloupe. And personally,<br \/>\nI situate cacahve in terms of the country&#8217;s cultural products,<br \/>\nin the same way as Creole. For me, the cacahve is part<br \/>\nof the real heritage of Guadeloupe. And today,<br \/>\neveryone knows this word. Because with this word, at one point,<br \/>\nthere was a break. We were no longer in language. And there, everyone knows<br \/>\nwhat a cacahve is. And that is a great step forward. It must also be said that when the<br \/>\nCassava group had success, it raised questions. From the popularization of the theme.<br \/>\nThere you go, there you go. Especially the cassava theme. And this one is the cassava to eat. The other is the dancing cassava. And that&#8217;s eating cassava. Cassava dishes<br \/>\nare very nutritious. An energy that has always allowed us to<br \/>\nface the hard work of working in the fields. A bit like music in the past. The case, this big drum beats the cadence. Here, it brings life to the beach in the village<br \/>\nof Sainte-Anne, one of the most beautiful on the island. This percussion is inseparable<br \/>\nfrom dance and song. The alchemy of these three elements forms what is<br \/>\ncalled guoca, the traditional musical genre<br \/>\nof Guadeloupe. It brings together and unites<br \/>\nthe entire population, regardless of their age. Jenny meets a friend, Lo\u00efc,<br \/>\nthe founder of the group. Hey, Gennie, then.<br \/>\nHere, us. At the top.<br \/>\nAbelibour. So it&#8217;s Saturday and you<br \/>\n&#8216;re here every Saturday. Exactly. So tell me, can you<br \/>\ntell me, for you, what is the big case? Ah, well, the big case,<br \/>\nit&#8217;s part of our soul, our energy here, in Guadeloupe. We have been immersed in this since childhood. It is an integral part<br \/>\nof Guadeloupe. It is our soul.<br \/>\nExactly. We really feel that it&#8217;s more than a<br \/>\nculture, it&#8217;s an integral part of who we are and what defines us.<br \/>\nExactly. And we still have a beautiful heritage. Exactly, and don&#8217;t let go. It&#8217;s music in which, let&#8217;s<br \/>\nsay, a way of letting things out, but in a trance. So there is an elevation<br \/>\nof the person in his being. The drums of the boca have been resonating<br \/>\nin Guadeloupe since the arrival of the first slaves. Steeped in struggle and suffering,<br \/>\nthese rhythms and dances were also a quest for freedom. A way to resist,<br \/>\nto exist in the face of dehumanization. After being banned and then despised,<br \/>\nguoca was rehabilitated from the 1960s onwards,<br \/>\nto the point of being recognised today as an intangible heritage<br \/>\nof humanity by UNESCO. And it&#8217;s true to see this evolution<br \/>\ntoday, getting to where it is now, the big K, as you say, which is playing,<br \/>\ndancing, singing with pride without hiding. It&#8217;s really extraordinary good. The slaves themselves,<br \/>\nwhen they played this music, it was also with pride.<br \/>\nCompletely. So, returning to this<br \/>\npride is essential. Every time the drum starts,<br \/>\nevery time the K sounds, something happens inside us. These things, history,<br \/>\nit remained there, it crossed the path and this<br \/>\nvibration, it is still there. You&#8217;re here, you called,<br \/>\nyou have something happening inside you that makes<br \/>\nthe camp move for me. Exactly. Our journey continues towards the other<br \/>\nwing of the butterfly, Basse-Terre. Contrary to what its name suggests,<br \/>\nit is the highest part of Guadeloupe. A volcanic land, majestic,<br \/>\nlush and green. The Americans named it Karukera,<br \/>\nthe island of beautiful waters. The splendor of the waterfalls rivals<br \/>\nthe beauty of the seabed. Carly is a local girl. Like many young Guadeloupeans,<br \/>\nafter her baccalaureate, she went to study in mainland France. An experience synonymous with revelation. From the town of Saint-Mand\u00e9, in the<br \/>\ndomain of the town of Saint-Mand\u00e9. I lived in mainland France for 12 years and I think<br \/>\nthat leaving allowed me to realize that this island was truly<br \/>\nricher than what I knew. And that&#8217;s what pushed me to<br \/>\nget into the tourism sector by creating my agency to allow<br \/>\npeople to also discover this beauty.  We are lucky to live with<br \/>\nso many beautiful landscapes, a very rich culture, and a mix of people.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s priceless. To begin our discovery<br \/>\nof Basse-Terre, Carly takes us to its<br \/>\nmost prestigious site: La Souffri\u00e8re. At 1,467 meters above sea level,<br \/>\nthis volcano is usually the highest point in the Lesser Antilles.  A modest old lady, La Souffri\u00e8re<br \/>\nshrouds herself in mists most of the time. So it was in the grayness<br \/>\nthat Carly set off to attack the summit. She is guided by Fabrice, a<br \/>\nmountain guide. When we were down there,<br \/>\nit had really cleared up. We had beautiful sunshine<br \/>\nand I&#8217;m still surprised to see that when we get here, it&#8217;s much cloudier. For me, this is normal weather. It&#8217;s covered. But it&#8217;s not raining.<br \/>\nEffectively. Simply because we<br \/>\n&#8216;re in the clouds here. I could even say to you: Here,<br \/>\nopen your mouth wide and chew. There you have the opportunity to eat<br \/>\na cloud, a piece of cloud. I&#8217;m going to try it, I&#8217;m going to<br \/>\ntake some to go. It could be nice.<br \/>\nYou can do that. As usual,<br \/>\nFabrice is barefoot to better feel this terrain that he knows so well. A route reserved for guides<br \/>\nand scientists. It is called the geologists&#8217; trail. On this path of craters,<br \/>\nwe see the traces of geological activity left over time. Earthquakes and eruptions have<br \/>\ncreated immense faults in the massif. So there, well, you see, there, you see, there,<br \/>\nexactly the scar that the last events of 76, 77 left him. It was at that time the most<br \/>\nfragile place, so, well, that&#8217;s where it broke, you know.<br \/>\nOkay. And indeed, if I remember<br \/>\ncorrectly, there is a major evacuation of the lowland area. In August 1976,<br \/>\nunder the threat of an imminent eruption, 73,000 people had to be evacuated. Pulverization of rocks, projection<br \/>\nof ash and acid gas, sinking upright. The massive explosion caused no<br \/>\ncasualties, but the exodus of the population lasted more<br \/>\nthan three months due to aftershocks. This was the last eruption,<br \/>\nbut in recent years the volcano has shown signs of<br \/>\nrenewed activity, leading to certain mandatory precautions. There you go, you can<br \/>\ntransform into Batman there. We are good.<br \/>\nIs it good for you? We are good.  Are we getting closer? We are gradually getting closer to the summit. It&#8217;s getting warmer, can you feel the heat?<br \/>\nYes. I present to you the chasm of 1856. When you make a little noise&#8230;<br \/>\nIt blows.  Do you feel how it burns your eyes?<br \/>\nExact. These fumes come from agzacide,<br \/>\npresent at the bottom of the chasms. At the top of the cliff,<br \/>\nmore than 10 meters of water fall per year. All this rainwater seeps<br \/>\ninto the rocks and reaches the bowels of the volcano. In contact with magma,<br \/>\nseveral kilometers underground, it becomes acidic, heats up, and boils. This complex steam engine<br \/>\nreleases fumes containing sulfur and toxic gases to the surface like a pressure cooker. This area has evolved. Before, everywhere here,<br \/>\nyou had greenery. It was beautiful<br \/>\nwhen it was blooming. And now, for several years,<br \/>\nthis whole area has become a real swarm. So, you really have to be<br \/>\ncareful, actually, when you&#8230; There you go. And that&#8217;s also why we&#8217;re not going to<br \/>\nstay here for long and we&#8217;re going to get out of this area.<br \/>\nOkay, very good. So you stay right behind me<br \/>\nand walk where I walk. You can trust me. I feel where it&#8217;s hot with&#8230; Without shoes. Without the shoes. And then, reliable as that, for once. As threatening as it may be, the souffri\u00e8re<br \/>\nremains nonetheless fascinating. All around the massif, nature shows the full extent of its generosity. Clinging to the steep slopes, the<br \/>\ntropical rainforest is omnipresent.  It is called the rain forest. True to her desire for discovery off<br \/>\nthe beaten track, Carly invites us to follow her<br \/>\nin the company of an atypical character. Rapha\u00eblle is both a guide and a counter. I thought the meter would have<br \/>\nbrought me a stick. Oh no, the meter has its stick. He has his stick. Oh yes, each to his own stick. And by the way,<br \/>\nwhat&#8217;s the story with the meter? Well, every counter has its stick. And this one, I call him Wani Wana. I found it by the sea<br \/>\nlike this, over 26 years ago. I actually use it<br \/>\nto tell the accounts. There is no question of telling<br \/>\nthe accounts without Wani Wana. Wani Wana. Yes, because you see, for example,<br \/>\nif I need a motorcycle when I tell a story, I use Wani Wana. If If I need a bike,<br \/>\nif I need a hat, if I need a seat, you see, I can<br \/>\nsit on it and I tell the story. Well, it really is your multi-function. This is Wani Wana. This<br \/>\nforest is characterized by an extremely diverse flora: trees,<br \/>\nshrubs, orchids, ferns, vines. More than 700<br \/>\ndifferent species coexist. What is particularly impressive<br \/>\nare these kinds of hanging gardens formed by epiphytic plants<br \/>\nlike this bromeliad. Epiphytic plants<br \/>\nare plants that will use large trees,<br \/>\nlarge species as support, but which will live<br \/>\nindependently. These are plants that use<br \/>\nthe tree as a support to search for light. This dense and exuberant forest is a<br \/>\nsetting conducive to the flight of the imagination. A perfect setting to let yourself be carried away<br \/>\nby the voice of a storyteller. And in Guadeloupe, all stories<br \/>\nbegin the same way. Ye, Jack. Ye, Crac. Ye, Misty Cric.<br \/>\nYe, Misty Cric. Is the court asleep?<br \/>\nNo, the court is not sleeping. That was a long, long, long time ago. In the Caribbean Sea<br \/>\nthere were still no islands. There was no Triny yet.<br \/>\nDead. There was no Saint-Lou yet.<br \/>\nYes. There was no Karuk\u00e9 yet.<br \/>\nRa. There wasn&#8217;t even Spanish yet. There was just the sea. And you could just hear<br \/>\nthe sound of the waves coming. The count is a central element<br \/>\nof West Indian culture. Born in colonial dwellings,<br \/>\nthis oral tradition has spanned the centuries and shaped<br \/>\nGuadeloupean identity over time. So,<br \/>\nI grew up a little bit with the cons through my grandmother who told me about them. It was obviously in the evening,<br \/>\nafter working hours, when people were coming home from work. And the children were&#8230; We gathered the children<br \/>\nin the same neighborhood, in the same&#8230; In the same space,<br \/>\nand the children listened to counters. It&#8217;s true that since television<br \/>\nbecame established, their account is less present,<br \/>\nbut it is still necessary. And not only so that people<br \/>\nunderstand our culture, but also so that people understand<br \/>\nall our traditions. They have their symbolism<br \/>\nand their symbolism will never be lost. Even in 10,000 years,<br \/>\nwe will still need these stories.<br \/>\nCreole tales permeate and nourish minds and imaginations,<br \/>\njust like beliefs and legends. In the Antilles, every forest, every tree,<br \/>\nevery pond, conceals its share of secret lives. And the pond where Carly and Rapha\u00ebl arrive<br \/>\nis no exception to the marvelous. So, we&#8217;re at the zombie pond,<br \/>\nbut why this name? Why zombie Obviously,<br \/>\nthere have been many legends, including those that tell of a son of slaves and a daughter of masters who loved each other. And there have been cases of venom,<br \/>\nsometimes in the evening, but one without anyone knowing. And the day the master knew that this was<br \/>\nhappening, he came and killed the slave&#8217;s son and drowned his daughter.  It is even claimed that in the middle of the night,<br \/>\nwe can hear them. Very calm water,<br \/>\nno ventilation at all. And that&#8217;s what gives a little bit of what<br \/>\nsome people find gloomy, but which is a<br \/>\nmagnificent site, isn&#8217;t it? It is magnificent, indeed.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s calm, there, it&#8217;s soothing. The west coast of Basse-Terre,<br \/>\nsheltered from the trade winds and broken by the mountains, is called the Leeward Coast. Offshore, the sea is relatively calm,<br \/>\nideal for observing its inhabitants. Carly, takes part in<br \/>\na sea trip with the Rinaldi family for the first time. Renato and Caroline are the<br \/>\ncetacean specialists in Guadeloupe. Thirty years ago,<br \/>\nthey created an association for scientific research and observation<br \/>\nof marine mammals. So how do you<br \/>\nspot sperm whales? Since, well, it&#8217;s quite vast. Yes, it&#8217;s certainly vast. There, currently, we have put the background. So, the visual is extremely<br \/>\nimportant, obviously. You see, the breath, visible. A back, an animal jumping. You really have to look carefully. We will try to spot the blows<br \/>\nfor sperm whales in particular. They are mammals like us,<br \/>\nair-breathing animals that regularly come to the surface. And the exhalation is still visible. For animals over 5 or<br \/>\n6 meters, you will clearly see the breath. In Guadeloupean waters,<br \/>\nnearly 30 different species of cetaceans are likely to be observed. Sperm whales, dolphins, whales,<br \/>\nif nothing appears on the surface, the team listens to what is happening underwater<br \/>\nwith a waterproof microphone: a hydrophone. In an acoustic, there, I have a pseudonym,<br \/>\na kind of delphine idea, a little bit in the south.<br \/>\nOkay. And I don&#8217;t have a sperm whale in the North.<br \/>\nOkay. At the observation post,<br \/>\nthe eye remains on the alert. Ah, they&#8217;re on the surface, okay, fine. So there, it didn&#8217;t like because<br \/>\nthe animals are on the surface. They&#8217;re on the surface, okay.<br \/>\nSo let&#8217;s go, right? Where can we go from?<br \/>\nYes, yes, totally. Okay. Well, I don&#8217;t know<br \/>\nexactly the direction. We&#8217;ll ask Mallet. Mallet, management,<br \/>\nare we in the Cape? Yeah, on the Cape, we&#8217;re perfect.<br \/>\nThis is heading to Montserrat. The distance. 1,000 and a half, almost 9,000. 1,000 corresponds to 1,852 km. Well, basically, we say 2 km, what. So, you see,<br \/>\nwe just listened. Manolo just listened. He doesn&#8217;t have sperm whales<br \/>\nin that direction. Yeah, that&#8217;s not true. Either the animals are<br \/>\non the surface and there, it does not communicate. Finally, it doesn&#8217;t emit<br \/>\nan ecolocation click. Either it&#8217;s a<br \/>\nhumpback whale with its baby. Well, now we don&#8217;t know. That&#8217;s what&#8217;s good, precisely. We&#8217;ll go in the direction, we&#8217;ll<br \/>\naccelerate a little bit and you&#8217;ll watch carefully. You can put yourself on the edge, if you want. Ah, that&#8217;s it. Look, humpback whale,<br \/>\nup ahead, jumping. Gorgeous. Come on, nice jump from the female,<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s it, the mother and the baby. Little breath. Carly, do you see the breath? Yeah, yeah, I see him over there.<br \/>\nOkay. Did you see the jump?<br \/>\nAwesome. The spectacle is all the more<br \/>\njubilant because it is rare. You can only have the chance to observe<br \/>\nwhales four months a year. Between January and April,<br \/>\nthey come to breed in the warm waters of the Caribbean before<br \/>\nheading back to the Far North. So for me, you know, for a first,<br \/>\nit&#8217;s impressive and it&#8217;s really extraordinary. I don&#8217;t even have the words to express what<br \/>\nI feel, but I wonder if you, after so many years,<br \/>\ndo you still have these emotions? It&#8217;s obvious we like it. We are dealing with wild animals<br \/>\nand we can approach them peacefully. Yes, it&#8217;s always an emotion. It&#8217;s obvious. Afterwards, it remains&#8230; It&#8217;s part of our work,<br \/>\nbut we are passionate, above all. After this encounter, as fleeting as it is<br \/>\nunforgettable, Carly is not at the end of her emotions. The hydrophone picks up<br \/>\napproaching whistles. Very quickly, the boat has its escort. Ultimately, the boat<br \/>\nhas bows. You see, all boats<br \/>\nhave this shape, a V. We push a mass of water<br \/>\nin front of the boat, there. All right. And it allows the animals<br \/>\nto move forward without making any effort. Ah, they are lazy, actually. They are lazy. And then, it&#8217;s always a joy to see<br \/>\nthe dolphins in the bow, all the same. Exactly, they are magnificent. They will match their<br \/>\nspeed to us. They are beautiful. Let us now take off for a getaway to the one whose sounds alone already act as an enchantment:<br \/>\nMarie Galante. Its nickname, the island without a mill,<br \/>\nreflects the close connection it has with sugar cane. The atmosphere here is<br \/>\npeaceful and authentic. Time seems to stand still. The deserted and wild beaches<br \/>\nprolong the charm.  With his gentle voice and committed lyrics,<br \/>\nFred is an artist whose fame extends beyond the borders of Guadeloupe. Marie-Galante is its home port. My connection to Marie-Galante is<br \/>\nfirst and foremost a familial connection, because my grandmother was from<br \/>\nMarie-Galante, and it is a connection that is of the heart. I come here often, I like coming here. There is a connection, something<br \/>\nsentimental, deeply mystical. I feel good when I<br \/>\n&#8216;m here, I like being here. I don&#8217;t know, there is something,<br \/>\nthere is a poetry, there is a charm. So I come here often and<br \/>\nI&#8217;m interested in it. It&#8217;s a little crazy. Little black, little white, little whites,<br \/>\nlittle Indians, we live in our great corners of the European. To begin our trip,<br \/>\nMarie Galantez and Fred invite us to share what sets<br \/>\nthe rhythm of life on the island from March to June: the sugar cane harvest. He has a meeting with<br \/>\nJean-Claude and his animals. Built for the strong,<br \/>\noxen were valuable allies for agricultural work. Riding in a carriage was the<br \/>\nancestral means of transporting canes. It is still used today<br \/>\nby a few farmers who remain faithful to tradition. Harness, it&#8217;s come, jouc. Jouc, stopping is good or good. Blazer jouc, the stop is good. I live peacefully, I am in<br \/>\nnature and I remain as I am.  That&#8217;s it. Here we go. Come on, my God. Hey, visit, it&#8217;s okay, my man. The team sets off towards the Cannes field at an improbable gallop. At a decent speed, a little shaken. Fred experiences the authentic means of<br \/>\ntravel, always, in Marie-Galante. Where does<br \/>\nthis tradition of lending oneself to each other come from? Well, it&#8217;s the ancestors. They always used their cart,<br \/>\ncharabeu, which was used to do everything. They went to mass where they were<br \/>\nconcerned about the value of man. These were the real values. And this health, yes. In Marie-Galante,<br \/>\nsugar cane is still mostly cut by hand. For Fred, it&#8217;s a first. You know that I&#8217;ve never<br \/>\ncut the cane? Well, that&#8217;s not a problem. I never cut. You hold the cane,<br \/>\nyou cut the foot first. All right.<br \/>\nAnd be careful, head. The head is there.  Should<br \/>\nI cut there? There. Well done. Well, there you have it.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s good, yes. And that&#8217;s good. But did you see that I<br \/>\n&#8216;m not very strong? Yes, and that&#8217;s precisely&#8230; I&#8217;m not very good because<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know yet. I know there is a tradition of<br \/>\nmud chanting to help us work. That&#8217;s what it&#8217;s like at school, at school.<br \/>\nTo school, to school. Working, there was always a song. They always sang a song. It gives a rhythm. Yes, it gives a cadence. While they were working,<br \/>\nthere were our cadans, our rites and people appreciated them. People were having fun. That&#8217;s it, music always accompanies.  So. When they work&#8230; Introduced in the 17th century, sugarcane has shaped the history, society, and culture of Marie-Galante. The island&#8217;s primary economy,<br \/>\nit still covers most of the cultivated land today. Firmly supported by their 800 kilos<br \/>\nof muscle, the two cattle are capable of pulling up to four tons of cane. Head to the nearest distillery,<br \/>\nwhere they will be crushed and then transformed into rum. As for our athletes, it<br \/>\n&#8216;s almost time for the reward. As usual,<br \/>\nafter an intense day, they will enjoy the gentle waves. Before sugarcane cultivation<br \/>\nbecame established, indigo was cultivated in Marie-Galante. The leaves of this shrub are used<br \/>\nto obtain indigo blue dye. This production is an integral part<br \/>\nof the history of Marie-Galante, but it has been completely forgotten. Fred is with Pierre, a passionate man<br \/>\nwhose ambition is to revive it. In fact, we are awakening a plant<br \/>\nthat is 400 years old. That&#8217;s what&#8217;s incredible. And for me, every time I come<br \/>\nand see her, you know, it&#8217;s like every time, you fall in love all over again. Yeah, you fall in love again,<br \/>\nyou fall in love in love. And then, in fact, you leave her and then<br \/>\nyou think about her, morning, noon, night. It&#8217;s just a plant. Yeah, but for you,<br \/>\nshe&#8217;s sensual, right? How ? But you know how she is, there. She, indeed, she has&#8230; She has a kind of gentleness.  Wild indigo trees can be found all over the island<br \/>\n. But to control his raw material,<br \/>\nPierre decided to plant some. In his experimental field,<br \/>\nhe revives the cultivation of this botanical treasure which has made the<br \/>\nisland rich, its blue gold. How do you know there&#8217;s<br \/>\nblue in there? I don&#8217;t know.<br \/>\nThe sap is white. Yes, it doesn&#8217;t show.<br \/>\nIt doesn&#8217;t show at all. So, we wondered how we were<br \/>\nthe first to know that it was blue. This discovery remained a mystery. One thing is certain: we have known how to make<br \/>\nblue from Monday Gautier since Antiquity. Peter is therefore in the secret of the gods. It is in his workshop,<br \/>\nin the village of Grand&#8217;Bourg, in an old fisherman&#8217;s hut,<br \/>\nthat he shares his know-how with visitors. And there, we will see what that gives us. Hello, House of Indigo. You&#8217;re welcome, Mr. Fred. There you go, there you go, there you go. So here, we&#8217;re going to take the plants that<br \/>\nI cut this morning and there, we&#8217;re going to put them in another tank to macerate. I put it on top to keep it at the bottom,<br \/>\nplus a pebble there, like that. So that there, you see,<br \/>\nbubbles pass and that there, from there, they release their sugar. Besides, the blue dots<br \/>\nthat are in the leaf. In 24 hours, the magic happens. So, we&#8217;re going to discover the vats. So, there you have it.<br \/>\nAnd we discover the indigo vat. That there, we already have the forest which is<br \/>\nalready there, but we are going to wake it up. It digs like that.  So.<br \/>\n  And you stir, and you stir,<br \/>\nand you flick your wrist. You see? There you go, there you go.<br \/>\nI see, OK. Good, but not good. It&#8217;s super pretty. And there you can see purple reflections.<br \/>\nYes, we see. You see, there you go.<br \/>\nAnd it&#8217;s beautiful. That&#8217;s what it means<br \/>\nthat the indigo vat is ready. To be dyed. Pierre and Fred will prepare their fabric<br \/>\nusing the chibori technique. These folds, twists and ties will allow original geometric patterns to<br \/>\nappear on the fabric . Now I&#8217;m going to give you a massage. I&#8217;m going out. In a few seconds,<br \/>\nthe magic of blue has happened. We put it in the tank, we take it out, it comes out<br \/>\ngreen, it turns blue with the air. You see, you lift up your fabric. There you go, just so you can see.<br \/>\nYou see? Air, transformation. You see?<br \/>\nAnd gradually, you go down. You see? It&#8217;s how you smell there,<br \/>\nyou&#8217;re the dyer. You do it your way. It&#8217;s perfect how you do it. It&#8217;s perfect. And there we can contemplate our works. You see, facing the sun,<br \/>\nfacing the sea, the sky. Contemplation, Marie-Galantez. Contemplation, Marie-Gal. It&#8217;s true. That&#8217;s great. Yes, honestly, it&#8217;s great.<br \/>\nPierre, I am happy. Fred, I&#8217;m also delighted<br \/>\nwith our little experiment like that. It&#8217;s a great experience. I can joke and say that I&#8217;m<br \/>\nlooking at what I did myself. It gives me chills.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll put this around my neck. What you&#8217;re saying gives me chills. The thing you&#8217;re doing there. You put it in big letters and wait<br \/>\nfor someone to ask you: But where did you get it? And there you say: I<br \/>\ndid it myself with Peter. Well, sometimes.<br \/>\nGuys It is on this palette of colors that our trip to Guadeloupe ends. A sparkling land where the joy of living comes in many shades.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLocalis\u00e9 au c\u0153ur de la mer des Cara\u00efbes, \u00e0 plus de 6 000 kilom\u00e8tres de la France m\u00e9tropolitaine, l&#8217;archipel de la Guadeloupe est l&#8217;une des destinations phares des Antilles. <\/p>\n<p>Pour d\u00e9couvrir les merveilles des plus belles r\u00e9gions de France, c&#8217;est ici &#8211; Abonnez-vous \ud83d\udc49 http:\/\/bit.ly\/3zjR2Vj \ud83d\ude4f <\/p>\n<p>Si ses \u00eeles font r\u00eaver les f\u00e9rus de plages idylliques et de lagons turquoises, elles font aussi le bonheur des amoureux de la nature qui viennent ici savourer des paysages sauvages exceptionnels. 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