Lone Rock with Vertical Garden – La Découverte Summit (1,467 m) loop from La Soufrière

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Basse-Terre

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Lone Rock with Vertical Garden – La Découverte Summit (1,467 m) loop from La Soufrière

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139

hikers

Lone Rock with Vertical Garden – La Découverte Summit (1,467 m) loop from La Soufrière

04:14

9.71km

650m

Hiking

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 2.94 km for 745 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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75 m

Les Bains Jaunes Hot Spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

The perfect way to cool down or relax after the tour.

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1.33 km

Lone Rock with Vertical Garden

Highlight • Natural Monument

There is a place of worship at the back

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1.42 km

Faujas Landslide

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

Good shoes are an advantage and a rain jacket

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3.14 km

Summit of La Soufrière Volcano

Highlight • Summit

Be sure to bring a rain jacket!

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3.25 km

La Découverte Summit (1,467 m)

Highlight • Summit

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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3.27 km

Fumaroles of La Soufrière Crater

Highlight • Volcano

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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3.27 km

Lush Lava Fissure

Highlight • Gorge

Starting the hike early ensures the best weather :-)

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4.72 km

Col de l'Échelle

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Lonelier route up and down

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8.16 km

Viewpoint

9.71 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.71 km

2.30 km

1.51 km

197 m

Surfaces

3.60 km

3.38 km

1.39 km

1.34 km

Elevation

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Highest point (1,440 m)

Lowest point (830 m)

Weather

Today

Sunday 25 October

31°C

22°C

24 %

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Comments

July 5, 2022,Von Canton de Basse-Terre nach Canton de Basse-Terre

Very nice but also strenuous hike. The stage from La Citerne to the waterfall is very strenuous and is more reminiscent of canyoning. Sturdy waterproof shoes are strongly recommended as well as a good physical condition.

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