Day 7 – Les Des SaintesIt was an early start for once, leaving the anchor in Bouillante by 7:30am. It was a calm night, with just one squall rolling down the mountains at 4am, then the usual winds whistling through the hills and rigging, swinging us around as the sun came up.We had a decision to make about where to spend one of our last nights in Guadeloupe. We could try to make it a little more...
Day 5 – Basse Terre & Chutes du Carbet Waterfall"Basse Terre" is a comical misnomer for Gaudeloupe's main island. It translates to "low land" but it refers to the tallest half of Guadeloupe where you can find rainforest, mountains, and an active volcano. We had another land-based adventure day, taking a taxi van into the rainforest for a short walk to the Chutes du Carbetwaterfalls. We didn't...
Day 3 – Adventure Ashore, Les des SaintesWe awoke in a breezy anchorage, nestled between the islands Terre-de-Haut and Îlet à Cabrit in the Les des Saintes island grouping in southwest Guadeloupe. The breeze was already picking up, but it was beautiful and sunny, soon reaching temperatures near 80° by noontime. As boats left harbor, we snagged a mooring in the Bourg des Saintes anchorage closer to...
Day 1 – Travel to Guadeloupe
So it was me, my parents, and 4 of their friends, for a week in Guadeloupe aboard a Bali 4.0 catamaran named Diderot from Dream Yacht Charters this February. I just completed a similar sailing cruise a couple years ago with Cruising World Magazine aboard a Moorings4800 catamaran, where we took a week to explore St Lucia and the Grenadines down to Grenada. This time...
