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Guadeloupe Beach: La Caravelle

Last updated on February 18, 2016 by Claire / this article contains affiliate links (Info)

One of the most famous beaches in Guadeloupe, La Caravelle lays in front of the Club Med but is open to the Public. It is a long white sand beach with many palm trees and, often, many people...

Travel Guide - Plan your visit to La Caravelle Beach - Guadeloupe islands

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INFO & PLANNING TIPS - La Caravelle Beach

Located in a protected cove, La Caravelle is the white sand-turquoise water beach in front of the historic Club Med. Accessible to the public it can get crowded especially with the many activities available. Part of the beach is really calm, with close to no waves hitting the shore which makes it great to relax and with children.

TIPS FOR TRAVEL PLANNING ADDICTS - La Caravelle Beach

Getting to La Caravelle Beach

  • ​Grande Terre - At the entrance of Sainte Anne
  • From the main road circling Grande terre N4, turn right after the entrance to the Club Med resort in a little street indicating the beach (when coming from Pointe-a-pitre)
  • Park on the side of this street, walk towards the water for 5min. It looks like there is a wall but at the end there is a turnstile to enter the beach
Sign road La Caravelle beach

Visiting La Caravelle Beach

  • Sand: White and soft; Quite clean
  • Shade: only palm trees - no other amenities 
  • Water is not deep and calm on one side. The other sides is good for sailing, stand-up paddle, and windsurfing
  • Difficult to park on weekends and school holidays
  • Facilities: restrooms, several restaurants nearby

Getting to La Caravelle Beach

After the turnsile, you first have to walk along a narrow sand path. Some palm trees seem ready to fall into the water.

Entrance to La Caravelle Beach, Guadeloupe photo 1
Entrance to La Caravelle Beach, Guadeloupe photo 2

The Palm Trees of La Caravelle Beach

After just one minute you reach the picture perfect caribbean beach with transparent and turquoise water, white sand and beautiful palm trees.

beach La Caravelle, Guadeloupe

La Caravells is one of the best beaches in Guadeloupe. You can understand why, no?

Palm trees at beach La Caravelle, Guadeloupe

White sands and reef

At one end there is a small reef where teh small waves comes crashing into each others creating beautiful patterns on the sand. This is a very peaceful stops and great to just refresh your feet in the water.

Reef at beach La Caravelle, Guadeloupe
Panorama beach La Caravelle, Guadeloupe
Water patterns on the sand at beach La Caravelle, Guadeloupe

A LONG WHITE SAND BEACH

I stayed at the rock side, enjoying the waves creating interesting patterns. Therefore I do not have my own photos of the rest of the beach. So for once I am using one from the Common creative license of Tripadvisor to give you an idea of what it looks like.

White sand at beach La Caravelle, Guadeloupe

This photo of Sainte-Anne is courtesy of TripAdvisor

Lizard encounter at La Caravelle Beach

As we were leaving the beach, a local told us to stop and showed us a iguana. Guadeloupe has many of them and it was great to stot a wild one. I really loved this one (more than the specie on Petite-Terre) because of the big circle on the side of its face. As you can inmagine I photographes it from every angles until it left the beach 🙂

iguana La Caravelle, Guadeloupe photo 1
iguana La Caravelle, Guadeloupe photo 2

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