National park of Guadeloupe

Creation of the parc	1989
central zone	17 300 ha
Peripheral zone	16 200 ha
concerned townships	11
concerned Overseas departments	La Guadeloupe
integral Reserve	le Fond du Lauvitel (création en 1995)
Are managed by the park	natural reserve of Grand-Cul-de-Sac Marin, reserve of biosphere of the archipel of Guadeloupe
Permanent personnel	44 persons
seasonal personnel	0 persons
number of visitors	1 000 000 par an
Headquarters address	Habitation BeausoleilMontéran91120 Saint-Claude
Telephone	590/80/24/25
fax	590/80/05/46

“Island with beautiful water", well named by the pre-Columbian populations! Because, in Basse-Terre( Low-Ground),a mountainous and volcanic island of the Guadeloupean archipelago, rivers, cascades, ponds, marsh intermingle.
There, with the foot of the Sulphur mine, surrounded of fumerolles, hot and sulfurous sources, witnesses of an active volcanicity to which Guadeloupe owes its existence, develops one of the most beautiful tropical forests of the Small Antilles with the exuberant, original and varied species: in addition to several hundreds of species of trees, the park of Guadeloupe shelters a myriad of ferns, including the sumptuous arborescent ones reaching 15 meters of height, and nearly 100 species of orchises, including 5 endemic, all more complex and attractive the ones than the others. As for fauna, in addition to 11 species of bald mice,, let us quote in particular two "originals": Dynaste Hercules or "Pit sawyer" which plays the records - reaching 18 cm of length, it is the largest insect in the world and the black peak of Guadeloupe only sedentary peak of the Small Antilles.