点评:Canyon Moustique is an incredibly beautiful place and unique in my experience - a canyon on the jungle with walls and water illuminated by light that you can safely wade and swim through. It’s therefore surprising that Guadeloupe almost seems to want it to be a secret.
While the Canyon is listed on the Guadeloupe tourism website, I saw no postcards with the Canyon on it and there is no signage leading to the trailhead (Boucle des Desbordes) and no signs anywhere on the trail that mention the Canyon. The official trail makes a loop that doesn’t go close to the Canyon. You have to research where it is and be very careful not to take the wrong path, as I did, and walk miles off course. While there are blazes on some trees marking the path, I saw almost none of them. I have never seen a map with a path to the canyon, but it involves taking a trail past two houses and into the jungle, crossing some streams and reaching a plateau with a banana warehouse, continuing down a dirt path (NOT going back into the forest) until you reach an opening into the woods with a red blaze on the tree. You then descend down a very steep hill to the river and turn right and the Canyon is not far from there.
This is a challenging hike involving difficult, muddy, and hilly terrain, plus wading and swimming through the Canyon. Bring all the appropriate footwear and swimwear and a dry bag and plan for several hours.
翻译:穆斯蒂克峡谷(Canyon Moustique)美得令人难以置信,就我的经验而言,它独一无二——丛林深处,峡谷两侧峭壁耸立,水面波光粼粼,灯光映照,你可以安全地涉水游泳。因此,瓜德罗普似乎想把它当作一个秘密,这着实令人惊讶。
虽然瓜德罗普旅游网站上列出了这个峡谷,但我没看到任何印有峡谷的明信片,也没有路标指向步道起点(Boucle des Desbordes),步道沿途也没有任何提及峡谷的标志。官方步道是一个环线,根本无法靠近峡谷。你必须事先查好它的位置,并且要非常小心,不要像我一样走错路,白白浪费好几英里。虽然有些树上有标记指示方向,但我几乎没看到。我从未见过标明通往峡谷路线的地图,但大致路线是:先沿着一条小径经过两栋房子进入丛林,跨过几条溪流,到达一个有香蕉仓库的高原,然后沿着一条土路继续向下走(不要再回到森林里),直到看到一棵树上有红色标记的树干,树干上有一个红色标记。接着,你需要沿着一条非常陡峭的山坡下到河边,然后右转,峡谷就在不远处。
这是一条颇具挑战性的徒步路线,地形崎岖泥泞,而且需要涉水和游泳穿越峡谷。请务必携带合适的鞋子、泳衣和防水袋,并预留几个小时的时间。