Travel & Tourism

Northwest, Port-de-Paix

Founded in 1665, by French filibusters, Port-de-Paix is situated in theBeach at Port de Paix northwestern part of Haiti in the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Beautiful natural sites are located in remote or mountainous areas.An all-terreain vehicle is needed to travel in the northwest for individual tourism.

Tortuga Island

A 30-minute drive to the east of Port-de-Paix by a good, dirt road takes you to St Louis du Nord, a pretty coastal town from where Tortuga Islandssailing boats cross the 10-kilometer channel to Tortuga Island, the Caribbean’s biggest pirate base in the 17th century. Nearly 40 kilometers long, seven kilometers wide and 464 meters above the sea at its highest point, its smooth rounded shape reminded seafarers of the back of a turtle. (Tortuga in Spanish and La Tortue, its Haitian name, in French.)

 

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Places of iterests

Fort Dauphin, Old fortifications in one of the most beautiful bay of the country

Tortuga: Off the coast of Saint-Louis du Nord the most famous of freebooter's nest.

Beaches: Labadie, Cormier, Coco-Beach, Chou-Chou BaY,Cocoyer BeachLabadie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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