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Praised by Christopher Columbus in 1493, and ogled by thousands of tourists since, the magnificent CHUTES DE CARBET originate 1300m up La Soufriere's flanks and plummet down 10km inland from the N1 north of Trois-Rivieres. While Columbus only referred to one chute in his diary, there are in fact three waterfalls here, the middle one, a mighty 110-metre cascade, getting the greatest attention as it's the trio's most accessible. To reach it, follow the signs (and the crowds); a stairwell descends to a dirt path that hits the fall's basin in twenty minutes. The secondary trails for the first and third falls branch off from the same path - the former is the highest, at 115m, and reached by a 4.5hr round-trip hike along an occasionally muddy, but otherwise decent, trail. The third waterfall, a mere 20m high, is the least dramatic, and the hardest to reach; the 5.5hr circuit cuts through some narrow and slippery patches. An easier way to get to it is via Capesterre, a couple of kilometres north on the N1; a well-signposted turn-off in the centre of town ends at the start of a 2hr round-trip trail.
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