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| Approaching Labadie Village |
A nice surprise near (1 hr walk) from Cormier Plage is the
Haitian village of Labadie. Moto or walk up the curvy paved road from the hotel
(away from Cap) and you’ll reach the top of the hill that overlooks the private cruiseship Labadee Resort. The guard let me in to look at birds and take pictures. Then walk
downhill and you’ll follow a high fence on the right to keep guests in the resort,
and a nice wooded area on the left where you can do some birding. Keep walking
to the water taxis, little boats that will take you to the actual village of
Labadie. I think it cost around 100gd to hire one privately to take the 2 of us
to the village. On the way back we waited for the boat to fill with other
travelers and it was much cheaper. There were some larger motor boats too –
perhaps they can be rented to go to some nearby islands.
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| Water taxis to go to Labadie Village |
Labadie is a small quiet fishing village tucked into the
forested hillside. I walked around with a friend to look at birds, but we didn’t
eat or linger long. It would be a nice place to spend a morning or afternoon. If
you are comfortable eating Haitian street food you could eat and drink there
and hang out by the water. I didn’t see any other foreigners and kids were
eager to say hi. Some people have kayaks so perhaps you could rent one. There
seemed to be 2 hotels along the hillside between the village and
mainland taxi stop. Here is another
blogger's post about Labadee/ie.
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| A small cave! |
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| The mainland taxi station. |
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| Water project in Labadie Village funded by the Royal Caribbean Cruiseships |
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