Haiti

This is a quick tour in Haiti

Saut d'Eau: It is named after the beautiful waterfall called 'The Jump'. Here thousands of tourists come to watch gorgeous waterfalls and experience the ancient traditional Haitian voodoo. Saut d'Eau is located in the department of the center.

Bassin Bleu: It is located in the South-East region and is famous for both extraordinary waterfalls and caves. Fresh water with extraordinary clarity falls in three different tanks-- Clair Basin, Blue Basin and Basin Palmiste.
Saut Mathurine: The famous waterfall of Saut Mathurine is located in Camp Perrin south of Haiti. It is 30 meters wide and drops from 27 meters height. The source of the fall is river Cavaillon and its water is used to generate electricity. The place is a good day trip. more »

Haiti has always remained a perfect tourist destination. A trip to Haiti can be a life changing experience like a true vacation in paradise. The Haitian government and Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) are taking every effort to bring more tourists in Haiti.

The top ten places that you must visit while you are in Haiti are mentioned here:

Jacmel: It is known as the pearl of the Caribbean. Its incredible diversified historical treasure showcases the real Haiti. It is a commerce center and at the same time a perfect place for tourist attraction. It is the capital of the department of Sud-Est founded in 1698 and has an estimated population of 40,000. The historic buildings of the city have sustained the damage of 2010 earthquake. It is a world heritage site. more »

La Montagne or "The Mountain" is located in the region of Nord-Ouest Haiti. Three villages, Le Croix, Belleu and Terra Rouge are within the area of La Montay or La Montagne. You can reach their by two hour's drive from the small city of Jacmel on the south side of the island. It is a place with very small population where people live in explicit poverty and the destitute is unfathomable. There is acute shortage of water and irrigation facility, electricity is non-existent. People make their living out of subsistence farming that leaves hardly any surplus to trade. Children walk as far as one and half hour to attend schools provided their parents have some good resources to pay $25 annual tuition fees. Children lack access to basic education-- classrooms are missing, teachers use tarp as a chalkboard. more »

Desarmes is located on the fertile Artibonite River, 62 miles north of the Haitian capital city Port-au-Prince. There are three springs in the mountains around Desarmes with an abundant supply for the 2,002 families living in or near the small town of Desarmes. But unfortunately, very few of them have easy equitable access to such water. The people who live higher on the hillsides or near the springs can however count on water but the people living in the valley are really unfortunate. The rich and those with good rapport with the local water committee can manage water flowing into their houses but the poor or not politically connected people are again browbeaten. Absence of appropriate planning and lack of investment never properly utilized the potential of these springs. more »

Very few beach lovers know that there is a quaint famous tourist town named "Montrouis" in Haiti where you can relax on a long white pristine sandy beach in the middle of rolling majestic mountains at the comfort of grand star hotels. The weather of Montrouis is perfectly calm and sunny where people come to enjoy and relax in a tranquil privacy that they deserve. Montrouis, on the western cast of Haiti, is also an exceptional place for sailing and fishing; you can take a ferry or a boat to visit the place. more »

Fermathe is a small town located up in the mountains above in the south part of Port-au-Prince. Its nearest airport is 14.4 km away at the Toussaint Louverture International in the capital city. It is 13 km above Petionville.

The main attraction in Fermathe is Fort Jacques. The fort was erected during the burst of fort building following the declaration of independence on January 1, 1804. The fort was built by Alexandre Pétion who led the mulatto troops of the French Army and named after Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1801 constitution. The fort was slightly damaged in the 2010 earthquake. The admission fee for the fort is HTG 25; it is open between sunrise and sunset. more »

Les Cayes is a town and seaport in the Southwest of Haiti founded in 1786. It is also known by some other names like Aux Cayes or Cayes. The area where the town is located was uninhabited until the French colonial administration founded the town of Aux Cayes. Although the region is still under some development programs by Haiti tourism, its appealing landmarks include several historic forts and arsenal dating from the days of buccaneers and corsairs. Les Cayes was destroyed twice by hurricane in 1781 and 1786. It was further plagued by disease and pirates during the colonial periods. In recent times, the town was badly damaged by hurricanes in 1958 and by fire in 1908. Les Cayes witnessed the massacre of December 1929 when U.S. Marine killed a dozen farmers who protested the poor economic condition under U.S. occupation. more »

Saint-Louis-du-Nord also known as Sen Lwi dinò in Haitian Creole is a town in the arrondissement of Saint-Louis du Nord in the Nord Ouest department of Haiti. It is also known in Haitian Creole as "Sen Lwi dinò". The town is located on the northern peninsula of the Hispaniola Island near the Tortuga Island and Port-de-Paix. The coastal town with an average elevation of one meter (average elevation of Haiti is 13 meters) above the sea level is inhabited by 73,100 residents. The Haitian capital Port-au-Prince is located 98 miles away in the Southeast. The nearest reliable airport is at Cap Haitien, 37 miles away. The town is 2 miles away from the powerful Atlantic Ocean. more »

Fond des Blanc located in the South Department of Haiti in the Aquin Arrondissement is a mountainous community, accessible by 3 to 5 hours drive from Port-au-Prince depending on traffic. Access to electrical power is still out of reach for many in Haiti, especially at Fond des Blanc. Transportation, location, resources, technology infrastructure and skill sets are particularly some of the prime examples of inaccessibility at Fond des Blanc. However, cell phone and internet signals are not a big problem here. more »

The "Central Plateau" occupies about 390 square km (150 square miles) area in an interior basin in Haiti and its adjacent San Juan Valley in the Dominican Republic. The Central Plateau which is also known as the Centre department, extends along both sides of the Guayamouc River, south of the Massif du Nord. It runs about eighty five kilometers from southeast to northwest and is thirty kilometers wide. The plateau has an average elevation of 300 meters or 1,000 feet with an access through difficult spiral roads. Central Plateau is bounded by two minor mountain ranges to the south and west by Noires and Cahos Mountains respectively. The tributaries of the Artibonite River, the longest in the island with approximate 280 km length, flow eastward and southward through Haiti's Central Plateau to a point near the Dominican border before joining the main river to flow westward. more »