Guadeloupe

Travellers Information

ENTRANCE FORMALITIES

For the French citizens
The national indentity card or the passport.

For the citizens of the E.E.C
Passport without visa, used as official indentity card or valid French residence permit.

For the foreign countries inhabitants out of E.E.C
Valid passport.

For the natives of the USA, Canada, and Japan
For a stay of less than 3 months, an identity paper with a photograph.
A free visa for regularization will be delivered to them at the entrance.
This visa is valid only for the duration of the stay and the only oversea department where it is delivered.

Passport and Visa
South Africa - Bolivia - Domenica - Sainte Luce - Barbados - Jamaica - Trinidad - Haiti - Honduras - San Salvador - Dominican Republic - Turkey

LANGUAGES
French: usual language
Creole: regional language

CURRENCY
Euro. The American dollar is accepted as well as the travellers' cheques and the credit cards. In some establishments, the cheques are not accepted if your address is not in Guadeloupe (chèque hors place).

WATER AND ELECTRICITY
The running water is drinkable everywhere. Mineral water is also proposed to the consumers. The electrical current is 220 volts.

POST OFFICES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Telephone : many phone boxes, portables network.
Telefax.
Internet network.

VACCINES
No obligatory vaccine to go to Guadeloupe, Martinique. 
However for the people arriving from South America and some of the Caribbean islands, an international certificate against variola and the yellow fever can be required.

PLANTS
When you travel by plane, it is strictly forbidden to transport plants. These provisions are taken to protect some particularly significant species. For example the banana in the West Indies would not resist certain forms of cercosporiose. Thus, avoid taking along with you your vegetable garden. It would not pass the Customs.

ANIMALS
The entrance of domestic animals in the DOM, requires some conditions: the animal must be tattooed, have a health record with its up to date vaccinations and an anti-rabic certificate established at least 30 days before the travel but not more than one year earlier. It is prohibited  to import animals except if this animal has resided in an approved country (Australia....) for one month if he was living just before in Metropolitan France for 6 months.

TOURIST BUREAU
Addresses in Paris of the tourist agencies of Doms

The Tourist bureau of Guadeloupe
43 rue des Tilleuls 92100 Boulogne Billancourt
Tel.: 01 46 04 00 88. Fax: 01 46 04 74 03

The Tourist bureau of Martinique
2 rue des Moulins 75001 Paris
Tel.: 01 44 77 86 00. Fax: 01 49 26 03 63.

The committee of Tourism of Guyana
1 rue Clapeyron 75008 Paris
Tel.: 01 42 94 15 16. Fax: 01 42 94 14 65.

THE VESTIMENTARY ADVICE
Light clothing. Take a hot clothing, sunglasses and solar protection products.

It is necessary to protect yourself from .

Have a good trip...