Rorota - Rémire Trail

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A short family hike where you might spot a few sloths.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 5.56 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 00 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 151 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 149 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 159 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 26 m
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One of the three small bridges on the hike
The Rorota Trail
Gigantic trees!

Description of the walk

Park in the car park by the edge of Lac Saccharin above Remire.

(S/E) Leave the road leading to the water treatment plant and take the path on the left. You’ll soon join the Rorota circular trail.

(1) Turn left onto this wide path with views of the ocean. First, you’ll reach the Rivière d’Hervieux.

(2) Continue on to walk alongside Lac du Rorota.

(3) Continue until you reach the end of this wide path at a small jetty marking the boundary between the main path and the smaller one.

(4) Go down a small flight of steps to reach the dry-up of Lalouette. Continue on to reach Lac de Rémire.

(5) Change direction completely and head north, still on the Rorota path. You will reach the drinking water plant.

(6) Go round it to stay on the path and quickly reach the original junction.

(1) Turn left back onto the path you took on the way there to return to the Lac Saccharin car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 28 m - Car park at the edge of the - Lac Saccharin
  2. 1 : km 0.37 - alt. 67 m - Crossroads of the circular loop
  3. 2 : km 1.74 - alt. 100 m - Hervieux River
  4. 3 : km 2.65 - alt. 127 m - Lac de Rorota
  5. 4 : km 3.21 - alt. 124 m - Crossroads: main and side paths
  6. 5 : km 4.11 - alt. 123 m - Lac de Rémire
  7. 6 : km 4.97 - alt. 67 m - Drinking Water Plant.
  8. S/E : km 5.56 - alt. 30 m - Car park on the banks of Lac Saccharin

Notes

(S/E) The only notable difficulty is at the start of the route: a fairly steep slope, interspersed with ravines, leads to the summit.
No special equipment is required: just a bottle of water per person, walking boots (no flip-flops) and a hat.
Along the route, you’ll find bamboo and other majestic trees of French Guiana. Shortly after Lac du Rorota, the vegetation changes as you enter the forest. There, you may spot small yellow monkeys and, why not, one or two sloths.
This part of the hike is magical, with the sounds of animals and flowing water. It’s very peaceful.

The entire walk is in the shade; you just need to bring some water.

Worth a visit

You may spot small monkeys and sloths, but please keep quiet.

Reviews and comments

4.7 / 5
Based on 5 reviews
Reliability of the description
4.6 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.8 / 5
Route interest
4.8 / 5
Coco2312
Coco2312

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 17, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Access to the trail has changed but is well signposted.
It is located just before the car park and allows you to avoid the rutted path, which was the only difficult part of the route.

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Marie-Aline
Marie-Aline

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 22, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A lovely walk.

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Arthurpablo
Arthurpablo

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 15, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A lovely two-hour walk with some lovely surprises in store

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JOJONC
JOJONC

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 14, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

I went on this hike with my wife, who isn’t much of a walker. We turned right at the first junction. There were a few climbs, but nothing too difficult. Most of the route was through woodland. We were lucky enough to spot a squirrel and a few small squirrel monkeys. There was a lovely view of the beach road.
Data provided by the GPS watch for the entire hike: 250m elevation gain over a distance of 5.8km, which we completed in 2 hours 15 minutes without pushing ourselves and taking the time to observe the animals we came across.

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BWL
BWL

Thank you very much

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ericmobile
ericmobile

Hello, hiking isn’t banned at all!! There is indeed a sign at one point warning of a ‘risk of rockfall’; you just need to be careful for about ten metres after that. As far as I remember, there’s a large boulder on the right-hand side of the path – just don’t climb on it, that’s all. Lots of families and joggers use the path. You can go there without any problem!
Best regards
Eric

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henri57
henri57 ★
• Edited:

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to share your opinion.

I don’t know how to post photos...

See the link below:

https://www.visorando.com/forum-randonnee...

See you soon

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BWL
BWL

Overall rating : 4.5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 16, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : Not used / Not applicable
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A brilliant hike, but the sloths didn’t make an appearance, and it wasn’t for lack of trying to find them.
Is the walk still off-limits? Risk of rockfalls on the path
We only found out after completing the trail that it was closed, and in fact we came across lots of joggers...
What’s the situation now?

I don’t know how to post photos....

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