Les Abymes eSIM
In Les Abymes you connect to Orange Caraïbe, SFR Caraïbe, Digicel or Free Caraïbe, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 46.2 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Orange Caraïbe, SFR Caraïbe, Digicel and Free Caraïbe
- Typical speed in Guadeloupe
- 46.2 Mbps typical, 3.5 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- yes, standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Les Abymes
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $5.89 | $5.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $2.63 | $7.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $1.98 | $9.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $1.49 | $14.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $1.39 | $27.89 |
How Guadeloupe compares across Caribbean
- Regional typical speed
- 37.6 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 4, Orange Caraïbe, SFR Caraïbe, Digicel, Free Caraïbe
- 5G
- Yes, in Pointe-a-Pitre, Les Abymes, Baie-Mahault and Le Gosier, on Orange and SFR only
- Next fastest nearby
- Puerto Rico, 56 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Martinique, 46.2 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 1: Les Abymes
Landing at Guadeloupe Maryse Conde Airport (PTP)
- Airport
- PTP / TFFR
- Distance
- 2.4 km from the centre of Les Abymes
Getting into Les Abymes
- Karu'lis lines AE1, AE3, AE4 and AE5 (PTP)
- Route nationale N11 to the terminal (PTP)
Worth knowing about Les Abymes
- The island's international airport is in Les Abymes, not in Pointe-a-Pitre, and the airport's own access page routes you to it on the N11.
- Four lines of the Karu'lis urban network serve the terminal, AE1, AE3, AE4 and AE5, so the city bus system reaches the airport directly instead of through a separate airport coach.
- The airport was renamed Guadeloupe Maryse Conde Airport in 2024, so older bookings, signs and guides may still call it Pointe-a-Pitre Le Raizet.
- Terminal 1 handles international and regional flights, Terminal 2 only regional ones, and the two are interconnected.
- Car rental desks are not in the terminal. They sit in a dedicated annex near the North terminal, and each company runs its own shuttle from beside exit 3 on level 0.
- Only rental firms approved by the airport may hand over cars on site, and using the car parks for commercial handovers or payments is banned, with fines for offenders.
- For cash on arrival, La Poste runs a cash machine and a self-service banking terminal on level 0, and a bureau de change on level 0 of Terminal 1 sells currency and reloadable cards.
- Karu'lis covers six communes, Les Abymes, Baie-Mahault, Pointe-a-Pitre, Le Gosier, Sainte-Anne and Saint-Francois, and runs seven days a week, including some public holidays. The operator says buses come on average every 20 to 30 minutes.
- Every Karu'lis journey must be validated on board, transfers included. Riding without a validation counts as an offence if an inspector checks your ticket.
- The Karu'lis 10 journey pass stays valid for five years and can be topped up at the agency, online, at resellers and at card terminals. It cannot be refunded or replaced if lost.
- Les Abymes has free public Wi-Fi hotspots funded by the EU's WiFi4EU programme. The last one went live in September 2021 at the Bouliqui shops, a rural area with no fixed broadband, behind a captive portal.
- On La Soufriere, the volcano on Basse-Terre, the forestry office ONF installed rescue beacons along test trails in Saint-Claude and Sainte-Rose in 2025 so that rescuers can locate hikers quickly.
- The summit of La Soufriere is about one hour on foot up the Chemin des Dames, reached by the D11 about 5 km from Saint-Claude.