A veritable "granary of the south", Rivière Pilote is dotted with sugarcane farms and banana plantations and enjoys very generous vegetation. The entrance to the town is marked by a curious and imposing megalithic rock, "le Rocher Zombi"...
At the origin of its name, a Caribbean chief "Pilote" is said to have left his northern lands to the French settlers to come and settle in the south, near this river.
A land of rebels and "nègres marrons" (escaped slaves), the commune was the starting point of the southern insurrection in September 1870.
Don't miss:
- The La Mauny distillery makes one of the rhums the island's most renowned whites.
- The Ecomuseum traces the Amerindian and colonial periods of the plantation economy. It is located on the beach of l'Anse Figuier, a protected pre-Columbian archaeological site.
- Created on the initiative of Mr. Christian Alain and a few passionate collectors, the "Mémoire d'Antan" space in the Josseaud district offers a fabulous journey into the past: tools, crockery, machines, mills, musical instruments, etc. dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.