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The Iles du Salut, located seven miles off the coast of Kourou, French Guiana, serve as a popular anchorage for cruisers and a historical site featuring the ruins of former French penal colonies.▶ 0:10 The archipelago consists of three islands: Ile Saint Joseph, Ile Royale, and Ile du Diable.▶ 0:57 Ile Saint Joseph contains extensive, overgrown ruins of solitary confinement cells and a small military base.▶ 2:47 Ile Royale, the largest island, offers visitor infrastructure including a restaurant, hostel accommodations, and restored prison buildings.▶ 8:01 Ile du Diable, the site of Alfred Dreyfus’s imprisonment, remains closed to visitors due to its rocky shoreline.▶ 13:08 The islands host introduced wildlife, including tufted brown capuchins, peacocks, and various seabirds like turnstones.▶ 18:01 Sailors can anchor in the sheltered waters between the islands or utilize available moorings.▶ 1:12 Following a four-day stay, the vessel departed for a 600-mile passage to Tobago, bypassing the coasts of Suriname, Guyana, and Venezuela.▶ 18:55

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