The Bahamas features no fewer than 25 national parks and Bonaire in the Dutch Caribbean has one of the oldest national parks in the region, Washington-Slagbaai National Park, with 190 species of birds. St. Eustatius is also a paradise for nature lovers and has a perfectly formed volcano, The Quill, surrounded by rainforest.
Silver thatch palm, mangrove forests, wild banana orchids and the largest colony of red- footed boobies in the western hemisphere await nature lovers in the Cayman Islands. On St. Vincent the active volcano La Soufriere dominates. Take a two-hour trek up through a canopy of bamboo trees, tropical rainforest and a rocky lava field before reaching the rim. Stretching a mile across and 1,350 ft deep, brave visitors can be lowered into the crater via ropes to enjoy a mineral mud bath.
Montserrat invites visitors to marvel at the activity taking place at it’s Soufriere Hills volcano which erupted in 1995. There is still an exclusion zone, but trails around give spectacular views of the volcano and access to the ruins of ‘The Cot’, once the summer cottage of the influential Sturge family.
The highest mountains in the Caribbean are on the island of Hispaniola, shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. On the top of one of Haiti’s
highest peaks is the Citadelle Henri Christophe, a World Heritage site and the Caribbean’s largest fortress.
St. Kitts has a central mountain range and visitors can take a leisurely half-day hike or day trek with the help of ropes to the crater of 3,792-foot Mount Liamuiga. Or trek into the deep rainforest canyon at Bloody Point to spot the Vervet monkey. There are also specialist photography, nature, birdwatching and off-the-beaten track tours available. Oliver Spencer of Periwinkle Tours and president of St. Kitts Horticultural Society leads tours of the forest’s 300 plant varieties. Saint Lucia’s world heritage landmarks, Gros Piton and Petit Piton stand 2,619 and 2,461feet about sea level. Visitors can hike up Gros Piton or take a helicopter tour. There are over 19,000 acres of rainforest with jungle biking trails to explore. Enjoy the scenic view while whizzing through the canopy on a zip- wire. LeSPORT offers the exhilarating programme ‘Walk on the Wildside’ including an abseil down a 120 foot gorge off Devil’s Bridge.
Take a two-hour trek up through a canopy of bamboo trees, tropical rainforest and a rocky lava field before reaching the rim of the volcano
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