Main picture: Kite-surfing is a
growing Caribbean craze; Horse-ridng in The Cayman Islands; Golf in Bermuda; watersports, such as power-boating, and tennis are available across the region
For sealife with a difference, visitors can
head for Belize to go manatee-watching or Guyana and Suriname for sea turtle-watching while on Barbados they can swim with tame turtles that congregate on the west coast. Kayaking is popular on Saint Lucia, while
kite-surfing is the new craze on islands including Antigua, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia and Barbados.
ADRENALIN ADVENTURES Thrill-seekers will find plenty of exciting activities to get their adrenaline pumping. Adventurers can fly through the trees on daring canopy rides through the top of tropical forests in Antigua, Saint Lucia and Jamaica, which also has Mystic Mountain, a bobsled coaster ride through the tropical terrain 700ft above the sea. Or go higher still for the views from the world’s longest and highest cable-car at Merida in Venezuela, which stretches for 12.5km and reaches an altitude of 4,765 metres. Alternatively, take a thrilling helicopter trip
Kitts, Nevis, Trinidad, Jamaica and Barbados, where race meetings are regularly held. The Caribbean is also known for its bird-watching. Belize, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana are popular with twitchers, but islands like Cuba, Grenada, Anguilla and Antigua are gaining a reputation.
WET AND WILD Few places can touch the Caribbean when it comes to water sports. The Caribbean Sea has warm gentle currents and gentle trade winds that make the British Virgin Islands, the Grenadines, Antigua, Tthe Bahamas and the French islands such as St. Martin and
Guadeloupe perfect yachting territory. Add to this the world’s top dive sites in the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas and Bonaire, numerous spots for fishing, snorkelling, wind-surfing and swimming that can be found all over the Caribbean and you have an aquatic paradise. Similarly, destinations such as the Dominican Republic, Dominica, the Turks and Caicos and US Virgin Islands are becoming increasingly known for whale-watching.
Jamaica, The Bahamas and British Virgin Islands give eager participants the chance to swim or interact with dolphins, while in the Cayman Islands and Antigua, visitors can take the plunge with stingrays.
around Saint Lucia’s famous twin Pitons or across to the island of Montserrat to see its active Soufriere Hills volcano. The Dominican Republic is the setting for white-water rafting, hiking, mountain-biking and motorbike adventure tours through the “Caribbean Alps” in the Jarabacoa Valley. With its rugged mountainous terrain, boiling lakes, hot springs and waterfalls, Dominica – the ‘Nature Island of the Caribbean’ – has plenty of dramatic scenery and is the only island where an indigenous tribe of Carib Indians, the Kalinago, still lives. Daredevils looking for that extra thrill can try abseiling or canyoning on the island. But to truly get under the surface of the
Caribbean go underground caving in Belize or rodeo riding in Guyana.
The Cayman Islands - for the best diving in the world.
Whether it’s a family who have no experience or an accomplished expert, there’s nowhere like the Cayman Islands for exploring the spectacular undersea world. The colours and richness of marine life are simply breathtaking. For more information contact the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism on 020 7491 7771.
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