St. Lucia
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St. Lucia Golf Resort and Country Club
Sulphur Springs
Mountains loom in the background and watch as you tee off on this 6,685-yard, par-71 course—but one must always remember that golfing in the Caribbean is different from elsewhere around the world. Orchids line the fairways, as gentle and unceasing ocean breezes keep the hottest of equatorial temps at bay. The Cap Grill now opens for breakfast and lunch, with a respectable wine list and a growing reputation for its steaks. Gros Islet www.stluciagolf.com 758.450.8523 The only amusement park on St. Lucia isn’t studded with roller-coasters, or bouncing with bumper cars. Instead, it’s crisscrossed with ziplines. Adventure Tours St. Lucia has expanded its offerings in recent years to include a Treetop Canopy Adventure, hiking and biking tours, or a combination of all three. The treetop adventure sends one 100 feet above the forest floor and offers a bird’s-eye view; at those heights, it’s even possible to see animals that rarely, if ever, are seen from below. www.adventuretoursstlucia.com 758.458.0908 Birders who visit the Caribbean to add to their “life lists” are there for specific species, the native birds that can be found nowhere else on the planet. St. Lucia has a few, like the St. Lucia Parrot, St. Lucia Warbler, St. Lucia Oriole, St. Lucia Black Finch and the St. Lucia Pewee—and the Millet Bird Sanctuary is the place to find them. But the trails here are just as beautiful without the birding bug. Hire a guide for a walk up to the 1,000-foot plateau and take in the view of the John Compton Dam, something else you won’t see anywhere but in St. Lucia. 758.468.5645
The easy superlative is “world’s only drive-in volcano.” But there’s much more to Sulphur Springs Park than a geological oddity. The Soufriere volcano is free of subterranean pressure, and therefore a place where steam escapes on a regular basis, meaning there is no fear of a pending eruption. The hot water pools associated with the volcano are reputedly salubrious and youth-restoring. For all these reasons, Sulphur Springs Park is part of a protected UNESCO World Heritage Site. Soufriere www.soufrierefoundation.org 758.459.7200
Treetop Adventure Park
Millet Bird Sanctuary
Drive 45 minutes east of Castries to find Mamiku Gardens, designed by one of the Caribbean’s most celebrated landscape architects. Nature, resplendent and perfect in its disorderly wildness, surrounds 12 acres of meticulously arranged native blossoms. Hiking trails lead outward into the wooded hillside offering views of Praslin Bay and chance encounters with the local wildlife, and a snack bar awaits at the Gardens at the end of the journey. Praslin www.mamiku.com 758.458.1454
Mamiku Gardens
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