RSSThere are gentle hikes and strenuous climbs, including a two and a half mile Morne Tabac climb, a ridge hike beginning at Malmaison, the Anse Galet Nature Walk and the eight mile Morne Gimie Climb over four mountain peaks. New nature interpretation centres and national parks are being developed.
Also the National Trust and the Naturalists’ Society offer hikes involving participation in conservation, which start on weekends around 0700 in front of the Library and cost EC$10. They include visits to waterfalls, beaches, rain and mangrove forests, where you are not allowed entry without a guide or permission from the National Trust or relevant Ministry.
Union, the site of the Forestry Department headquarters, is the starting point for a nature trail, open to the public, a medicinal garden and a small, well-organized zoo.
The Forestry Department also organizes hiking across the island through rainforest and mature mahogany, Caribbean pine and blue mahoe plantations which will give you the best chance of seeing the St Lucia parrot, as well as other rainforest birds like thrashers, vireos, hummingbirds, flycatchers et cetera.
T 4502231ext306/ 4502078 (Adams Toussaint).
