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St. Lucia Zipline Guide

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Rainforest of the St. Lucia is tagged as one of the top St. Lucia attractions there is in the city. It belongs to the top attraction in the Caribbean and the top rainforest destination across the globe. What activity is famous in this St. Lucia rainforest? It’s definitely ziplining!

St. Lucia zip line gives a good tree top view and the whole experience is worthwhile. Seems like you are flying but with harnesses which gives you an assured safety throughout the whole trip. Tour companies are giving rainforest adventure tours in the region making it an ease for you to plan your Caribbean trip in the rainforest.

Ride numerous zip-lines in the rainforest overhang. It is fun, you get to experience the nature more, and no expertise is needed! This fun experience can be done by both children and adult, provided there's no health risk to consider.

So what does it take to have a thrilling bird’s eye view experience of the Caribbean rainforest through the zipline?

Reserve a rainforest tour to your preferred date to one of Caribbean’s trusted tour companies. They will provide you with the experience of ziolining, given the safety harnesses, protective gear and a must know before the experience. Contact them and they’ll be much thrilled to set the trip for you. 

Tours also included transfers, a guide that will be your buddy and information source along the zipline adventure, and a secured trip with their safety features.

What to bring? Bring water and trail food that will sustain you all throughout the trip. You don’t want to get hungry along the whole experience, this can affect to your full enjoyment of the trip. Avoid bring in valuable things; expensive jewelries, a lot of gadgets, or a whole wad of cash that might interfere to your activity when they become lost.

Wear comfortable clothes. Some tour companies prefer that you wear trail shoes so that it won’t hurt your feet with all the walking. Wear sun protection and apply insect repellants.

Do you want to go ziplining down and up the world’s known rainforest of St. Lucia? Better have your trip planned, your tour booked, and prepare the necessary items you have to bring on the trip.

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Bird Watching: The St. Lucia Peewee

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If you are planning St. Lucia excursions at the rainforest, better not miss out on going St. Lucia bird watching. St. Lucia rainforest is home to numerous number of bird species that will leave you in awe. There are around 170 known bird species found nesting and flying on St. Lucia’s teeming rainforest. Some of these are only seen in the island and not in anywhere part of the world.

Among these bird species is the St. Lucia Peewee.


Scientific name: Contopus oberi
Local Names: Gobe-Mouche, or Pin Kaka

Characteristics

A peewee is generally known as Gobe-Mouche or Pin Kaka. I have dull olive broen upperparts and ruddy tan under parts. The mature Pewee can grow at about 15 cm long. Its common natural surroundings are subtropical or tropical dry backwoods, subtropical or tropical clammy woods, and subtropical or tropical soggy rainforests. Pewee is a sort of tentative fledgling kind of bird that is typically seen in openings in the rainforest where they sally for creepy crawlies. You can hear its calling sound as a climbing pree-e-e and a shrill peet-peet-peet.

Habitat

The pewee home is in a shape of a cup formed by making leaves and greenery put on a tree's limb. The female pewee produces offspring by laying two dull cream-colored eggs, vigorously spotted with brown. Its ordinary reproducing season is May and June. St Lucia Pewee is entirely endemic on the grounds that they were viewed as races of Lesser Antillean Pewee.

Image credits: lynxeds.com

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Most Visited Attractions in St. Lucia

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St. Lucia is just one of those many places you won’t get tired of exploring. As you get from one breath-taking place to another, you’ll just realize that there is more waiting for your presence. With its world-class beaches, plantations, and enchanting little towns, you won’t run out of places and activities to tickle your toes with.


This article is intended to familiarize and excite your senses also as you plan your trip to famous St. Lucia attractions.

Rainforest Sky Ride—Aerial Tram. Defined as the greatest scenic adventure at St. Lucia, the Aerial Tram adventure consists of an eight-seated gondola ride that will take you up and down the mountainside rainforest of St. Lucia. Not only will you enjoy the thrill of the ride but more significantly, the learning that you’ll be able to get from your adventure guide and your personal interaction from nature’s best. Slide over through dense vegetation coupled with an array of beautiful flowers that will definitely capture your eyes.

Marigot Bay. Marigot Bay, in all its beauty, is indeed a picture-perfect beach view in the Caribbean. The shore is lined with mangroves and pine trees that seem undiscovered. What’s unique about this natural harbor is that it can only be travelled by yachts. Meanwhile, Marigot Bay Hotel offers a good spot to view the Bay’s fascinating sight.

Pigeon Island. Pigeon Island is the first National Park in St. Lucia built in the 1970s. its name was derived from the red-neck pigeon that once take-over the island. There are two white sand beaches on its west coast and also, the Jambe de Bois restaurant. What attracts tourists most is its Interpretation Center which offers a travel back in local history through the artifacts and a software presentation. The Pigeon Island National Historic Park is also suited for nature walks as you witness an astonishing panorama.

Castries. Castries might look dismal, but the public market is remarkable. Most people are in here during Fridays and Saturdays looking for some amazing St. Lucian stuffs. Meanwhile, one of the highlights of Castries is the Derek Walcott Square, a distinguished rectangle surrounded by the public library and The Cathedral, the most noticeable church in the island built in the 19th century. Little further to the south of Castries is the Morne Fortune, fondly called as the ‘Hill of Good Luck’. Found here are the military cemetery, the Four Apostles Battery, and a museum. If you want the most picturesque view of the Caribbean, then you must visit Morne Fortune where you can clearly see the Pitons (the twin peaks of St. Lucia), the Pigeon Island or even the Martinique if the weather permits.

Diamond Falls Botanical Gardens. Anyone who arrives here will be surprised finding three awesome attractions in one.  First is the remarkable garden that will surely put a smile in your hearts accentuated by the second attraction, a striking falls, the Diamond Waterfall. This is really impressive for it changes its color several times a day. Witness yourself the color show produced by this geological attraction. Lastly, are the mineral baths thought to grant an uplifting effect to those who soak in it.

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