St Lucia Private Island Tour

The journey, in full

Meeting with driver/tour guide Driving through the Castries market, with a brief history given by the guide about the market Driving through the area with the Derek Walcott square and Cathedral, and viewing other historical places in the area, with history given by the guide. Elevated view of the city area and the extreme northern part of the island, including the cruise port, the airport, etc. Then a view of the Governor General's house. This is where you have a view of the old barracks from the time of war, which was transformed into our community college, and also see our national plant called "The Calabash Tree". An elevated view of one of the most beautiful bays in the entire Caribbean, and also where they filmed part of the original movie "Dr Doolittle", and where the British won the French for the island. Stopping by one of the largest banana plantations on the island, with a full explanation of the process the bananas go through, and the history of the banana plantation. Driving through the village to see what a typical Caribbean village looks like, and stopping to get an elevated view of the village. Stopping in the area for free rum sampling of about 20 different types of local rum made on the island, and sampling of other local products and spices made on the island, also, ie, banana ketchup (which tastes like honey mustard), banana bbq sauce, garlic sauce, and many others. Driving through the local fishing village, also getting a history about the village from the guide, and stopping to get an elevated view of the village. Driving on the outskirts of the rainforest reserve and stopping to get the first beautiful view of the twin peak pitons. Stopping to get an elevated view of the town of Soufriere, which was first conquered by the French during the time of war. From that view, there is the view of the pitons and the volcano a distance away. We will also be driving through the town and being given the history of the town by the driver/guide. Clients will be doing a tour of the volcano area, see the boiling sulphur water, and do the mudbath. Clients will be doing a tour of the Botanical gardens, where they will be seeing all the different kinds of plants the island has, and there, you get to see the Diamond waterfall, where part of the movie "Romance in the Stone" will be filmed. This is where clients will be enjoying a fresh bath from the cool waterfall, which is flowing from the rainforest area. Clients will be going to the Still Beach restaurant in the Bay Area to have a buffet-style local lunch, with the view of the beach and the piton right in front. After lunch, clients will be heading back to where they were originally picked up.