Where to go?

St. Lucia is rich in natural beauty – and there is so much to see and do. This tropical island beckons the visitor to explore. Historical, cultural and heritage sites can be found throughout the island. Local tour companies combining several of the sites and attractions offer a large variety of tours.

Culture Heritage Tours

Fond Latisab Creole Park - Babonneau:
Experience the truly St Lucian way of life, with a tour that takes you to a community in Babonneau called Fond Assau. There you will experience traditional practices such as preparation of cassava bread, cooking on macambou leaves, catching crayfish in the river, collecting honey from a beehive and the very authentic display of wood-sawing while in Chak Chak band plays traditional music in the background.

Castries Heritage Walk:
The historic buildings of Castries come alive as well informed tour guides take you on a walk through the architectural history of an old colonial island city, whilst at the same time enjoying the spirit and life of the modern Caribbean.

Pigeon Island National Landmark:
Pigeon Island contains more history than any other part of St Lucia. Once the home of the Amerindians it has been a pirate hideout and military base. Visit Fort Charlotte, now a college but once the site of some of the firecast fighting between the French and the British. Or view the Choiseul Heritage site, a village rich in history, crafts and offering spectacular views.

Plantation Tours

Fond d'Or Nature Historic Park:
Enjoy the tropical island's natural beauty on a tour that combines historical St Lucia with the tranquility of a nature sitem the Find d'Or Nature Historic Park includes symbols of the Amerindian settlement and historical buildings of the sugar age. Follow a hiking trail through an estuarine tropical forest to a wide white sand beach that is frequented by nesting Leatherback Turtles, then visit and relax at the Interpretation Centre. From there, drive to the Latille Waterfall where a twenty-foot waterfall surrounded by lush vegetation and additional pools await you. To book contact Heritage Tours.

Fond Doux Estate:
Follow the scenic country road to a tropical Caribbean-style working plantation called where you will heighten your senses by smelling, touching and tasting a variety of tropical fruits and plants. Once you have explored the plantation you can relax in the plantation house sipping local rum punch, local fruit juices and coconut water before being treated to an authentic Creole Lunch.

Morne Coubaril & Marquis Estates:
There's the 400-Acre La Sikwi Sugar Mill plantation with a museum, theatre and a 40ft waterwheel. The Morne Coubaril Estate with its worker's village, sugar mill, manioc and cocoa houses is a meticulously preserved museum, restaurant and botanical garden. The Marquis Estate is another nearby plantation where you can tour and see the production of St Lucia's main export crops, bananas and copra.

Botanical Gardens
Visitors can choose from three exquisite tropical botanical gardens; each brimming with rare and exotic flora. These tropical gardens present a riot of colour, perfume and lush tropical vegetation. Mamiku Gardens is situated on an historic site with a fascinating history. Nature trails meander through the gardens with scenic vistas and peaceful resting points.

Diamond Botanical Gardens:
The Diamond Botanical Gardens in Soufriere features mineral baths and a picturesque waterfall.

Mamiku Gardens:
On the Vieux Fort Highway, Mamiku Gardens which encircle the ruins of an 18th Century Micoud Estate.

Tropica Gardens:
In the North of the island is the lovely Tropica Gardens.

Soft Adventure

Maria Island:
The Maria Island experience takes you through the backroads to Vieux Fort and by boat to the home of two species found nowhere else in the world: the Kouwes Snake and the Zandoli Terre lizard.

Fregate Island Tour:
Fregate Island Tour, visits the small fishing village of Praslin and the Fregate Island Nature Reserve, a tropical sanctuary for rare birds, Southern Safari takes you to the islands interior from North to South. Heritage Sunday is held weekly during the summer.

Soufrière:
View the majestic Pitons as you travel to the Diamond Waterfall located in a beautiful botanical garden surrounded by nature finest plants and flowers. From the Diamond Waterfall, drive through the quaint town of Soufriere to the world's only drive-in volcano with its bubbling holes of sulphuric waters.

Anse La Raye :
Visit the traditional fishing village of Anse La Raye, where you can explore the waterfront with its quaint wooden houses, colourful fishing boats and perhaps see bread making in a traditional bakery. Head inland to visit a beautiful waterfall set in enchanting tropical tranquility.

Turtle Watch
Charles Darwin probably saw giant leatherback turtles come out of the sea to lay their eggs in the sand when he was in the Galapagos figuring out evolution. Now, during the late spring and early summer, you can share the privilege. These giant beasts can go up to 8 feet in length and 1,200 pounds in weight. Yet, when you watch how delicately they scoop out nests in the sand, you know the ultimate meaning of grace. Their shells are as soft as fine leather and you feel as though you are witnessing prehistory.

You will drive through Grand Anse reserve, full of wild animals bird life and fruit trees, before we take you to see the Leatherbacks on a protected mile-long beach for an overnight stay under canvas. But when your guide fires up the grill for a delicious barbecue and you sit watching the lights of passing ships as you sip from a glass of fine wine, sleep may be the last thing on your mind. In three different watches, you get up to see the turtles do the matronly work of laying up to 150 eggs. This will make you understand why Ogden Nash wrote, “How clever of the turtle in such a fix to be so fertile!” You have morning tea with the rising sun. Without relying too much on luck, there may be some hatchlings you can help on their journey down the sand, to a long life in the sea.