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Above: The Rain Forest Aerial Tram rides are a beautiful way to get a bird's-eye view of the island.
Opposite page: Exploring the island's natural marvels, from its shoreline to the Pitons.

Inspire the Senses
Your clients can maximize their Saint Lucia vacation fun with
a wealth of things to see and do throughout this lush, diverse,
straight-out-of-a-fairy tale island-from meandering beautiful
botanical gardens, to hiking, shopping and dining.

Natural Wonders
Soufriere: A good place to experience some of this diversity is
in Soufriere with the beautiful Diamond Botanical Gardens and
its mineral baths, along with the absolutely stunning Diamond
Waterfall. There's a host of other things to see and do around
Soufriere-much of it thanks to the area's history as a major sugar
plantation-in addition to the Diamond Falls, which is actually the
lowest of the six waterfalls that tumble down the mountain from
the volcano. Nearby are some historic plantations that include
Soufriere Estate, Morne Coubaril Estate and Fond Doux Estate, all of
which are open to the public. In fact, the privately owned Diamond
Falls and Mineral Baths, less than a mile east of Soufriere, are part
of the Soufriere Estate dating from 1713. The Baths, originally built
in 1784, were restored in the 1980s, with some of the original 18th
century baths still in use. At the entrance, a narrow path edged with
tropical flowers and shaded by stately palms leads to the bathhouse
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and a series of pools, each a different temperature. Beyond are the
falls roaring out of a mineral-streaked gorge and spilling through
the gardens into the pools.
Sulphur SpringS: Two miles south of Soufriere, clients can
explore the drive-in volcano, which is what's left of a volcanic
crater, now protected by the Saint Lucia National Trust. Visitors
actually drive down to the edge of the volcanic activity to join a
park guide who points them toward the seething pools of boiling
mud and the clouds of steam that shoot 50 ft. in the air. One of
the world's most legendary natural spas is created from rain water
falling year-round into the boiling crater where it's heated and
saturated with residues of sulphur, iron, copper, magnesium and
zinc. The rich mineral pools and riverlets, which satisfy beauty
aficionados who know the pools' immeasurable value, flow down
the mountainside and into the six amazing waterfalls.
Micoud: Still another beautiful botanical paradise located
across the island from Soufriere on the eastern side at Micoud-a
charming seaside village of about 2,700-is the Mamiku Gardens,
a 22-acre botanical garden that's part of the original 400-acre
Mamiku Estate owned by a French nobleman, Baron de Micoud, in
the 18th century who was a French governor of the island. After the



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