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Biking Biking has also become a popular way to enj oy the island, and there are some ex cellent biking tours for beginners and the more ex perienced off-road riders. There are tours that head into Soufriere for an oceanside trail ride at Anse Chastanet where riders enj oy beautiful views of the world-famous gros piton and petit piton mountains. world champion biker Tinker Juarez designed the high-performance Tinker' s Trail, for those who want to feel the adrenaline rush of the Tour de France. Island Bik e Hik es, founded in 1998 by Bryan devaux , a native Saint Lucian whose family has lived on the island for over 250 years, also offers a variety of active tours. Horseback Riding A truly uniq ue and even a traditionally historical way of ex periencing Saint Lucia is on horseback and clients can select from a number of horseback riding ex cursions. The International Riding Stables offers an assortment of trail rides, including a ride winding through the countryside along the beach, with time for swimming and a beach picnic at Cas en Bas. Trim' s Riding Stables offers four riding sessions a day with a variety of treks including a carriage tour to pigeon point and Fort rodney, as well as a group coastal tour that includes lunch. Clients will love touring Saint Lucia on horseback because they can truly take in the sights and feel a part of the surroundings in both a safe and ex citing way. At Morne Coubaril, clients can combine a visit to a family plantation, which is full of activities, with horseback riding while learning about the traditional ways of processing cocoa, copra and manioc. P addleb oarding is a popular way to tour the sho rel ine. Diving and Watersports Saint Lucia has a stunning variety of sea life and submarine wonders waiting for clients to ex plore. They can get into the " swim" of things with their snorkeling or diving gear and ex perience the warm clear waters that makes the Caribbean famous for underwater adventure. go to www.saintlucianow.com to search for dive operators and scuba centers. Culture & Heritage Tours At Fond Latisab Creole park in Babonneau, clients have the opportunity to truly ex perience the Saint Lucian way of life, with a tour that takes them to a community in Babonneau called Fond Assau. There, visitors ex perience the traditional Saint Lucian practices such as preparation of cassava bread, cooking on macambou leaves, catching crayﬁsh in the Whale and Turtle Watching Saint Lucia is recogniz ed as one of the leading whale watching sites in the Caribbean. over 20 species are regularly spotted throughout the year, including humpbacks, pilot whales, sperm whales and spinning and spotted dolphins. Incredibly, there' s more than an 80 percent chance of spotting these magniﬁcent sea creatures on any one of a number of boat tours around the island. Turtles are another fascinating thrill for nature-lovers. The abundance of these maj estic reptiles on Saint Lucia is due to the protection provided by local environmental activists, who have ensured there is a permanent suspension on turtle hunting. A popular spot to enj oy turtle watching is grand Anse Beach located on the east coast of the island, home to the leatherback turtles, among other species. en R ecomm d clients snork e island el along th ul co ' s b eautif astline. S27 S26-S29 Activities.indd 27 10/25/13 9:54 AM http://www.saintlucianow.com

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Editor's Notes
Hotel Desk: Generator
Tour Talk: Vistas by IsramWorld
Sailing the Danube With Viking (and a Teeneger in Tow)
AmaPrima
Bhutan: The Eternal Kingdom Beckons
The Greening of the Caribbean
The Saint Lucia Travel Agent Specialist Program
Merida: Gateway to the Yucatan Experience
Nicaragua Now
Las Vegas Embraces the Future
Tasmania: A Devilish Destination
Zimbabwe: Southern Africa's Comeback Kid
Georgia: Off the Radar

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