Heritage Tours is part of the Heritage Tourism Association of St. Lucia, which encourages visits to the island s more remote areas. They also run turtle watches between March and July, when leatherback turtles come ashore at night to lay eggs in the sand on northeast-coast beaches.
The St. Lucia National Trust schedules group tours to sites under their management, such as the Morne Fortun Historic Area, Pigeon Island National Park, and remote Pointe Hardy. Tours cost around EC$50/ US$18.73 des moines iowa airport address to EC$90/US$33.71 plus transportation des moines iowa airport address to the site by bus, which may add EC$10/US$3.75 to EC$25/US$10. During the summer, the Trust sponsors Heritage Sunday, which spotlights the island des moines iowa airport address s traditional songs, dances, and foods, and is held at a historical site. Locations, times, and prices vary, so call the office in advance for information;
On the way down the Morne, stop at the lookout below Government House for a good view of Castries and the natural harbor. Government House was built in 1895 and is still the official residence of the governor general. The sprawling English arts-and-crafts-style mansion was considered a scandalous waste of money and a piece of costly extravagance, out of proportion with our means when it was built. Today it seems an appropriate showplace for the island. The grounds are patrolled des moines iowa airport address by an impressive royal guard, and the gardens hold a wide variety of tropical flora. Stop by to see the national plant (bamboo), tree (calabash), and flower (rose and marguerite) in a spectacular setting.
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