Outdoor Activities You Can Try While On St Lucia Holidays
St Lucia is a Caribbean gem! With matchless beaches, and landscape, it shall make your holidays very special, and personal. You can find exciting, and thrilling outdoor activities like diving, surfing, water skiing, jet skiing, scuba diving, and horse riding etc. you shall also find a lot of mentally, and physically relaxing activities like fishing, snorkelling, bird watching, and walking on the white sand beaches in the evenings. For sports lovers, excellent facilities of golf, tennis, and squash are available in St Lucia.
Practically speaking, St Lucia is a very small island, which can be roamed around in one day. Surprisingly, there is so much to indulge in the outdoor activities that one never gets tired of this place. It is a most promising holiday destination with special emphasis on the outdoor activities.
The beaches of St. Lucia have exceptional natural beauty. Castries, Gros Islet and Soufriere are three most famous, and reachable beaches of St. Lucia. Natural tracks for hiking have been maintained by the Forestry Department and St. Lucia National Trust within the natural terrains, so that visitors can go on expeditions within groups, and with guides.
If you are interested in learning about the history of this place, then you can take the Castries Heritage walking tour. This would prove to be an inspiring experience of seeing the historical places of St Lucia.
Golfers can enjoy the facility of’-hole championship golf course in Cap Estate located to the north of Gros Islet. Tennis facility is available for tourists in almost all the major hotels, and clubs of the island. These facilities are well equipped, and provide professional assistance to the tourists. On the other hand, squash is not a well-known game in St. Lucia, so not many trainers can be found, but still the facilities are there.
The grandeur and beauty of St. Lucia can best be enjoyed through an aerial view of its coasts, beaches, clear water, and the terrains on the island. Aerial view is provided by helicopter service for the tourists.
Until now, only outdoor activities, usually male-oriented have been listed, there are activities for women as well, and for people having interest in the local culture. The shopping malls of St. Lucia offer great shopping stuff from designers to local, cultural souvenirs. For centuries, the wives of the local peasants bring their handicrafts to the Castries market for selling. Their exhibitions include hand screened batik prints, silkscreen prints, floral prints, and apparels. St. Lucia is a duty free zone, thus the one can find things at very reasonable rates especially the branded ones.
St Lucia is a serene place to visit. However, the temperature is very hot here. In order to enjoy your outdoor time, whether on beaches, walking/hiking, or shopping, one should protect his or her skin from sunburns by using adequate amount of sunscreens, and sun blocks with SPF 15.
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