RAINFOREST
EXPLORER (DRIVE)
DAILY : 8:30AM & 1:30PM (3HRS)
The drive rainforest tour is
catered to individuals who may have difficulty in walking..
The experience of this tour is one which takes you 1500ft above
the Wingfield mountain National Park.
This section of a more beautiful area of the rainforest will
certainly appeal to nature lovers where the guide will introduce
you to different plants and birds and how such wildlife becomes
important to our
forestry development.
Whilst driving amongst this lush area one will enter into our
seasonal Mango Orchard.
On
this drive old ruins from an 18th century plantation at Wingfield
Estate, will be seen as well as the only visible aqueduct in
the Lesser Antilles.
This
tour is certainly very informative and will allow persons to
appreciate nature and history at the same time. After the tour
local drinks and pastries will be served..
Daily
8:30am & 1:30 pm (31/2 hrs) This
is the shorter trip through a particularly beautiful section
of the rainforest.
It will appeal best to guests who, while wishing to experience
the beauty of St. Kitts rainforest might find the longer hike
to arduous.
The tour guide will introduce you to some of our medicinal plants/trees
such as Trumpets Bush, Black Sage & Sour Sop just to name a
few.
Whilst trekking through this exotic part of the forest some
of our plants and trees have grown in height and thickness with
lush buttress roots e.g. Sicus, Saman, and Locus Trees.
The guide at the same time will enlighten you by not only introducing
you but by giving an educational point of view of why we preserve
such lush flora. Our Fauna consists of the green vervet monkeys,
various birds, butterflies etc.
In our rainy season Wingfield River becomes the sound in the
background of birds chirping and the chattering of monkeys.
The rainforest is a place of mystery, seasonal fruit trees (mango,
breadnut, breadfruit, guava, coconut etc), fertile soil, lush
foliage, canopies formed by thick lush trees with vines whilst
the rays of the sun seeps through all of this beauty to give
life.
Certainly a tour not to be missed by nature enthusiasts!
