Saint Lucia Off The Beaten Path

Small beach in the north

by rwjstoehr

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Secret Beach

by rwjstoehr

Not too secret, but nicely secluded and not too sunny.Drive from Rodney Bay on the main road north, passing the marina on your left, the fire station on your right (opposite Shell gas station), continue on that road, passing two roundabouts / junctions, until you reach a T-junction. Right turn would bring you into a private resort of some kind, turn left, beware of the pot holes in the road. Drive all the way until on your right some buildings of another resort appear. Just ajar those buildings, there is a stairway leading down to that nice, small beach. Restaurant and some facilities and watersports are offered.

Make sure to Spend time in Castries

by Zachery_K

It might sound like a strange way to spend some time in the Caribbean, but after a few days of lying on the beach town like the Castries were lots of fun. The locals are friendly and the the streets are alive with fresh food and reggae.In terms of nature keep in mind there is a lot of hiking in the interior. My girlfriend and I really enjoyed seeing all the exotic wildlife like the Kouwe snake.

Moule a Chique Peninsula

by canuckmike

Moule a Chique Peninsula is at the southern most end of the country almost like a little tail. Here you can view St. Lucia to the north with Vieux Fort and the international airport in the foreground. When you look to the south you can see the island of St. Vincent on a clear day (you can kinda see it in the third picture). Apparantly the world's second highest lighthouse is also located here. One good thing about St. Lucia is the view points it has and this is a pretty good one.

Dennery

by canuckmike

Dennery is a fair sized town (by St. Lucian standards) located along the east coast of the island in the quarter of the same name. The main island road goes right beside the town so it's easy to get to. From what I saw, the main reason to come here is for the nice views of the town you can get. I didn't spend too much time here, just basically came here to take some pictures and walk around for a bit. Some of the roads in this town can get a bit rough in places.

Catamaran Tour

by andersonclan

You have to do this if you go to St Lucia. Take the Catamaran Excursion from your hotel to the Pitons! We got to see the live volcano which was neat. We walked thru a botanical garden & down a trail that takes you to a beautiful waterfall, the exact waterfall where the kissing seen from Romance & the stone was filmed. We shopped with some local vendors. They will try to get you to pay a lot for their items. Never take their first price! They WILL sell it to you for less if you ask. It worked for us everytime. Of course, this is their only source of income, so it's always best to find that "fair" price. Food outside of the resort was not very good, beware. This was a beautiful place to go, but I would stick with a group when outside of your resort. We stopped to snorkel on the way back to resort. The staff made all of this extra fun & exciting. This excursion was the highlight of our...

The Rum Distillery

by Copperdave

Off the beaten path best describes the Rum Distillery. We first found out about this side excursion from our zip-line guide. About ten of us made the 45 minute trip by mini-bus (an adventure in itself) inland. Once there, you'll be taken to an outdoor rum-tasting area. The "bar" is lined with bottles of every imaginable type of rum and plastic shot glasses. Taste to your hearts content. Will it be the coconut rum? The Nutz and Rum (tastes like Reese's peanut butter cups), or the heavy-duty 160 proof stuff (jet fuel)? Once you've had your fill, come inside to the Rhum Shoppe. You can buy a $300 bottle of Admiral Rodney for about $35 US. And yes, you can bring what you buy back to the states, as long as the bottles are packed in your checked baggage (limit 2 bottles per person). It's a worthwhile trip, and you'll learn more about the island during the ride.

The Pitons - St. Lucian icon

by GlobalMatt

The Pitons in St. Lucia are famous for their visually obvious reason. You can actually inquire locally with an outfitter that will provide you a guide and equipment to scale the Pitons. There are two to choose from: Grand Piton & Petit Piton. The views traveling south from Castries become more and more dramatic. I definitely recommend hiring a reliable driver for at least a day to explore the island. It is my personal favorite in all of the Caribbean.

Hire a taxi !

by maartenw

We hired a taxi for an entire day. If you're lucky, as we were, and have a very knowledgable and kind driver, it is a superb way of exploring the island. I'd absolutely recommend Winson from the New Frontier Taxi Association in Vieux Fort. He is not only literally a giant, but also knows everything, everyone and every place on the island.

Pristine Paradise

by Jackofhearts

If you are searching for St. Lucia's untouched beaches please read this. On the last day of my trip, I headed by foot (alone) from Rodney Bay to Cas en Bas beach. The road to the beach quickly degraded from paved to rocky to dirty to...Luckily I hitched a ride on the back of a truck heading to a construction site (hotels are being built near the beach) that took me almost all the way to the sand. Cas en Bas is a large horseshoe shaped beach on the Atlantic side, but it is sheltered from the waves. It is large but not spectacular. I grabbed a beer at the lone bar and headed to the north tip of the beach. ADVENTURE BEGINS- at the north tip there is a clear path that leads along the rocky coastline. Follow it. You will be walking northwest and you will notice the waves getting fiercer and the terrain becoming more erratic. I tried climbing the cliffs but chickened out and found one of the...

Try some kassava bread

by jessicadf

If you take a tour, see if your driver will stop at a bakery that makes kassava bread. Kassava bread is made from the flour made from ground up manioc root.The bakery where we went, they have electric graters to grind the root in to paste. They they put it in a giant, metal, heated Chaussier to cook it to a dry cereal consistency (which can be packaged and used to make porridge). That cereal is then mixed with other ingredients to make patties of "bread", placed on a big banana leaf, which is placed on a large, flat, metal cooking surface, which is heated with firewood below.I tried the cherry and raisin bread and it was very tasty (and inexpensive).