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Hike trails, Mt Carmel island waterfalls and 10 gorgeous beaches
offered by supplier M16639 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 1
day(s)
Group Size: 4
- 12
people
Destination(s):
Grenada
Specialty Categories:
Walking Tours
Hiking & Trekking
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: No
Minimum Per Person Price: 39 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 39 US Dollar (USD)
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We use the whole day, but include frequent stops for resting, drinks, swim and lunch. Your local guide will climb the coconut trees to get you fresh coconut, a delightful experience. The finale: beautiful Mt Carmel Falls is a great place for a quiet swim, a tough shower and... relax. Many will consider this hike one of the highlights of their stay in Grenada.
While most of the hike consist of easy trails, there are segments that are more rough and/or slippery. Therefore good shoes are important. as well as a reasonable condition if you are unsure hereto we recommend to do the easy Marlmount Walk first Our Mt. Carmel Hike is held every Saturday and includes a backpack with frozen drinks, snacks, lunch and the service of our local guide, return bus.
After a few minutes we look back and see the villas, scattered over the hill with the windmill proudly at the right. We continue over easy trails and enjoy great ocean and beach views. You will be stunned by the variety of nature even after the hike barely started.
Soon we enter the jungle and enjoy well manicured trails with occasional climbs. As we are in the rain forest the temperature is agreeable.
In no-time we reach the first three beaches. As it is high tide, we need to run while the waves backed up. At 10 am the sky clears up.
We continue over forest trails with the occasional help of our guide’s cutlass to clear the path. We enjoy varied and beautiful scenery.
We pass exotic and almost virginal beaches. After experiencing this you will understand why Paradise Bay is a Honeymoon Hotspot.
Fresh Coconut juice is a real thirst quencher and your guide is more than happy to provide you with “the real thing”. A very rare experience!
The cutlass is used for many purposes by the locals including preparing a coconut. “Don’t leave home without it” certainly applies here.
After passing the 8th beach and continued gorgeous ocean and beach views we discover a fisherman’s workplace on a small beach.
On the next beach we jump over a shallow river. We are still overwhelmed by the abundance of coconut palms and variety in nature.
One picture-pretty beach after the other, this is already the 10th beach. After a forest walk we enjoy breathtaking ocean and beach views.
The higher we reach, the more majestic the views get. While hiking we see a variety of tropical plants, birds, butterflies and other wildlife.
When approaching the waterfalls the vegetation gets more lush and very green, even though it is dry season when we took these photos.
Mount Carmel is one of our favorite island waterfalls and is a great place to end the tour with a refreshing natural shower and cool swim.
Nothing beats fresh mango, straight from the (wild) trees. Locals were very friendly and encouraged us to try their local foods (Oil Down)
After the tour we returned to Paradise Bay by local bus, including Soca music, which took 15 minutes. The bottom right photo shows the ambiance we would have experienced if we would have taken our Happy Hour at the waterfalls instead of at the resort.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
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