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Union Nature Trail & Mini Zoo

The Hillside trail is a 1 mile (1.6km) loop, that reaches at the highest point of 350 feet in elevation. This allows a 2 hour walk through a tropical dry forest environment. This trail is recommended for those who are willing and able to do some moderate step climbing over some rough terrain. The Garden Trail takes you on a leisurely walk through a medicinal herb garden, which covers a 0.5 mile (0.8km) loop.

The Mini Zoo includes a number of indigenous as well as exotic species.  The Agouti is an example of an indigenous animal. The St. Lucia Parrot is not only indigenous but it is also endemic, meaning that it can only be found in St. Lucia and nowhere else in the world. Exotic species are species that do not occur naturally on our island, for example the Green Monkey or the Orange Winged Parrots in the zoo.

Anse La Raye Fish Friday

On a Friday evening, the village of Anse-La-Raye located on the west coast of St. Lucia, comes alive as the villagers prepare a St. Lucian seafood extravaganza, which includes local delicacies such as lobster, Lambi, Octopus, and a variety of other fish.

Sit and relax whilst enjoying the ambiance of Anse-La-Raye, or dance to the best of local and Caribbean music - on the street with the crowd or in one of several small bars and nightclubs.

Millet Bird Sanctuary Trail

Located in the heart of St. Lucia, is the Millet Bird Sanctuary Trail; a heaven of bird life.

Over thirty species of birds can be found there, including five endemic species: the St. Lucia Parrot, St. Lucia Black Finch, St. Lucia Oriole, St. Lucia Pewee and St. Lucia Warbler.

This trail provides a breath taking view of the Roseau Dam, the largest in the Eastern Caribbean at 2 km long with an output capacity of 6.3 million gallons of water daily.

It takes approximately two hours to complete the 2.8 km (1.75 miles) walk, which is moderate to strenuous, perched at about 1,000 feet above sea level.

Enbas Saut Waterfalls Trail

This trail is within the 19,000 acres of Central Rainforest Reserve; six miles East of Soufriere at the foot of the highest mountain, Mt. Gimie.

The Enbas Saut Falls Trail is a 2.5 miles (5 km) cut trail. Remote, wild and unbelievably scenic, with a combination of Rainforest, Cloud Forest, Elfin woodlands and wildlife.

The peaks of Piton Canarie, Piton Troumassee and Mount Gimie stands predominant not too far from the trail. Enbas Saut when translated to English means "below the falls". Thus the trail is most famous for its two cascading waterfalls and pools at the head of the Troumassee river, where you can bathe in pure water.

Edmund Rainforest Trail

Located in the heart of the island, not far from Enbas Saut Waterfalls trail, is the Edmund Forest Reserve.

As one treks along, one can see numerous plants such as bromeliads, orchids, mushrooms, lianes and others attached to large buttress roots or branches, on the spongy forest floor, or even dangling on the sides of the trail.

At intervals one is able to have long distance views of the Caribbean Sea.

At some point along this trail one emerges out of the cool shade of the forest to a magnificent view of the island's highest peak, Mt. Gimie.

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