Most people head to the Caribbean island of Grenada for its beaches - but the hiking is also spectacular
The wild side of the Spice Island: Most people travel to the Caribbean island of Grenada for its beaches, but the hiking is also spectacular. Tom Chesshyre climbs Mount St. Catherine, Grenada's highest mountain. The Caribbean READ MORE: Breathtaking private islands you can charter around the world
A hummingbird with a shiny green head and a curious hooked beak passes by.
'It was a red-breasted hermit,' says my guide Simon Green, source of all knowledge of Granada's wildlife. 'Extremely rare. You don't see them in the lowlands.'
We are almost at the top of Mount St. Catherine, the highest mountain in Grenada (2,757 feet), an active but safe volcano, with no soul in sight - and nature comes out to play. Earlier, on Grand Anse beach, tourists and locals had their constitutions before breakfast, enjoying the soft sands and the rising sun. But mine is a whole different kind of walk, more rock climbing in places as the rocky path rises under the jungle canopy.
The most people who visit the Caribbean stick to its gentle waters, but a growing number of ecotourism initiatives have sprung up, many of which offer guided walks to the most remote corners of the interior of some of our vacation islands. favorites.
A hummingbird with a shiny green head and a curious hooked beak passes by.
'It was a red-breasted hermit,' says my guide Simon Green, source of all knowledge of Granada's wildlife. 'Extremely rare. You don't see them in the lowlands.'
We are almost at the top of Mount St. Catherine, the highest mountain in Grenada (2,757 feet), an active but safe volcano, with no soul in sight - and nature comes out to play. Earlier, on Grand Anse beach, tourists and locals had their constitutions before breakfast, enjoying the soft sands and the rising sun. But mine is a whole different kind of walk, more rock climbing in places as the rocky path rises under the jungle canopy.
The most people who visit the Caribbean stick to its gentle waters, but a growing number of ecotourism initiatives have sprung up, many of which offer guided walks to the most remote corners of the interior of some of our vacation islands. favorites.
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