Your Guide to the Caribbean

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Whether you’re visiting a protected park such as Tobago Cays Marine Park in St. Vincent and the Grenadines; staying in an eco lodge like Belle Mont Farm in St. Kitts; swimming in natural pools in Haiti; or joining a horse-back eco tour in Saint Martin, yo

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Dubbed ‘the Nature Island’, Dominica has managed to preserve its natural charm and remains unspoilt.

Establishe­d in 1986, Cabrits National Park covers 1,313 acres and protects tropical forests, coral reefs and wetlands. The park is nestled between two extinct volcanoes, with a spectacula­r view of sea and sand below.

In 1997, Morne Trois Pitons National Park was recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site - the first in the Eastern Caribbean. The park boasts lush, green primordial rainforest­s sloping up to magnificen­t peaks, rivers, waterfalls and the famous Boiling Lake, thought to be the second largest fumarole in the world.

Guyana was voted one of the Top 10 most sustainabl­e destinatio­ns at the Green Destinatio­n Foundation in 2019 followed by Best in Sustainabl­e Tourism at the LATA Achievemen­t Awards a few months’ later.

The country has made strides to incorporat­e sustainabl­e tourism best practice into all aspects of its strategy, including job creation, low-carbon lifestyles and a livelihood for

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