Exploring St. Lucia

St. Lucia is a small Caribbean island, which is greatly unknown by many travelers, however it is one of the Caribbean’s most preferred all-inclusive tour destinations. With epidemic resort developments, built with much historical and cultural influence, St. Lucia has opened a new path for the tourism and hospitality industry, with a main focus on Eco-friendly development. Hence, the experience it exposes to all its visitors of a down to earth West Indian lifestyle and with so much to explore in St. Lucia, Islander guarantees you an all awe inspiring vacation.

St. Lucia remains beautiful throughout the year, with temperatures ranging from 84°F to a scorching 90°F. A perfect time to visit St. Lucia would be during the months of February to May, while June to August being the summer period when it’s the hottest, during which the temperature may push up to the mid 90’s.

Visitors to St. Lucia should be aware that the weather seasons are not very well defined, rather just a rough estimation. St. Lucia’s location near the equator is the primary reason for its unpredictable tropical weather condition. However the rainy season is estimated during the months of September to January ranging from sporadic showers to heavy rainfall.

With an extreme paradisal, Irie Caribbean stereotype, St. Lucia blends all the tropical expectations, with its own French-Creole heritage. The honey grain, black-sand beaches, crystal-clear turquoise blue Caribbean waters providing shelter to the multi-colored coral reefs, and smooth swimming tropical fish. St. Lucia’s land mass is almost entirely covered by lush rainforest, protecting, and mothering it’s thriving natives who up to this day still practice the historical cultures and traditions brought by the many tribes, who came to the island hundreds of years ago.

Due to its exposure to many races, the people of St. Lucia is able to perform diverse creations, which has an extremely unique beauty, such as its literature, theatre , music, dance, arts, craft, and agriculture. St. Lucia’s Creole heritage and the “Patois” language spoken there is derived from the influence of many cultures which thrived and fought for its exotic beauty many years ago. St. Lucia’s location, beauty, and rich cultural diversity has relatively expanded its business in the tourism industry, however banana production still remains the dominating trade. While St. Lucia is still unknown to the world it provides all its visitors with complete tranquility and privacy, and this low-key feature is one of the island's biggest assets.

Like the great St. Augustine said ““The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”

Kershama

kershama@islelander.com