Holidays are a time for a relaxing family vacation in the Caribbean – but they are also the best opportunity to get a little adventure into your life. The Caribbean offers an extraordinary range of exciting adventure activities on foot, on horseback, by boat or land transport.
Bring some sturdy walking shoes and hike through the stunning scenery. In many Caribbean countries, you can join a free organised hike, follow one of the many marked trails or hire a guide. Trails vary in difficulty from leisurely 20-minute walks to a full day’s journey up steep and difficult terrain.
Hiking or walking brings you closest to the unique beauty of our region. Go on a flamingo watch or join a
birdwatching hike during your adventure vacation and thrill to the sight of some of the most colourful and rare birds in the world. Ask your Caribbean guide about the exotic plants and animals. Then, after a hard descent, cool off in a whirlpool at the foot of a cascading waterfall.
If exploring by boat is more your style, take your pick from kayaking upriver, through a mangrove swamp or in the sea. Join an expedition in dugout canoes that will take you through wild rapids and falls – and allows time for fishing, camping or mountaineering.
Take the opportunity to go on a family adventure and explore labyrinthine underground caves with impressive stalactites and stalagmites, bat colonies, rock paintings and underground waterfalls. You may even be able to swim – we have some of the world’s longest subterranean waterways.
If you prefer to climb in the open-air during your Caribbean vacation, our mountains include both live and extinct volcanoes. Feel the adrenalin rush as you climb an active volcano, breathing in air laden with sulphur, or marvel at the beauty of nature as you climb slopes covered with tropical rainforest.
Guided treks on horseback are widely available, especially on the Caribbean mainland, and accessible to experienced and inexperienced riders alike. Customised tours by four-wheel drive offer an alternative kind of horsepower.
If you long for an adventure vacation whether it's with family or by yourself, you'll find it in the Caribbean.