Loop from Rodney Bay Marina to Plantation Beach, Commerette Pointe and Esperance Harbour, St. Lucia.
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 12.76 mi
- Elevation gain
- 682 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 682 ft
- Max elevation
- 141 ft
- TrailRank
-
41
4.3
- Min elevation
- -174 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 8 hours 2 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1924
- Uploaded
- July 4, 2017
- Recorded
- July 2017
near Rodney Bay, Gros-Islet (Saint Lucia)
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Itinerary description
BEAUTIFUL Hike... and not necessary to do all we did in one go! There are several paths along the way that can either shorten the hike or give you optional starting points.
You can see by our track that we deviated and took unknowingly took one "alternate" route that would have taken us back to either Rodney Bay or the Cap Estates depending upon which other paths we would have taken.
We retraced our steps and continued our exploratory hike.
There was one section that took us to a rocky cliff. We also doubled back and found an alternate path by a hut that led us to the beach.
There was a bit of water at the beach that needed crossing which meant wet shoes!
There were only two challenging areas which you can see in the photos. One was an area along the narrow ledge that had eroded away, and the other was a steepish rocky descent. Neither of these were too difficult or scary! So, don't let them discourage you!
The first and last sections of the hike were along the city roads. Note that at the village of Monchy where the hike ends, there is a bus that you can take back to Rodney Bay!!!
This was a beautiful hike. There were free roaming donkeys and horses along the way, as well as come "secured" cows and calves.
You can see by our track that we deviated and took unknowingly took one "alternate" route that would have taken us back to either Rodney Bay or the Cap Estates depending upon which other paths we would have taken.
We retraced our steps and continued our exploratory hike.
There was one section that took us to a rocky cliff. We also doubled back and found an alternate path by a hut that led us to the beach.
There was a bit of water at the beach that needed crossing which meant wet shoes!
There were only two challenging areas which you can see in the photos. One was an area along the narrow ledge that had eroded away, and the other was a steepish rocky descent. Neither of these were too difficult or scary! So, don't let them discourage you!
The first and last sections of the hike were along the city roads. Note that at the village of Monchy where the hike ends, there is a bus that you can take back to Rodney Bay!!!
This was a beautiful hike. There were free roaming donkeys and horses along the way, as well as come "secured" cows and calves.
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I would recommend getting a taxi or hitch to Cas en Bas, do the coastal walk which is beautiful then get the bus back from Monchy. The roads are busy, hot and dangerous for walking . Distance would then be about 10km, moderate.
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Very enjoyable walk. We only did a short part of this trail during mid-February 2024, from Marjorie’s bar on Cas-e-bas beach round to Comerette point. It took us about 2.5 hours to cover 7-8km round trip. In general the path is easy to follow except in a few areas where the foliage/grass is dense -but even then one can make out the general direction and pick up the path later on. I’d recommend wearing long trousers as parts of the walk are through quite dense scrub/bushes which can easily scratch you. A few short sections are along the edge of cliffs so if you are scared of heights or aren’t sure-footed then you may want to think twice about doing this. There are great views over the ocean and deserted beaches, we hardly saw anyone else the whole time so it’s a very peaceful walk.