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Caribbean Landmarks

Caribbean Landmarks

44 landmarks across the islands and their neighbours.

Photo: Caribbeandy, CC BY-SA 4.0
Dunn's River Falls
Jamaica

Dunn's River Falls

Climb 180 metres of terraced limestone cascades hand-in-hand with a guide.

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Seven Mile Beach, Negril
Jamaica

Seven Mile Beach, Negril

Jamaica's longest beach: calm water, reggae bars and sunset every evening.

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Blue Mountains
Jamaica

Blue Mountains

Misty peaks, coffee estates and a pre-dawn hike to Jamaica's highest point.

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Rose Hall Great House
Jamaica

Rose Hall Great House

A restored 1770s Georgian plantation house near Montego Bay, with a ghost legend.

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Harrison's Cave
Barbados

Harrison's Cave

A tram ride through crystalline limestone caverns, streams and waterfalls.

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Bathsheba & the Soup Bowl
Barbados

Bathsheba & the Soup Bowl

Giant boulders, Atlantic surf and a world-famous reef break on Barbados' east coast.

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Eagle Beach
Aruba

Eagle Beach

A wide, soft white beach with Aruba's famous windswept fofoti trees.

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Arikok National Park
Aruba

Arikok National Park

Desert landscapes, cave drawings and the Natural Pool on Aruba's wild side.

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Willemstad & the Handelskade
Curaçao

Willemstad & the Handelskade

UNESCO-listed pastel waterfront and the swinging Queen Emma Bridge.

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Washington Slagbaai National Park
Bonaire

Washington Slagbaai National Park

Flamingo lakes, blowholes and remote dive sites in Bonaire's north.

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The Pitons
Saint Lucia

The Pitons

Saint Lucia's twin volcanic spires and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Sulphur Springs
Saint Lucia

Sulphur Springs

The 'drive-in volcano': steaming vents and warm mud baths.

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Castillo San Felipe del Morro
Puerto Rico

Castillo San Felipe del Morro

The 16th-century citadel guarding the entrance to San Juan Bay.

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El Yunque National Forest
Puerto Rico

El Yunque National Forest

The only tropical rainforest in the US National Forest System.

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Mosquito Bay, Vieques
Puerto Rico

Mosquito Bay, Vieques

One of the brightest bioluminescent bays in the world.

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Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic

Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo

The first European city in the Americas, with its oldest cathedral.

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Saona Island
Dominican Republic

Saona Island

Palm-lined beaches and a shallow natural pool with starfish.

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Old Havana
Cuba

Old Havana

Colonial plazas, vintage cars and live music in a UNESCO-listed old town.

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Viñales Valley
Cuba

Viñales Valley

Tobacco farms among dramatic limestone mogotes.

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Exuma Cays & Swimming Pigs
The Bahamas

Exuma Cays & Swimming Pigs

Sandbars, the famous swimming pigs and the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park.

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Pink Sands Beach, Harbour Island
The Bahamas

Pink Sands Beach, Harbour Island

Three miles of soft pink-tinted sand off Eleuthera.

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Grace Bay Beach
Turks and Caicos

Grace Bay Beach

Powder-white sand and calm water protected by a barrier reef.

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Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands

Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman

A long, calm crescent of sand with snorkelling at Cemetery Reef.

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Stingray City
Cayman Islands

Stingray City

Stand waist-deep among wild southern stingrays.

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Nelson's Dockyard
Antigua and Barbuda

Nelson's Dockyard

A restored Georgian naval dockyard and UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Shirley Heights Lookout
Antigua and Barbuda

Shirley Heights Lookout

Sunday sunset with steel pan over English Harbour.

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Trunk Bay, St John
US Virgin Islands

Trunk Bay, St John

A national-park beach with an underwater snorkel trail.

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Magens Bay, St Thomas
US Virgin Islands

Magens Bay, St Thomas

A sheltered heart-shaped bay and St Thomas' favourite beach.

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The Baths, Virgin Gorda
British Virgin Islands

The Baths, Virgin Gorda

Wade through granite grottoes to Devil's Bay.

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Maho Beach
St Martin / Sint Maarten

Maho Beach

Jets roar a few metres overhead on final approach.

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Shoal Bay East, Anguilla
St Martin / Sint Maarten

Shoal Bay East, Anguilla

A day trip by ferry to one of the Caribbean's best beaches.

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Grand Anse Beach
Grenada

Grand Anse Beach

Two miles of soft sand facing St George's.

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Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park
Grenada

Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park

An artificial reef of statues in clear, shallow water.

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Mount Pelée
Martinique

Mount Pelée

Martinique's highest point, and the volcano that buried Saint-Pierre.

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La Soufrière, Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe

La Soufrière, Guadeloupe

An active volcano and the highest peak in the Lesser Antilles.

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Pigeon Point, Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago

Pigeon Point, Tobago

Tobago's iconic thatched jetty, calm lagoon and boats to Buccoo Reef.

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Boiling Lake
Dominica

Boiling Lake

A flooded fumarole reached by one of the Caribbean's toughest hikes.

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Morne Trois Pitons National Park
Dominica

Morne Trois Pitons National Park

UNESCO-listed rainforest with waterfalls, lakes and hot springs.

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Tulum Ruins
Riviera Maya & Cancún

Tulum Ruins

A walled Maya port city on a cliff above the Caribbean.

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Chichén Itzá
Riviera Maya & Cancún

Chichén Itzá

The great pyramid of El Castillo, a New Seven Wonder of the World.

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Great Blue Hole
Belize

Great Blue Hole

A 300-metre-wide marine sinkhole on Lighthouse Reef.

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Southernmost Point, Key West
Florida Keys

Southernmost Point, Key West

The striped buoy claiming '90 miles to Cuba'.

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Cartagena Walled City
Cartagena & Colombia's Caribbean

Cartagena Walled City

Colonial walls, flower-draped balconies and sunset on the ramparts.

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Horseshoe Bay Beach
Bermuda

Horseshoe Bay Beach

Bermuda's famous pink-sand crescent.

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