Seven sisters, Grenada

A half day in Grenada and we'd booked something different today - a rainforest hike to Seven Sisters waterfalls in the Grand Etang National Park. The island is volcanic, so the drive to the start felt like 50 minutes of vertical ascent! Our driver-guide was outstanding, stopping and showing all manner of local vegetation and crops, from bananas, to nutmeg, starfruit to cinnamon.

The trail itself was steep both up and down, and muddy red clay and stone underfoot...a slippy and occasionally hair-raising experience amongst the 15 year-old forest (the previous vegetation having been completely destroyed in 2005 hurricane). The mosquitos were obviously out in full force, but I had my industrial strength Canadian repellent...we'll see

At the end we enjoyed a freshwater waterfall swim in the two pools...with lots of GoPro photos! We trekked back, distinctly more uphill than down...exhausting when slippy underfoot! The final stop was the National Park visitors centre which sits atop a massive lake which is actually an extinct volcanic crater.

Hoping we'll have time to visit Fort George at the harbour before our early departure at 2pm today.Read more