Where Can You Drive Through a Volcano?

Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 6:46 am

: Image by MrTopher via Flickr

I was waiting to book my holiday till around Christmas time this year, so that I could take the family on a nice holiday to the Caribbean. St Lucia was so great last year, that i have just now booked another one, so hopefully we will have just as much fun as we did last year. If i hadn’t had so much to do when i came back from my holiday, i would have written about this sooner. However now I am booking a holiday back to the same place, I thought I would share my experience with you.

As we landed at St Lucia International Airport, we got a taxi and headed straight to our hotel. We were staying at the Le Sport hotel and the rooms were gorgeous. The Beach and the forest in the centre of the island, were the two main places we spent most of our time.

I had heard that there was a Volcano on St Lucia, yet i never new that we could visit it, let alone drive into it. The Last time i went to a Volcano was in Greece, near the island of Kos. This Drive in Volcano is called the St Lucia sulphur springs. This Volcano is Dormant, so there is nothing for you to worry about, just that if the smell of sulphur fades, this means the Volcano is preparing to Erupt!

There are points in the Crater where the water and mud is boiling. This is one of the reasons why people cannot actually walk through the crater, because a tour guide fell into one of these puddles while jumping on one. So now you may only drive through it on the designated path. There were some truly amazing colours layered all the way around the Volcano, and the smell of Sulphur was extremely strong. This sort of opportunity shouldn’t be passed up, so definitely give it a go. I am heading back there this year for more Volcano experience.

For St Lucia holidays, Barbados holidays and Christmas holidays, you should consider contacting a tour operator immediately.