Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2016 | Page 137

places to explore
and towering cliff sides. Listen to the different
sounds and gaze at the different shades of blue
and green of the Caribbean sea - a breath taking
sight to behold. This beach is found on the side
of the island that is washed by the Atlantic Ocean.
Sea bathers are advised that there should be NO
BATHING OR SWIMMING due to very rough
seas. It is also an area that is prone to sharks.

SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO

The Soufriere Hills Volcano is a composite
volcano characterized by andesite dome-building
eruptions. Its last major eruption prior to the
one in 1995 is thought to have occured about
400 years ago. Since 1995, eruptions continues
to the present day - there have been five distinct
periods of lava extrusion and dome growth and
five distinct pauses. The periods of dome growth
have included explosive activity and frequent
pyroclastic flows.

While at that beach, bird watchers can watch
the nesting of the Red-Billed Tropicbird and the
Caribbean Martin.

BAT CAVE - SWIM TO A RARE
COLONY

RUNAWAY GHAUT - DRINK FROM A
SYMBOL OF LOVE

Kayaking or swimming is the only access to the
two caves that house the brachyphylla caveranum
or the pig face bat found on the Rendezvous
Bluff. There are thousands of bats to be found
in the two caves. The females with their young
occupies on cave while the males occupy the
other.

Runaway Ghaut  (pronounced gut) was as an
escape route used by the French who tried to
invade the island in 1712. This ghaut is now a
famous and very popular tourist stop. Legend
has it that people drinking the cool spring water
flowing down the Ghaut are bound to return to
Montserrat.

BORABORA BEACH - THE BLACKEST
BEACH IN TEH CARIBBEAN

The new beach at bottomless ghaut is a marvelous
creation showing the force of nature. It is a
geologist paradise! This is best place on the island
to see rock formation, different types of rocks

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