Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2017 | Page 19
Anguilla Places of Interest
Fond Memories of Trips to Anguilla
Rendezvous Bay Beach This is a four kilometer crescent of dazzling white sand perfect for walking and collecting an impressive variety of sea shells. The waters that lap along the sand are calm and shallow making it an ideal beach for family swimming. This is where you would have found The Dune Preserve before Hurricane Irma. It was perhaps one of the funkiest, most interesting, coolest beach bars in the world.
Fountain Cavern National Park The history of Anguilla dates back to 1500 BC during the existence of the Arawak Tribe. Evidence of their lifestyle can be seen by way of petroglyphs found in the Fountain Cavern. Located about 20 meters below ground, the petroglyphs, thought to date from 400 AD are in great shape considering their age, but the most impressive sight is a head carved into a stalagmite, 5 meters in size. It is thought that this represents the head of a god which makes this the oldest site in the Caribbean where a cave, used for religious ceremonies, is still in evidence. Photo Credit: Anguilla National Trust