Below, see the view from the path. That's about one half of one of the halves of the beach. And the shot below on the right is the view from the same spot in the other (right) direction. Breathtaking and beautiful....
Coulls Beach
| St. Vincent does not have the long stretches of white sand beach that are the attraction for mass tourism on other islands, but there are enough gray or black sand beaches to provide access to, and enjoyment of, the crystal clear waters for swimming and some snorkeling or diving here and there. |
| Let me give you just one secret tip here - to a beach that is my favored on this big island (there are lots of small and sometimes very private white sand beaches in the Grenadines not to be mentioned or compared here), on the leeward side, right below the village of Coulls Hill and in between Troumaka Bay and Cumberland Bay - and I call it Coulls Beach. |
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find the beginning of the trail in the village - ask someone. You will
start on a narrow cement walkway, in between simple houses and cottages
(right), eventually ending up on a path - from where you can see the beach
way below, and that path gets a bit tricky (I had people threaten to
return...) but not "unsafe".
Below, see the view from the path. That's about one half of one of the halves of the beach. And the shot below on the right is the view from the same spot in the other (right) direction. Breathtaking and beautiful.... |
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| Once you reach the bottom, watch the hot sand. The sand is gray and thus absorbs heat well. But I always found it amazingly clean - and beneath the rock walls and some trees, there is enough shade to be found. The best part is - usually you have the place all to yourself! | ||||||
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| The water is clean and soothing, sometimes there is a good swell - watch if little children are along without floatation devices as it slopes off fairly quickly. | Further back there is another stretch of beach (with more sand for boat anchoring) - but it has a little, generally unused house on it. Plus a lot of guava trees behind the house - I always check whether some are ripe. | |||||
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When you hike back up, look to the right and see the little church, cleanly painted on top of the ridge - from there the road back leads back to Cumberland Bay and Spring Village - and climbing up and down the next hill takes you already to Wallilabou Bay, site of the location for filming of 'The Pirates of the Caribbean'. | |||||
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