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LIAT TRAVEL GUIDE & INFORMATION
GUYANA
WHAT’S HOT? Sustainable tourism – many lodges
and communities embrace low-carbon lifestyles
SIZE: 83,850 sq miles
CURRENCY: Guyanese dollar
POPULATION: 741,908
LANGUAGE: English, Arawak,
Carib and Guyanese Creole
MAIN CITY: Georgetown
LOCAL BEER: Banks
DISH OF THE DAY:
Cookup rice (rice and
peas boiled in coconut
milk with meat)
INSIDER TIP: “It was truly one of the most
beautiful things I’ve ever done. It really
makes you understand how much you
do not need on a daily basis.”
CHANNING TATUM, AMERICAN ACTOR,
AFTER TAKING A 16-DAY BUSHMASTERS
RIVER TRIP IN GUYANA
WWW.GUYANA-TOURISM.COM
Mabaruma
Cheddi Jagan Airport
Lethem
Kaieteur Falls
Georgetown
New
Amsterdam
Linden
Rupununi Savannah
Grand Riviere
MARTINIQUE Saint Pierre
WHAT’S HOT?
Culinary workshops
are available for
guests who would like
to discover the most
authentic dishes with Ma
Fort-de-France
Cuisine Créole. SIZE: 1100 sq miles
CURRENCY: Euro POPULATION:
403,000 LANGUAGE: French
MAIN CITY: Fort-de-France
Grand Anse
LOCAL BEER: Lorraine
DISH OF THE DAY: Colombo
of chicken with white rice
DESTINATION HIGHLIGHT: Follow La Route du Rhum (the
Rum Route), a trip through the history of sugar cane and
rum. Martinique has 11 distilleries, seven still in operation. All
Martinique rums have the AOC label, the world’s only rums
to have been awarded the prestigious French accolade.
WWW.MARTINIQUETOURISME.COM
Basse-Pointe
Marigot
Sainte-Marie
Aime Cesaire Airport
Vauclin
Marin
Point des
Salines
ST LUCIA
WHAT’S HOT?
Roam the Tet Paul Nature
Trail, which combines culture, history,
horticulture and spectacular landscapes
SIZE: 238 sq miles CURRENCY: EC dollar
and US dollar POPULATION: 171,000
LANGUAGE: English MAIN CITY:
Castries LOCAL BEER: Piton Beer
DISH OF THE DAY: Green
fig and saltfish DESTINATION
HIGHLIGHT: Board a
catamaran, taking in the
beautiful west coast en
route to the island’s
south – home to the
Pitons, and to a chocolate
hotel and plantation.
Then visit one of the
world’s only drive-in
volcanoes and dip in
healing mud baths.
WWW.STLUCIA.ORG
Soufriere
Petit Piton
Gros Piton
Pigeon Point
Rodney Bay
George FL Charles Airport
Castries
Marigot Bay
Mt Gimie
Laborie
Grand Riviere
Praslin
Maria Islands
Nature Reserve
Grande Anse
ST VINCENT &
THE GRENADINES
WHAT’S HOT?
With steel pan, soca and a carnival
queen, Vincy Mas (June-July)
is one of the hottest carnivals
Layou
in the Caribbean!
Kingstown
SIZE: 133 sq miles
CURRENCY: EC dollar
POPULATION: 109,022
LANGUAGE: English
MAIN CITY: Kingstown
LOCAL BEER: Hairoun
DISH OF THE DAY:
Jackfish and breadfruit
CARIBBEAN CHALLENGE: Take the
tiny ferry to Young Island to relax on
this private outcrop. Then catch the
ferry to Bequia to explore its unspoilt
charm. Next, hail a fishing boat to visit
Mustique before finishing up on cool
Canouan – phew!
WWW.DISCOVERSVG.COM
CANOUAN
Fancy
Chateaubelair
ST VINCENT
La Soufriere
Georgetown
Biabou
Mesopotamia
Argyle Airport
BEQUIA
MUSTIQUE
TOBAGO CAYS
UNION ISLAND
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