INDIAN RIVER BOAT TRIP AND CABRITS NATIONAL PARK
$192 For up to 4 People

Your guide will start you with a drive along the West Coast to Portsmouth, the island's second largest town. You will transfer there to a rowboat for a trip up the famous Indian River. When early European ships stopped at the island, crew members often rowed up "the river of the Indians" to trade with the Caribs. Soon, they were marking their maps "Indian River". A rowboat is preferred over a powerboat as the noise of the motor will detract from the peacefulness of the river and scare the wildlife.

The verdant vegetation along the banks of the river is dominated by intricately buttressed Many trees. You are likely to see herons, kingfishers, and sometimes, an occasional iguana.

The rowboats go to an area where the river narrows and visitors get out and take a walk or go to the bush bar to regroup for the next stop, Cabrits National Park. This is an 18th century complex abandoned as a military post in 1854 and was taken over by forest. In 1982, some partial restorations were carried out on Fort Shirley, the main fort of the battery. Ruins of other batteries and the Commandant's House are still standing and can be visited.