Rain Forest Tour

Today we were very fortunate to engage a highly renowned naturalist by the name of David Rooks to take us on a tour of the oldest protected rain forest in the world. It was protected in 1794 by the King of England. David is a seventy plus year old Trinidadian who has guided people like Prince Phillip and assisted David Attenborough with some of his nature films.

The hike was about three miles long which Granny managed quite well. David showed us many aspects of the rain forest and was very knowledgeable about the evolution and regeneration of the forest after a hurricane. We were fortunate to see hummingbirds that are close to extinction, parrots, a trapped door spider nest and much more.