Our final stop on our cruise was the Leeward island of St. Kitts. We docked at Port Zante in Basseterre, the capital. The places circled in the map below are the places we visited while there.
View of St. Kitts from the ship as we approached the island:
We took a tour of the island, stopping at a few historic and scenic sites along the way. Our first stop on our tour was
Caribelle Batik at Romney Manor. Batik is the wax-resist technique of hand-dyeing designs on fabric ("batik" also refers to the decorated fabric itself). The design appears on both sides of the fabric. They had several stages of a design on display as well.
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| A completed batik |
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| Wax on an unfinished batik |
The gardens at Romney Manor span about 10 acres. There was a wide variety of plants, and the gardens were maintained very nicely. We easily could have spent more time there if we weren't limited to the tour time.
Brimstone Hill Fortress, also known as "The Gibraltar of the West Indies", is more than 300 years old and sits on a 40-acre hilltop 780 feet above sea level. This was the main attraction of our tour.
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| Looking up at Brimstone Hill Fortress from the parking area |
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| Stairs leading up to the fortress (note the clever reuse of old cannons) |
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| Entrance to the fortress |
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| Fortress courtyard |
There were some beautiful views from the fortress area. You can can see a neighboring island, Saba, which is to the northwest of St. Kitts, from there as well.
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| Facing northwest; Saba is visible in the distance |
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| Facing southwest |
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| Facing east, toward Mt. Liamuiga, which is the island's tallest peak at 3,793 ft |
Our last stop on our tour of the island was at Timothy Hill, near Frigate Bay (slightly southeast of Basseterre). There is an isthmus connecting the island mainland to a small peninsula.
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| View of North Frigate Bay from Timothy Hill |
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| View of Atlantic side of isthmus from Timothy Hill |
Well, that's about all for St. Kitts!
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