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Barbados Attractions & ActivitiesZoos, Aquariums & Reserves
If you're a nature or animal lover, this category is custom-fit for your interests. Our selections center around zoos, aquariums, and nature reserves – places where you can enjoy the beauty and wonder around you.
Address: Bathsheba
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This garden was named for Andromeda, the Greek maiden tied to a rock and sacrificed to a sea monster. Also located on rock, the specimens at this garden's six cultivated acres can be found on a cliff overlooking the rugged Atlantic Ocean. Thousands of orchids, hibiscus, ferns, begonias and palms thrive among the...
Address: North point of island
The "animal flowers" in these famed caves are actually sea anemones. The cave interior is carpeted with these sea creatures, which include yellow anemones as well as a few of the rarer, small purple variety. When in the cave, be sure to look out toward the sea – the view of the surf breaking is spectacular. Shops...
Address: Farley Hill
Tours through this wildlife sanctuary are self-guided. The Barbados Primate Research center has imported green monkeys to the area, where they thrive among the magnificent mahogany trees. In this open air zoo you'll also see deer, tortoises, a wide variety of tropical birds, and numerous snakes and iguanas.
Address: Hwy 2, Richmond Plantation
This 50-acre flower forest is located on the site of an old sugar plantation perched 850 feet above sea level. A half-mile long path winds among puffball trees and ginger and canna lilies. More than 100 species of flora inhabit this area. A snack bar sells food and drinks to refresh you after your trek through nature....
Folkestone Marine Park & Visitor Centre
Address: Church Point, Holetown
Combination recreational park and educational museum/aquarium, Folkestone has numerous things to recommend it. Along with tennis and basketball courts, the park has good snorkeling, and experienced divers can check out the Stavronikita shipwreck. Families will enjoy the museum and aquarium, and there are also picnic...
Graeme Hall Swamp and Bird Sanctuary
Address: Hwy 7, Across from Sandy Beach, Worthing
This preserve is one of the few remaining swamps on Barbados. The 78-acre plot is your best bet for viewing rare red and white mangrove trees. This is also the only remaining habitat for sedge – a water grass that grows more than a yard tall. A boardwalk runs along the edge of the swamp; from there you can view...
Address: Hwy 2, Welchman Hall
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Trams to Barbados' number one tourist attraction fill quickly, so you're encouraged to make advance reservations. Throughout the one-hour tour, visitors remain comfortably seated while motoring through caverns filled with gurgling streams, cascading waterfalls and amazing snow white, pear-shaped stalactites. If you...
Address: Balls Complex, Balls
A great place to take the family for a few hours of fun, Ocean Park has lots of appealing features. There are numerous pools and tanks full of all manner of marine life, from colorful tropical fish, piranhas and seahorses to eels, rays and sharks. Educational talks are offered throughout the day, as well as feeding...
Address: Groves
A six-acre park devoted to the exotic orchid! No traces remain of the pig and chicken farm that once occupied this site – just beautiful foliage and 20,000 orchids. The self-guided tour takes guests along lovely landscaped paths (be sure to look among the tree branches for a glimpse of some of those gorgeous flowers),...
