The BEST Hike in St. Lucia | Climbing the Petit Piton | Epic Hike

The best hike in St. Lucia is not an easy hike! The Petit Piton trail is located on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. It is a very challenging trail and we consider it an epic hike with an amazing view of Sugar Beach and the Gros Piton. The Petit Piton hike is one of our most memorable travel experiences to date. The hike itself is very challenging, but the view from the top of the Piton is incredible. In order to reach the top, one must complete a lengthy rock scramble and climb a series of ropes over boulders. In this video we include footage from all four quarters of the hike. We talk about the hike, along with how we prepared for it. Topics include: booking a guide for the trail, what we wore for the hike and what other items we brought along. Timeline: Intro: 00:00 Overview of trail: 0:18 Guide Information: 0:58 1st Quarter Lookout: 1:28 1/2 Way Point: 3:04 Booking when on a cruise: 3:18 What to wear on the hike: 4:16 3/4 Lookout: 5:40 Starting the last quarter: (climbing ropes footage) 6:24 What to bring on the hike: 6:54 Rabbit Hole: 8:44 Peak of Petit Piton: 9:44 Down climb: 12:43 Piton Beer reward: 13:02 Lookout with view of both Pitons:13:21 Our guide was Shanus, the Mountain Fox, and we booked the Petit Piton Climbing Expedition through St. Lucia Tours. You can find reviews about the Petit Piton Climbing Expedition on Trip Advisor. Here is their contact information: www.petitpiton.com deightonstaxiservice@outlook.com 758-721-0949 Deighton was responsive and answered all of our questions through the booking process. Our guide Shanus, the Mountain Fox, did an wonderful job ensuring we made it to the top and allowing us to enjoy our time at the top when we made it. Overall, St. Lucia Tours and the Petit Piton hike exceeded our expectations. We would do it all over again. If you are not quite as adventurous as we are, the company offers additional tours, including hiking the Gros Piton and going on an island tour. When researching this hike it helped to watch footage from others who hiked, along with reading reviews to prepare. If you are trying to decide if this hike is for you we hope our footage helps you to make that decision. If the Petit Hike is too intense for what you are looking for, hiking the Gros Piton may be a good option for you. If you have already decided you want to do the Petit Piton hike, we hope this video helps you to prepare for the hike, and maybe gets you even more excited for it. It took us about an hour and a half to hike up to the top, including some breaks for water and video footage. We spent about a half hour on the peak, and the hike back down took a little over an hour. We did try to keep moving at a good pace since we were only visiting on a cruise ship and our time was limited. If we were staying on the island we would have taken our time. From reading other reviews, it seems the hike typically takes between 3 and 5 hours depending on your pace. ------------------------------------------------------ This is a spin off episode from our series about cruising on the Celebrity Summit. Our cruise visited ports in Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Kitts and St. Thomas. If you are interested in cruising, make sure to subscribe to our channel to watch the full series. Start from the beginning of the cruise series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOT_jgQ5dAKzDzBVs_YKSjhpXz6KxlhjR _______________________________________ #stlucia #piton #explorcation ______________________________________ Items to Consider for this Hike: 32 oz Waterbottle: https://amzn.to/2xH7uTn Backpack with Hydration Bladder: https://amzn.to/2XJ9V2m Hat: https://amzn.to/2ynDX15 Sunscreen: https://amzn.to/2xvkNqc Action Camera: https://amzn.to/2LolpAx Our Gear: DJI Osmo Mobile 3 Gimbal: https://amzn.to/2oMElSB LG G8 Smartphone: https://amzn.to/35Lw3Lc LG G8x ThinQ Smartphone: https://amzn.to/2PURWBy Akaso V50 Action Cam: https://amzn.to/2LolpAx NCH Video Suite Editing SoftDry Bag: https://amzn.to/2HDU0K4 *As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. If you purchase an item using one of our links we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. __________________________________ Music Credit: Seashells by Scandinavianz | https://soundcloud.com/scandinavianz Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US