Diamond Falls

Diamond Falls was probably the main attraction (as far as we were concerned) of the Diamond Botanical Gardens and Waterfall property.

What made this waterfall stand out was that its waters were laced with minerals as its stream emanated from rainwater mixed with volcanism.

This gave the falls a rather colorful appearance that seemed to change a lot depending on the mineral concentration in the water.

The falls itself was probably around 10-15m tall, and the walkways were well-mantained and signposted while meandering amongst a very large collection of plants and trees.

Such vegetation were important to the island either agriculturally or from a biodiversification standpoint.

We actually visited the Diamond Botanical Gardens as part of a boat tour on a particularly rainy day.

So we walked around the garden complex as a group with a guide (who happened to be Peter Simon again – the guy that guided us to Enbas Saut Falls and Spyke Falls).

I’m sure we could’ve visited this place on our own a day earlier, but we chose not to do that considering we knew the Diamond Botanical Garden would be part of the boat tour we had already pre-booked on our visit to St Lucia in November 2008.

By the way, that tour also included a visit to the Sulphur Springs, which featured a steaming fumarole as well as an interesting waterfall.

Anyways, given the concentration of compounds (such as acids as well as minerals), the garden’s caretakers did not allow swimming at the Diamond Falls.

That said, there was said to be swimming allowed at the more diluted waters of Warm Mineral Falls (also called the Piton Waterfalls) near the Jalousie Hilton Spa and Resort between the Petit and Gros Pitons.

We didn’t visit that other waterfall, however, so we can’t say more about it.

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Diamond Falls resides in the Soufriere Quarter of St Lucia. It is administered by the Diamond Botanical Gardens. For more information or inquiries about the area as well as current conditions, you can try visiting their website.

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