Hike Barbados started in 1983 with twelve hikers and is now experienced by over 8,000 people per year in Barbados.
For the details and directions of each hike in 2009, please view the Hike Barbados schedule at the bottom of this page or contact them at (246) 426-2421.
Objective: to help Barbadians enjoy and understand this amazing country - scenery, people, plants, animals, buildings, beauty, ugliness, history, geology, sea, sky weather, hopes, fears...
Visitors are warmly welcomed - come and join us!
The hikes are FREE but donations are welcomed for the work of the Barbados National Trust (preserving our built and natural environment).
Discover a side to Barbados most visitors never get to see!
Every Sunday, the Barbados National Trust, in conjunction with the Future Centre Trust, organizes two free guided hikes to some of the most beautiful and otherwise inaccessible parts of the island.
These Hikes are an interesting and fun as well as help to educate locals and visitors about Barbados' history, geography, culture and its people.
Hike Details
We do all we can to make the routes interesting and fun. This means following tracks and paths which are sometimes far from easy. Leaders make every effort to bring you back safely to the starting point, but please see disclaimer below.
» "Stop 'n Stare" (6 miles)
» "Medium and Fast Medium" (8 - 10 miles)
» "Grin 'n Bear" (12 miles)
» Hikes in the afternoon repeat the morning "Stop 'n Stare" route.
» Morning Hikes begin at 6.00am.
» Afternoon Hikes start at 3.30pm except for the Moonlight Hikes, which start at 5.30pm.
Make sure you have strong footwear and a hat. Bring a bottle of water and a snack if you wish. A torch is needed for the Moonlight Hikes. Refreshments are usually on sale after the Hikes.
Disclaimer
Participants in our Hikes are advised that they do so AT THEIR OWN RISK. The Barbados National Trust, Butterfield Bank and Treading Lightly, their Agents and Employees accept NO LIABILITY for injury, loss or damage to any participant or their property by any cause whatsoever. Cars are parked at their owner's risk.
Other organisations associated with the Hikes include:
» Barbados Heart Foundation
» Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
Walking Tips for Hike Barbados
» Make a plan - Schedule a time to join the walk, plan your route; and decide how long you will walk. Stick to that plan.
» Find a buddy - Walking with a buddy is more fun and a great motivator. Hint: look for the people with a spring in their step, a smile on their face and a positive attitude that will lead to success! Do a "Talk Test" you should be able to maintain a conversation with your buddy without getting winded. If you can't, slow down a bit.
» Be safe - Avoid paths with uneven pavements/sidewalks. Observe all traffic laws. Whenever you share the road with traffic, walk facing oncoming traffic. Carry personal identification with you.
» Wear proper clothing and shoes - Wear clothes that are light coloured as this helps to reflect the sun's heat. Use sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat. Don't wear tight clothing - go for a loose top and shorts, or light weight trousers.
» Drink water - When you exercise, you need extra water to maintain normal body temperature and cool your muscles. Drink before, during, and after your walk (1-1.5 cups of water for a 20-minute walk). Drink small amounts of water often, instead of a half a bottle at a time. Even if you don't feel thirsty you should still have a drink at least every 15 minutes as the older we get then the less we are aware of our thirsty feelings. Please bring your own bottle of water (and drink it!) and a snack.
» Learn to walk properly - There is a proper technique!
» Keep your chin up and your shoulders back.
» Walk so that the heel of your foot touches the ground first then roll your
weight forward.
» If you want an intense walking experience swing your arms as you walk.
» Start and finish technique - A few minutes of gentle stretching allows the heart rate and muscles to return to normal.
» Motivate yourself - Planning a healthy reward for yourself when you reach a certain goal.
» ENJOY YOURSELF!! - If it's paining you're not necessarily gaining. Heat stroke and heat exhaustion potentially are very serious so if you get a headache or feel dizzy then stop walking immediately, have a rest, a drink and cool down.
Barbados National Trust Hike Barbados Calendar 2009
Duration: 3 hours
Wear: proper clothing and shoes. Use sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat.
Bring: Bottle water (and drink it!) and a snack.
Refreshments are usually on sale after the Hikes.
All after hike picnics are from 6:00pm -7:30pm.
Note: Hikes in the afternoon repeat the morning "Stop 'n Stare" route.
January 4th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Cove Bay, St Lucy
Directions: At Pie Corner in St Lucy - take the Cove track all the way down to an old windmill tower.
Morning Hike: 6:00am
Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
January 11th, 2009 Moonlight Hike
Start: Bathsheba Community Center, St Joseph
Directions: Down the hill from Andromeda Gardens, St Joseph
Start Time: 5:30pm
Don't forget to bring a torch light.
January 18th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: National Stadium
Directions: Park on south side
Morning Hike: 6:00am
Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
January 25th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Bulkeley Plantation, St George
Directions: Park at Plantation
Morning Hike: 6:00am
Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
February 1st, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Bottom Bay St Phillip
Directions: Follow Highway 5 to Phinneys and turn right at sign for Bottom Bay (good road, though not always shown on maps)
Morning Hike: 6:00am
Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
February 8th, 2009 Moonlight Hike
Start: Holetown, St James
Directions: Travel Highway 1(West coast Rd) - Park opposite the Holetown Police station
Start Time: 5:30pm
Don't forget to bring a torch light.
February 15th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Gun Hill St George
Directions: Follow the road past the Lion, - keep left up the hill and take second left, which is sign posted to Gun Hill
Morning Hike: 6:00am
Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
February 22nd, 2009 Morning Hike Only
The Colin Hudson Great Train Hike
Start: Independence Square, Bridgetown, St Michael
Directions: South-end of Broad Street - Car Park on south side of Careenage
Start Time: 6:00am
March 1st, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Indian Ground Sports Field
Directions: Highway 2A until right turn towards the Rock, bear left in Sailor Gully
and at top of road go right. Sports field is east of road.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
March 8th, 2009 Moonlight Hike
Start: Graeme Hall
Directions: Ministry of Agriculture car park on Spur Road from Graeme Hall roundabout on ABC Highway.
Start Time: 5:30pm
Don't forget to bring a torch light.
March 15th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Conset Bay Fish Market
Directions: On Highway 4 pass Thickets & Three Houses Park on left, turn left up hill into Blades Hill, continue pass St Marks Church, take sharp left and continue down to Market.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
March 22nd, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Archers Bay
Directions: Pass Crab Hill Police Station (be careful at intersections) and continue North to end of road.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
March 29th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Turners Hall Wood
Directions: Highway 2D to Farmer's and Mose Bottom, turn right (towards Bawden's).
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
April 5th, 2009 Moonlight Hike
Start: Lodge School
Directions: Via Four Cross Roads, Gall Hill and follow the road to the cemetery. Turn right, go straight on past Colleton Plantation.
Start Time: 5:30pm
Don't forget to bring a torch light.
April 12th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Conrad Hunte Cricket Ground
Directions: Going north from St Andrew's church, take the road towards Morgan Lewis Mill and turn right to Shorey Village and cricket ground.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
April 19th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Searles Old Sugar Factory
Directions: Highway 6 towards St Patrick's church. Old factory on south side of road
(not plantation on north side).
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
April 26th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Hackleton's Cliff Top
Directions: North of Villa Nova to Malvern and follow sign post to Hackletons Cliff.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
May 3rd, 2009 Moonlight Hike
Start: Roberts Manufacturing
Directions: West of Charles Rowe bridge.
Start Time: 5:30pm
Don't forget to bring a torch light.
May 10th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Long Beach
Directions: Through Oistins and fork right via Ealing Grove and Chancery Lane to Long Beach.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
May 17th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Barclays Park
Directions: Meet at the side of the road by the restaurant, opposite the casuarina trees.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
There will be an after hike picnic from 6:00pm -7:30pm
May 24th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Three Houses Park
Directions: Highway 4 pass Thickets and then Three Houses Park is on the left.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
May 31st, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Hayman's Old Sugar Factory
Directions: Turn off Highway 2A where sign-posted to Haymans and Speightstown.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
June 7th, 2009 Moonlight Hike
Start: St.Thomas Post Office
Directions: The Post Office is at the west end of Welchman Hall Village.
Start Time: 5:30pm
Don't forget to bring a torch light.
June 14th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Bath
Directions: Turn left at bottom of Coach Hill, first right at old sugar factory.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
June 21st, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Chalky Mount
Directions: The School is on your left as you turn into Chalky Mount Village. Park in school yard.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
June 28th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Spring Hall Old Sugar Factory
Directions: Bear right after St. Lucy's Church. 1 1/2 miles along Highway 1C towards River Bay.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
July 5th, 2009 Moonlight Hike
Start: BNT Headquarters - Wildey House
Directions: Next door to Carter's Complex, travelling South towards traffic lights at BET. First left after car park.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
July 12th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Codrington College
Directions: Meet at College car park.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
July 19th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Indian Ground Sports Field
Directions: Highway 2A until right turn towards the Rock, bear left in Sailor Gully
and at top of road go right. Sports field is east of road.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
July 26th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Drax Hall Plantation
Directions: Highway 4. Don't take road to Drax Hall Village, but next right to the Plantation
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
August 2nd, 2009 Moonlight Hike
Start: Skeete's Bay
Directions: Highway 4B, past Thickets, Three Houses to Bayfield, turn left
Start Time: 5:30pm
Don't forget to bring a torch light.
There will be an after hike picnic from 7:30pm - 9:00pm.
August 9th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Applewhaites Plantation Yard
Directions: After Hothersal Turning, go through Bibby's Lane (Highway E). After Exchange, bear right (dangerous junction) just before Proutes and look for old factory chimney. Park in plantation yard.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
August 16th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Bathsheba Community Centre
Directions: The community centre is at Hill Crest, just down the hill from Andromeda Botanic Gardens.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
August 23rd, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Carrington's Old Sugar Factory
Directions: Just over a mile west of Six Cross Roads on Highway 5
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
August 30th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Kendal Plantation Yard
Directions: Follow Highway 4 until you see pond on the left and old factory on the right.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
September 6th, 2009 Moonlight Hike
Start: Andrews Sugar Factory
Directions: Highway 3, about halfway to Bathsheba.
Start Time: 5:30pm
Don't forget to bring a torch light.
September 13th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Castle Plantation Yard
Directions: Not Castle Village but the Plantation. Reached by a cart track to the left soon after leaving Diamond Corner.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
September 20th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Orange Hill Pavillion
Directions: Turn east off Highway 2A. Midway up the hill look for pavilion on the right. Park in parking lot.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
September 27th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Pool Plantation Yard
Directions: Half a mile east of Four Cross Roads.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
October 4th, 2009 Moonlight Hike
Start: Heywoods Beach
Directions: Car park to north of Almond Beach Village Hotel.
Start Time: 5:30pm
Don't forget to bring a torch light.
October 11th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Turners Hall Wood
Directions: Highway 2D to Farmer's and Mose Bottom, turn right (towards Bawden's). Meeting point is at junction about half mile down the road (former site of Turner's Hall plantation).
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
October 18th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Lester Vaughn School
Directions: Via Sharon Moravian church, left to Shop Hill, school is on the right.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
October 25th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Conrad Hunte Cricket Ground
Directions: Going north from St Andrew's church, take the road towards Morgan Lewis Mill
and turn right to Shorey Village and cricket ground.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
November 1st, 2009 Moonlight Hike
Start: Barbados Wildlife Reserve
Directions: On map follow directions to Farley Hill. Barbados Wildlife Reserve across road. from Farley Hill.
Start Time: 5:30pm
Don't forget to bring a torch light.
November 8th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: St. Thomas Post Office
Directions: The Post Office is at the west end of Welchman Hall Village.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
November 15th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: District C Police Station
Directions: Highway 4B, turn left a mile east of St Philip's church.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
November 22nd, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Rock Hall Plantation
Directions: NOT Rock Hall Village, but Plantation in St. Peter. First right off
Highway 2A off Bakers/Mullins via Black Bess quarries.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
November 29th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Brandons Beach
Directions: Turn off Spring Garden Highway opposite Malibu
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
There will be an after hike picnic from 6:00pm - 7:30pm.
December 6th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Haggatts Old Sugar Factory
Directions: A few hundred yards south of Belleplaine - park in the old factory yard (not the Soil Conservation Station).
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
December 13th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Graeme Hall
Directions: Ministry of Agriculture car park on Spur Road from Graeme Hall roundabout on ABC Highway.
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
December 20th, 2009 Morning and Afternoon Hikes
Start: Foul Bay
Directions: Turn right half mile before Crane. Park down by the beach. (Foul Bay New Road).
Start Time: Morning Hike: 6:00am
Start Time: Afternoon Hike: 3:30pm
December 27th, 2009 Moonlight Hike
Start: Andrews Sugar Factory
Directions: Highway 3, about halfway to Bathsheba
Start Time: 5:30pm
Don't forget to bring a torch light.
There will be an after hike picnic from 7:30pm - 9:00pm.
The hikes are free and open to all but donations are welcome.
For More information contact:
Phone: (246) 436-9033 or 426-2421
Fax: (246) 429-9055
E-mail: natrust@sunbeach.net
http://trust.funbarbados.com
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