With any embrace of nature comes a calming sense of serenity and tranquility. The Rainforest Tour offered by Gibraltar provides groups with that rare opportunity to touch nature in an authentic way at its very heart and soul. Undisturbed and unspoilt, your tour of the local rainforest opens you up to an environment of flora and fauna...
This tour has just the right mix of culture, history and leisure.
With our skilled guide keeping you well informed all along the way. From the majestic heights of Brimstone Hill, to the breezy peak of Timothy Hill on the other side of the island. Our first main stop is Romney Manor which has the best botanical gardens on the island and we get to look at how batik is done by waxing and dyeing.
The tour takes you on a drive on the northwest coastline of the island where you visit two of the best restored sugar cane plantation houses.
Then we visit the Fairviews great house. Once was the home of the French military commander. Then home to families and personalities, including the great grandfather of the British novelist Virginia Woolf.
We then drive to Sir Timothy Hill to see both the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea separated by under a hundred yards. From here the guests have the option of going to the beach and swim or just relax in the tropical sun.
Like the rock of Gibraltar the Brimstone Hill Fortress was in the hands of two European powers, who have fought each other for control of this Hill and the island. Both the British and the French built forts to defend themselves from the Spanish and from each other.
In 1689 the French were able to capture the British Fort Charles in Sandy Point.
Your guide is most courteous and knowledgeable, our tour includes brief stops at both Timothy Hill and White House Bay for great photo opportunities and relaxation.
You are also provided with a guided introduction to the history of the South East Peninsula and the role it is playing in the island's tourism industry.
