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- Petroglyph Pool: The reason most people come. A short spur leads to a pool beneath a waterfall, where carved faces and figures, often credited to the Taino, mark the rocks above the water. The fall trickles in dry months and runs well after rain, and the shaded rocks make a good place for a long rest.
- Reef Bay Sugar Mill: Near the bottom, a tall stone mill and its boiling house stand in the trees. Boiler pits, a chimney and cut-stone walls remain, so you can see how cane was processed here in the 1800s and how thoroughly the forest has taken the site back.
- Par Force and Upper Estate Ruins: The Jossie Gut estate ruins sit beside the path about half a mile down, and about a mile in a short spur leads to the walls and foundations of the Par Force estate.
- Giant Kapok Trees: Along the middle stretch,
- Petroglyph Pool: The reason most people come. A short spur leads to a pool beneath a waterfall, where carved faces and figures, often credited to the Taino, mark the rocks above the water. The fall trickles in dry months and runs well after rain, and the shaded rocks make a good place for a long rest.
- Reef Bay Sugar Mill: Near the bottom, a tall stone mill and its boiling house stand in the trees. Boiler pits, a chimney and cut-stone walls remain, so you can see how cane was processed here in the 1800s and how thoroughly the forest has taken the site back.
- Par Force and Upper Estate Ruins: The Jossie Gut estate ruins sit beside the path about half a mile down, and about a mile in a short spur leads to the walls and foundations of the Par Force estate.
- Giant Kapok Trees: Along the middle stretch, silk cotton trees spread buttress roots as wide as a small room. They are among the largest trees on the island, and standing between the roots gives a real sense of scale against the surrounding second-growth forest.
- Reef Bay Beach: The trail ends at a narrow, rocky shoreline with seagrass beds, mangroves behind and almost no one around outside guided groups. It is a place to eat lunch and cool off, with little shade-free sand, and the quiet comes from the long walk needed to get here.
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Hi, I’m Johan (Netherlands 🇳🇱), the creator of TakeYourBackpack. Over the past 3 decades, I’ve backpacked through 90+ countries across six continents, gaining extensive experience with independent travel, long-term trips, and overland routes.