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Island Routes Caribbean Adventure Tours launched new tour operations in St. Lucia and Antigua. Island Routes has 10 certified partners and 16 tours available in St. Lucia.

In Antigua, there are nine certified partners and 19 tours. Island Routes hires their staff and island specialists locally to better promote the destination and get vacationers out to see what’s special and unique. And, all island specialists can talk first-hand about every Island Routes excursion, as they have experienced each and every one as part of their training.

St. Lucia is one of the leading whale-watching sites in the Caribbean, home to humpbacks, pilot whales, sperm whales and spinning and spotted dolphins which can be seen on the Dolphin and Whale Watching excursion. The Land and Sea Experience is a St. Lucia sampler that takes guests to the bubbling, drive-in volcano; the blossoming Diamond Botanical Gardens and Waterfall; and then into the sea on a catamaran cruise offering views of the famed Pitons World Heritage Site and snorkeling. Or into the air for a Rainforest Canopy Adventure, where guests zip-line through the island’s dense, teeming rainforest.

Antigua is best known for its 365 beaches, but there is more.

Island Routes guests will experience the island’s newest excursion on the SubCat, which dives down to the sea bed for an up-close — and dry — look at myriad, multi-hued tropical fish and coral.

The Best of Antigua offers just that, a tour of historic Nelson’s Dockyard National Park including Shirley Heights Lookout with the most famous view in Antigua with a 360-degree island panorama.

Antigua’s sister island, Barbuda, is also known for its beaches and pink sand and the Excellence Barbuda by Sea excursion takes guests on a luxury catamaran ride for a tour of the world’s largest colony of Frigate birds with time to swim and relax on a uniquely beautiful beach.

Island Routes is also dedicated to supporting the local communities in which it operates and gives back through its Community Routes program.

Island Routes develops tours that directly involve visitors in local community projects. Island Routes is currently available for bookings in Jamaica, St. Lucia and Antigua, and the Turks & Caicos and in The Bahamas in 2010.

For more information, call 877-768-8370 or visit www.islandroutes.com