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FEATURE (Category: Americas | Antilles | all seasons | water | islands)
Netherlands Antilles: Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten/St. Martin
Netherlands Antilles: Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten/St. Martin
The Dutch Caribbean islands of Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten each have a very different character. On St. Maarten you can enjoy sun-baked, sandy beaches. On Saba one can follow the trail to the top of a dormant volcano, 877 m. high Mt. Scenery, covered by a magical cloud forest. St. Eustatius, finally, offers peace and quiet, and a rich history.
![Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.524] ’Climbing the volcano’. A steep track surrounded by tree ferns and Elephant ears leads to the summit of Mt. Scenery, Saba’s 877 m. high dormant volcano. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/Netherlands-Antilles-Saba-St/Saba-25524/98519131_yNDk8-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.524] ’Climbing the volcano’. A steep track surrounded by tree ferns and Elephant ears leads to the summit of Mt. Scenery, Saba’s 877 m. high dormant volcano. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.527] ’Tree ferns’. Tree ferns in the cloud forest on the top of Mt. Scenery give the impression of an ancient Carboniferous wood. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/Netherlands-Antilles-Saba-St/Saba-25527/98518124_WKH3v-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.527] ’Tree ferns’. Tree ferns in the cloud forest on the top of Mt. Scenery give the impression of an ancient Carboniferous wood. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.529] ’Heliconia’. The vibrant colours of Wild plantain (Heliconia caribaea) are found throughout the rain forest on the slopes of Mt. Scenery. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/Netherlands-Antilles-Saba-St/Saba-25529/98519105_7i5jK-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.529] ’Heliconia’. The vibrant colours of Wild plantain (Heliconia caribaea) are found throughout the rain forest on the slopes of Mt. Scenery. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.531] ’Alien mountain world’. Entering the cloud forest on top of Mt. Scenery feels like a journey into an alien prehistoric world. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/Netherlands-Antilles-Saba-St/antilles-saba-25531/98519097_XL9zh-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.531] ’Alien mountain world’. Entering the cloud forest on top of Mt. Scenery feels like a journey into an alien prehistoric world. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.533] ’Hanging garden’. The branches of a Mountain mahogany (Freziera undulata) in Saba’s cloud forest are laden with mosses, liverworts, ferns, bromeliads and orchids. These species owe their abundant growth to the moisture in the clouds which cling almost constantly to the top of Mt. Scenery. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/Netherlands-Antilles-Saba-St/Saba-25533/98518096_T7Nce-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.533] ’Hanging garden’. The branches of a Mountain mahogany (Freziera undulata) in Saba’s cloud forest are laden with mosses, liverworts, ferns, bromeliads and orchids. These species owe their abundant growth to the moisture in the clouds which cling almost constantly to the top of Mt. Scenery. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.536] ’Cloud forest’. The Mountain mahoganies in Saba’s cloud forest reach a height of 15 m, whereas the trees in similar forests on other Caribbean islands seldom exceed six meters. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/Netherlands-Antilles-Saba-St/antilles-saba-25536/98519072_oqVMS-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.536] ’Cloud forest’. The Mountain mahoganies in Saba’s cloud forest reach a height of 15 m, whereas the trees in similar forests on other Caribbean islands seldom exceed six meters. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.538] ’Chinese composition’. The branches of a moss covered Mountain mahogany appear from the morning mist as in a Chinese water colour. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/Netherlands-Antilles-Saba-St/Saba-25538/98518075_Uawq8-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.538] ’Chinese composition’. The branches of a moss covered Mountain mahogany appear from the morning mist as in a Chinese water colour. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.539] ’Foggy forest walk’. Walking through the Saban cloud forest is most special just after sunrise, when a mysterious blue light pervades the wood. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/Netherlands-Antilles-Saba-St/antilles-saba-25539/98519055_Aq9kQ-Ti-2.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.539] ’Foggy forest walk’. Walking through the Saban cloud forest is most special just after sunrise, when a mysterious blue light pervades the wood. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.541] ’Monster tree’. In the cloud (Elfin) forest on the top of Mt. Scenery a Mountain mahogany thrusts out its moss covered limbs into the foggy sky as some alien monster. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/Netherlands-Antilles-Saba-St/antilles-saba-25541/98518061_uYEBZ-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [ANTILLES.SABA 25.541] ’Monster tree’. In the cloud (Elfin) forest on the top of Mt. Scenery a Mountain mahogany thrusts out its moss covered limbs into the foggy sky as some alien monster. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
[ANTILLES.SABA 25.533]
’Hanging garden’.
The branches of a Mountain mahogany (Freziera undulata) in Saba’s cloud forest are laden with mosses, liverworts, ferns, bromeliads and orchids. These species owe their abundant growth to the moisture in the clouds which cling almost constantly to the top of Mt. Scenery. Photo Mick Palarczyk. ![> [ANTILLES.SABA 25.533] ’Hanging garden’. The branches of a Mountain mahogany (Freziera undulata) in Saba’s cloud forest are laden with mosses, liverworts, ferns, bromeliads and orchids. These species owe their abundant growth to the moisture in the clouds which cling almost constantly to the top of Mt. Scenery. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Americas/Netherlands-Antilles-Saba-St/Saba-25533/98518096_T7Nce-S.jpg "> [ANTILLES.SABA 25.533] ’Hanging garden’. The branches of a Mountain mahogany (Freziera undulata) in Saba’s cloud forest are laden with mosses, liverworts, ferns, bromeliads and orchids. These species owe their abundant growth to the moisture in the clouds which cling almost constantly to the top of Mt. Scenery. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
[ANTILLES.SABA 25.533]
’Hanging garden’.
The branches of a Mountain mahogany (Freziera undulata) in Saba’s cloud forest are laden with mosses, liverworts, ferns, bromeliads and orchids. These species owe their abundant growth to the moisture in the clouds which cling almost constantly to the top of Mt. Scenery. Photo Mick Palarczyk. All rights reserved. No permission for reproduction, including copying or saving of digital image files or text, is granted without prior written authorisation from the author.
