Despite the poor weather in Jamaica last week we made the excursion to Cinchona Botanical Gardens from Lime Tree Farm with two couples from the UK – THe Lloyds & the Peacocks.

Cinchona Botanical Gardens is one of my favourite places in the world in any weather & our guests were not disappointed, one of the highest botanical gardens in the world(5200ft) it is spectacular in it's isolation, huge trees which have survived the numerous hurricanes of recent years & many different flowers from around the world attract birds of all types, many of them endemic to Jamaica. The orchids were in full bloom & we ate our picnic lunch in the warm winter sun as the hummingbirds performed for us!

If you world like to visit Cinchona check out www.limetreefarm.com – one of the few places that offers tours of the gardens.

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