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Between Road Bay and Crocus Bay on Anguilla's
Northern coast is a fun exploring beach: Katouche Bay.
This bay is noted for a number of things. It is the
start of the Katouche
Valley rainforest, it is never crowded,
it is a fun place to explore or have a picnic,
and it is a good place to look
for fossil sealife. I haven't tried the snorkelling here,
but my friend Vince does a regular
exercise swim from here to Crocus Bay and back (Katouche is
the closest beach to his house in Old Ta and a nice hike).
Before Hurricane Luis, a grove
of Manchineel trees grew along the beach. These have poisonous
fruit and leaves, but luckily Luis killed them all. Keep a watchful
eye out for them growing back.
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For fossils, search the east end of the beach and examine small rocks that have broken off the cliff (they are intermixed with a lot of broken coral from the sea, so you need to be patient), looking for ancient shell fish and other animals that were trapped in the soil and fossilized.
At the west end of the beach you can explore around a couple of small headlands for further small beaches, a beachfront cave and other adventures.
Directions: From airport parking lot, exit the only way possible, turn left on airport road. Drive straight past Island Car Rental, Anglec and National Bank of Anguilla, turning left at the light by Albert Lake's supermarket. Continue straight, up Coronation Blvd to Crocus Hill. At the top of the hill, turn left and follow the paved road along the ridge until it ends, then continue on the main dirt road to Masara Resort. Check at the office if it is okay to continue on their private road. Drive politely through the resort, down a steep one-lane road to a parking area by the beach.
Revised: September 14, 1998
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