Mountains & Rainforests
El Yunque rainforest, Puerto Rico. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
The Caribbean is not all beach: Pico Duarte (3,098m) is the region's roof, the Blue Mountains grow the world's most famous coffee, El Yunque is the only tropical rainforest in the US Forest Service, and Cuba's Viñales mogotes are pure karst theatre.
The waterfalls: Dunn's River (Jamaica), the 27 Charcos (DR), YS Falls, Reach Falls. The rule: go early, go with a guide, bring water shoes.
