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Mastic Reserve

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The Mastic Trail is based on a traditional footpath that had fallen into disuse. In 1994 and 1995 it was restored and reopened as a 4 km walking track that passes through the reserve, traversing the central part of Grand Cayman from south to north. The southern part includes a 170 m
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in the Cayman Islands, as well as the highest part of the low-lying island, with an elevation of 18 m. It also includes stands of
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Mastic Reserve is an 834 ha tract of mainly forested land. It is bounded on the south and west by the
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The Grand Cayman endemic subspecies of the Cuban amazon is found in the reserve
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hand-built rock causeway, known as the “Mastic Bridge”, through
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Map of Grand Cayman showing the site of the Mastic Trail
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Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands
British Overseas Territory
Caribbean Sea
National Trust for the Cayman Islands
Important Bird Areas
yellow mastic
black mastic
Central Mangrove Wetland
dry forest
royal
silver thatch palms
grassland

black mangrove
BirdLife International
white-crowned pigeons
Cuban amazons
Caribbean elaenias
thick-billed vireos
Yucatan vireos
vitelline warblers
West Indian woodpeckers
Caribbean doves


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