Who never played pirates as a child? Who never fantasized with the images that Jules Verne left us with Treasure Island, J.M. Barrie with Peter Pan, or the magical world of Goonies or Disney’s Pirate’s of the Caribbean? Luckily, for all the dreamers out there, a real pirate adventure is a plane ticket away for those who want their imaginations to fly again.
And where, precisely, can we relive our childhood fantasies? In no other place than where Spanish Galleons sailed waters, cannons tore the silencio of the Caribbean with their fiery booms, and Spanish, English and Dutch pirates tried to dominate and become masters of paradise. In the seductive Santa Catalina, the small sister island of Providencia, the lines of this pirate story were written. Here is where we can discover Morgan’s Head.
Before setting sail to the place of our childhood fantasties, we want to share this buccaneer’s history. In the seventeenth century, Henry Morgan – erroneously considered English, but was actually Welsh – accompanied by his henchmen, set off for the Caribbean. He made the San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina archipelago his personal refuge. Two emblematic places in the islands are named after him: Morgan’s Cave and Morgan’s Head.
If we only cross Lover’s Bridge that connects Providencia to Santa Catalina, we’ll start our countdown to a pirate adventure. Walk to the marvelous, remote Fort Bay – a tempting landscape that, undoubtedly, Morgan and his bearded friends couldn’t resist, lying on the beach, belly-up, to bask in the sun while their “big boss” schemed, losing himself to the spectacular horizon. And what place would be ideal to hide the loot? While staring at the sea (keep in mind, this is our conclusion), he must’ve wondered where the best hiding place might be.
After a small rest at Fort Bay, we’ll head toward the jungles of Captain Morgan and see that things are getting serious. Between groves of fruit trees, old rusty canons, witnesses to an agitated time and history, we’ll arrive to our destination – Morgan’s Head. A peculiarity in nature that, using the tools of the wind, crashing waves and time, have sculpted the undeniable form of a human head.
If you need another perspective to legitimize that this rock truly is Morgan’s Head, we’ve got the right angle for you. It’s irrefutable! From boats, your camera will click, time and again. This is why a boat tour offers the proof you need … the realism you wanted, closing upon the scary image of Morgan’s Head, the legend is more alive today than ever.
And what about the hidden treasure? What about the loot? According to legend, pirates hide their fortunes in places that, for the most part, have characteristically unique forms (islands with the shape of craniums and other equally disagreeable places). We can’t blame them, nor can we blame islanders for believing that under Morgan’s Head there are chests of jewels and gold. Do you dare dive under the cold gaze of Morgan to search for treasure?
