Hamilton Parish into Bermuda's most "beautiful and unique'' public park.

Adjoining the private Wilkinson and Walsingham Trusts, better known as Tom Moore's jungle, the park will also feature a nature reserve running along the shoreline.

Parks director Mr. Bill Cook said it would be a peaceful park, with camping only permitted during the Cup Match holiday.

"It will not be a designated campground,'' Mr. Cook said. "It will be a passive park -- not like Shelly Bay Park, which is still being worked on. It will be a unique place for Bermudians to go.'' A public meeting will be held on Saturday at 10 a.m. at what will be called Blue Hole Park and Walsingham Nature Reserve. Area residents and other parties will be able to voice any concerns, see the plans and receive a guided tour of the parkland.

Access to the park will be from the Causeway. But cars and bikes will not be permitted farther than a parking lot located just behind the entrance.

Footpaths and woodchip trails will lead visitors to caves, the shoreline and the old dolphin show pond, while taking in views of endemic trees and plants and red mangroves.

The only buildings in the park will be bathrooms remaining from the days of the dolphin show, Mr. Cook said.

The two-way asphalt road leading into the heart of the property will be removed, Mr. Cook said.

And gates will separate the private Wilkinson and Walsingham Trusts from the park and nature reserve.

The three wet caves in the reserve will be barred by gates because people have been caught living in them in the past and dumping all kinds of debris, Mr.

Cook explained.

But they will be opened for special tours.

A dry cave in the park will remain open.

Mr. Cook added a large playing field on the property would be ideal as picnic area.

He said the whole project was expected to cost less than $50,000 with most work done "in house'' by Parks employees.

Improvements would also be made to Blue Hole Hill Park on the opposite side of the Causeway.

"It will definitely be the most unique and beautiful park in the National Parks system,'' he said.

The Parks Department was able to purchase the two parcels of property by compulsory order after a lengthy legal battle.

Acquisition of the Dismont and Outerbridge properties and enveloping them into the National Parks system will create -- along with the Walsingham and Wilkinson Trusts -- a more than 50-acre-belt of unbroken parkland, one of the Island's largest tracts of green space.