The balmy climate, favorable trade winds, palm-lined beaches, and relaxing atmosphere attract tourists and yachting crews alike, to the British Virgin Islands. Visitors make daily adventures of diving, beach-combing, snorkeling, or horseback-riding. For a more relaxed vacation, spas, shopping, and British Virgin Islands luxury villas offer everything you need
Bare boating, or self-crew yacht chartering, is the most popular way to cruise from island to island, and if you have access to a vessel you'll find deserted coves and beaches even at the height of the tourist season. One of the best places to drop anchor is at Cane Garden Bay on Tortola, which has a fine beach and two reefs to explore. A large anchorage at uninhabited Norman Island, the furthest island south of Tortola, has been called the 'Bight' since pirate days because it has good holding and is well sheltered. Neighboring Peter Island is where Blackbeard is said to have left 15 men with a bottle of rum and one saber to fight out their differences. Moorings at both islands are shared with spotted lobster and lettuce sea slugs and are only a few minutes' ride by dinghy from excellent dive sites. Norman Island also has caves that can be explored by snorkelers. |
