My 16 favorite things in the Virgin Islands

My 16 favorite things in the Virgin Islands -

to do two of the most visited destinations in the Caribbean, the US and British Virgin Islands, I expected them to be: white sand beaches, excellent diving and snorkeling, turquoise crystal clear water, scenic hiking trails and many possibilities boat and rum drinks strong cast.

I spent a month around the islands by boat go. It is to do a fascinating number of things on the islands - life here is not all hammocks and Piña Colada. much has From festivals to dive to strenuous trails to hidden tide pools, each of the islands in the area to offer to keep, if you have a day at the beach is not your thing you busy.

Take a trip to Buck Iceland

the only marine national park in the United States, Buck Iceland is a half-day trip from St. Croix (though full-day excursions, with foodstuffs and alcohol, are also available). While the marine park and coral are dead easy after years of overfishing and coral bleaching, there is a beautiful beach on the island that could not be more thoroughly Caribbean: empty, wide and ringed with palm trees. The half-day excursion is the largest value and one of the best things to do on St. Croix.

Relax in Jack Bay and Isaac Bay

on the remote easternmost point of the United States, these bays are two empty beaches on St. Croix. Difficult to access, after a steep descent very overgrown track, join in Isaac Bay (also home to nesting turtles), where you will be able to enjoy a thin slice of white sand, blue water and snorkeling right from shore. Jack Bay is connected by a poorly marked trail at the end of Isaacs. The beaches are not maintained, but, although they may have not even the prettiest, they are one of the few places on the island. They are perfect isolation. Bring your own water and food, as there are no facilities in both bay.

Chill out at Cane Bay

This is my favorite bay on St. Croix, with a nice beach, a good restaurant (food @ Cane Bay) and snorkeling from the shore close to swimming. Although the beach is not very wide and it's right near a road, the chill-out atmosphere of the area, good snorkeling (there is a steep drop-off out of the coast to provide plenty of fish viewing opportunities) and few crowds make it a place to spend the day in the worth of expenditures (and early evening, when the restaurant Happy Hour).

Explore Jost Van Dyke

, the party island of the British Virgin Islands, Jost sees many trippers from St. Johann and yachties coming into port and a trip to the Soggy Dollar Bar to make to drink painkillers (rum, pineapple and orange juice and fresh nutmeg), drink the famous bar and one that everyone in the Virgin Islands drinks (the best I had had on Jost to Rudy; Soggy dollar is overvalued ). White Bay is where the action is, but I loved it early in the morning or late at night when all the day trippers (drunk) had disappeared and the extensive white sand beach was deserted. Ensure the bubbling pools on the other side of the island where the incoming water rushing into this tiny primordial soup arises to visit a whirlpool effect.

Explorer baths

first I could not figure out why everyone loves this place on Virgin Gorda. The beach was small, the water rough, and the masses plentiful. Then I followed the sign to the caves, and it became clear why this is the most visited place in the Virgin Islands. After crawling through a tiny hole, you are embedded by huge granite rocks correlated with streams of water flowing around them surrounded. It is wonderful. There are nooks and crannies to explore everywhere. After wading through the water and rocks to climb over, you find yourself found in tide pools that. Between the rocks on the way to Dead Man's Beach

Enjoy paradise on Anegada

collect views from the masses to escape? Anegada in the British Virgin Islands is a coral atoll with a few hundred people live on it. Few ferries go to the island (only three per week), and most people who tend up here to come on their own boats. This keeps the crowds down. You can pass hours without seeing anyone on the beaches. The island is ringed by a reef, it ideal for making snorkeling right from shore (Also here a lot of rays to see!) The island is known for its lobster, and each restaurant has its own signature dish (Neptune treasure and Potters by the Sea were my favorites). If you arrive in November, it is necessary to catch the Lobster Festival, which takes place the last weekend of the month. It's lobster sky.

Enjoy the food and the music of Redhook

at St. Thomas some of the better restaurants and bars on the island, this port city. They are lively music, a delicious beer and burger bar called Tap and Still and energetic clubs. If you are on the island and have a night, this is the place to be.

party want to St. John

fun? $ 1 Happy Hour? Amazing drinks? St. John's for you. With only 2,000 people live on the island, it has a small town feel, but it heaves with tourists who want to escape the stuffy and expensive prices of St. Thomas. Since the main town of Cruz Bay is so small, bar-hopping is really easy, and most of the bars offer live bands.

visit Cinnamon Bay

This Bay on St. John is home to the only camp on the USVIs. There is a large bay, which remains quite empty and quiet, it's one of my favorite beaches on the island.

migration of the Reef Bay Trail

cutting through St. John begins this way in the middle of the island and through the forest with old sugar plantations, stone ruins, ancient petroglyphs, and an abandoned sugar factory by the water. It is beautiful, simple, and the beach at the end is an ideal place for a bath (go sweat!). Combine it with cinnamon Trail, which begins at the tip of the island at Cinnamon Bay, and you can use the entire width of the island in about four hours.

Get away from the crowd at Brewers Bay

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, the hotel is near the airport in St. Thomas, this beach is near the US Virgin Islands University and a locals only beach - tourists just do not seem to make getting here for the sole reason. You will see local families BBQing, people train their dogs, and aircraft coming from the airport.

Stroll through the empty Salt Iceland

is this small, deserted out-of-the-way island filled with once important saltworks. There are snorkeling around the island, and you can get a boat, take the abandoned town near the salt baths to visit. The island is owned by a family, of a single one-pound bag of salt is charged to the Queen of England an annual rent. You need to get your own boat here; There are no ferries.

Dive / Snorkel the RMS Rhone

one of the most impressive diving and snorkeling centers are regarded in the world, the RMS Rhone was a mail boat which crashed near the reef and is now a private artificial reef that is home to thousands of different fish and corals. It is a must for every diver. Most dive trips departing from Tortola.

at Willy T-drinks

the old boat on Norman Iceland, located rotated floating bar where everyone is raging in the British Virgin Islands. I have old ladies shots seen here do body while young people chugging beer and jumping the boat naked. It is always a wild day at Willy T-shirts. But if the water is calm at the weekend, the place is very busy as locals take boats for some Sunday Funday.

Hob Nob on Necker Iceland

Famously home Sir Richard Branson, you can on this island for a cool $ 50,000 per night. have not so much money? No problem. You can take in the sea clear glass bottom boat tour a day trip with gumption. Tours depart from the Bitter End resort on Virgin Gorda northern and feature fish watching and a walk around the island. Branson is to say hello known.

Sail around the islands!

It can be expensive, but you can not islands and sail to not visit. It would be a sin. Whether for a day or several days, you should jet around the islands. It is the only way to see the outlying islands ferry, no visit from the crowds, away, and discover your own hidden snorkeling. Here's how you can drive around the islands on the cheap (or free!), But if you rent one of the day tour companies, I recommend Sail Safaris of St. John. Tell Eric I say hello!

When I visited the Islands, I asked myself the day, rubbed on beaches and reading and writing at night. It turned out, it was just too much to do in this area to "waste a day." No matter which island you end, there are dozens of options to be available. to do this list of amazing things in the Virgin Islands, you can help lead, but do not think for a second that these islands are boring. Even non-beach bums to fill their days.

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