About the BVI

Nature’s Little Secrets

Sixty islands, islets and cays make up the archipelago that has fascinated sailors for centuries and enchanted holidaymakers since the sixties. For solace seeking stressed business executives or just lovers of peace and tranquility, the British Virgin Islands offer a complete antidote to mass tourism.

No high rise, no hotel chains, no all-inclusives, in the BVI the resorts are small and luxurious but low key.  Several private islands to suit all budgets, such as Necker, Guana and Cooper, offer the ultimate in exclusivity, and many hotels and resorts provide a hideaway ‘get away from it all’ experience.

Gentle, warm people welcome visitors to these islands, where time doesn’t matter and indeed in some places seems to have stood still!  Islands with evocative names like Anegada, Virgin Gorda, Tortola, Jost Van Dyke and Fallen Jerusalem surround the calm sailing waters of the Sir Frances Drake Channel, where island hopping becomes an art form for the many thousands of sailors who visit every year.

Spectacularly beautiful, whichever way you turn in the BVI you’re looking at a stunning view of green, lush, volcanic islands apparently just dropped into bright turquoise sea.

And below the water line the view is just as good, where divers and snorkelers enjoy the shoals of brightly colored fish and abundant coral reefs where turtles can be spotted mingling with eagle rays, tuna, snapper and wahoo.

Culturally, the BVI are the old fashioned Caribbean.  Proud of their place in history and the ongoing connections with the U.K. as a dependent territory, those BVIslanders not involved in tourism or financial services are talented artists, poets and musicians.

Accommodation is varied, with quaint local B & B’s on idyllic shore side locations offering a contrast to the four and five star luxury resorts such as Littleton Bay, Peter Island, Biras Creek, Bitter End, Long Bay and Sugar Mill.  For the more independent there is also a wide choice of self-catering options from sumptuous villas to more modest cottages and apartments.

Most visitors coming to the BVI take to the water in some way, whether on a sailing holiday either bareboat or crewed, or on a day sail from their hotel or resort, for diving and snorkeling, windsurfing, kiteboarding and fishing.  Seeing the beauty and tranquility of the islands from the water, mooring at the world famous beach at ‘The Baths’, finding your own desert island for the day, and swimming ashore for a Painkiller at the Soggy Dollar Bar, are all experiences not to be missed.