Caribbean

Antigua & the Leeward Islands

A cruising hub with heritage: the Georgian naval dockyard at English Harbour, reef-protected Nonsuch Bay, and the pink sand and frigate-bird colony of neighbouring Barbuda. The cen

A cruising hub with heritage: the Georgian naval dockyard at English Harbour, reef-protected Nonsuch Bay, and the pink sand and frigate-bird colony of neighbouring Barbuda. The centre of the Caribbean charter-show season.

A week, sketched

Day 1

English Harbour

Base at historic English Harbour and Nelson's Dockyard; swim at Pigeon Beach.

Day 2

Nonsuch Bay & Green Island

Cruise to the reef-sheltered Nonsuch Bay and anchor off Green Island for snorkelling.

Day 3

Barbuda

Sail to Barbuda for eleven miles of empty pink sand and the frigate-bird sanctuary.

Day 4

West coast

Return along Antigua's calm west coast, anchoring off Deep Bay or Jolly Harbour.