THE ANTIGUAN TRAVEL GUIDE

Antigua's all about action and adventure too. What better way to experience our natural wonders than to snorkel off our coral reefs, kayak through our mangroves or take a tuk-tuk tour through our lush rainforest? These are just three of the many activities waiting for you outside your hotel...

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Our 60-mile coastline is encircled by clear turquoise seas, whether that's the Atlantic in the east or the Caribbean in the west. You can enjoy these waters in any number of ways. Resorts like Hermitage Bay, Carlisle Bay, Jumby Bay Island and Sandals Grande Antigua all offer complimentary non-motorised watersports, with instruction readily available for beginners. Adrenaline-pumping activities like jet skiing and waterskiing are also on offer from our roving beach vendors. Dickenson Bay and Jolly Harbour are both great places to meet up with them.

 

Antigua’s got quite the flotilla of vessels at your disposal too. Catamaran companies like Wadadli Cats and Tropical Adventures offer fun snorkelling trips and romantic sunset cruises. The Barbuda Express and Excellence powerboat will whisk you across to our sister island of Barbuda in just 90 minutes flat. SoCoHo Sea Tours invite you to kayak through our natural mangroves or snorkel off Cades Reef, while a private boat charter courtesy of CocoVibes Tours will introduce you to everything from our secluded beaches to our offshore islands. And if you’d like to view our underwater world without getting wet, Reef Explorers and Kayak Eco Adventures offer tours of the North Sound and through our mangroves aboard state-of-the-art vessels with transparent hulls.

 

Prefer to get up close and personal to Antiguan wildlife? Why not feed our stingrays at the award-winning Stingray City? This fence-less aquatic wonderland with its shallow pool and white sand bottom lies just a 5-minute speedboat ride from shore. And if these gentle southern stingrays aren’t quite enough for you, parrots, iguanas and over fifty Giant Aldabra Tortoises are waiting to meet you on nearby Laviscount Island.

 

Beneath the waves lies Cades Reef. A snorkelling trip to this 2-mile-long coral garden could yield sightings of anything from puffer fish to sea turtles. The PADI diving professionals at Indigo Divers will also be happy to introduce you to a whole raft of equally amazing dive sites, most of them only about a 20-minute boat ride from shore. 

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Antigua's also got 108 square miles of part-volcanic, part-coral land for you to explore, and companies like Tropical Adventures and SoCoHo Land Tours are waiting to show you all the best places to go. These include Fig Tree Drive which is about as lush as it ever gets in Antigua, and a Rainforest Zipline Tour is a particularly exhilarating way to experience it. An open-air excursion with Tuk-Tuk Adventures or a go-karting adventure with Sweet Wadadli Jungle Rides are other fun ways to experience our island. Hikers can enjoy guided walks through Wallings Nature Reserve, or a challenging climb up our very own mountain – at 1,320 feet, Boggy Peak is as high as you can get in Antigua without actually taking off. Although you can view it from above on a helicopter trip thanks to CalvinAir Helicopters, or soar above Montserrat’s famous volcano or simply see Antigua from a thrilling new perspective…

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