ANTIGUA & BARBUDA · CARIBBEAN
A beach for every day of the year.
Two islands, 365 beaches and some of the Caribbean's best sailing water. Catamaran days, reef snorkels, Nelson's Dockyard and the long Sunday at Shirley Heights, all reviewed before you book.
Unmistakably Antigua
Three days you’ll plan the trip around.
Sun, sand and a snorkel turn up on every Caribbean island. These three feel like Antigua and nowhere else: the Sunday on the hill, the Georgian harbour, the sandbar full of rays.
Sunday, after five
Shirley Heights at sundown
Every Sunday a clifftop fort above English Harbour fills with steel pan, a barbecue and half the island, all watching the sun drop over two Georgian harbours. Come early for the view down to the dockyard, stay late for the band.
- 1 Sunset party at Shirley Heights – SHARE round trip
- 2 Taxi to Shirley heights lookout Sunday social package
- 3 Shirley Heights Sunset Party Taxi (Other packages are available)
Georgian harbour
Nelson’s Dockyard
The only working Georgian naval dockyard left anywhere, tucked into the hurricane hole at English Harbour. Stone sail lofts, superyachts at the quay, the forts on the ridge above. A UNESCO World Heritage site you can walk in an afternoon.
- 1 Historic City, Fort and Beach E-Bike Tour
- 2 Cultural and Historical Home Tour in The Antiguan Experience
- 3 E-Bike Tour of Antigua Forts and Beaches
Out on the sandbar
Stingray City
A waist-deep sandbar off the north coast where wild southern rays glide around your legs and a reef sits a short snorkel away. Boats run most mornings from the top beaches. Warm, calm water, and no need to be a strong swimmer.
- 1 Stingray City Antigua for all the ages – ROUND TRIP INCLUDED
- 2 6-Hours Tour East Coast of Antigua: Stingray City, Lunch & Beach
- 3 Stingray City experience, Devils Bridge and Long Bay Beach
The big day out
One boat, the whole island.
If you only book one thing in Antigua, make it this. A full day on the water with snorkel stops and a beach lunch, the whole coastline seen from the deck.
The favourites
Antigua's Most Popular Tours
Catamaran sails, Stingray City, reef snorkels and the round-island days. The tours most visitors book first.
365 of them
Find your beach.
One for every day of the year, and they are not all the same. Dickenson Bay for calm water and beach bars. Half Moon Bay for the wild Atlantic curve. Valley Church and Ffryes for postcard turquoise. Darkwood for the sunset, and Pigeon Point for an easy swim after the forts.
Browse the beach days →By experience
Pick your kind of day.
A catamaran if you want to sail. A mask if you want the reef. A 4x4 if you want the rainforest. A rum tour if you want the slow afternoon. Stingrays, ziplines, cooking classes and the long lunch, all here.
The sailing capital
Out on the water.
Antigua races yachts and parks superyachts for a reason: flat turquoise water, steady trade winds, and a reef or an empty beach an hour from anywhere. Three sails we'd book first.
Inland
Off the sand for a day.
The middle of the island is rainforest, old sugar mills and a green ridge of hills. Zip the canopy, climb to Signal Hill, or take a 4x4 down the back roads. Our three for a day out of the water.
The slow afternoon
Rum, jerk and a long lunch.
English Harbour rum straight from the still, a cooking class over jerk and pepperpot, a beach lunch that runs to sundown. The Antigua that happens at the table. Three to book hungry.
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