The Caribbean Islands

 

Travelling to the VIRGIN ISLANDS:
For a charter starting in Tortola, the most convenient option is to arrive in Tortola via San Juan, Puerto Rico. Alternatively a less expensive option but a longer travelling time is to arrive in St. Thomas and take a ferry to Tortola.

 

The ferry ride is 45 minutes and costs about $50 return per person. The ferries run several times daily from approximately 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, starting in Charlotte Amalie or Red Hook, St. Thomas and landing in West End or Road town, Tortola. Ferry reservations are not necessary.

In order to take the ferry the same day as your flight, you should arrive in St. Thomas before 3:00 pm. In case your only flight option is to arrive later than 3:00 pm, we suggest making hotel reservations in St. Thomas and taking a ferry the following morning to Tortola. If you are planning on leaving the same day that your charter ends we suggest a flight time of 2PM or after. Another option is that you can fly into St Thomas and out of Tortola or visa versa.

It is not possible to take a ferry from Tortola to St. Thomas for an early morning flight leaving from St. Thomas.

The ferries operating between St. Thomas and Tortola are Smith's Ferry, Tortola Fast Ferry and Native Son Ferry.

Tortola airport: Beef Island code EIS: American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Bristish Airways and Continental Airlines.
St. Thomas airport: Cyril E King code STT: American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Bristish Airways, Delta and United.
Martinique airport: Fort-deFrance code FDF: Air France, American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, KLM or Air Caraibes.

Guadeloupe airport: Pointe-A-Pitre code PTP: Air France, American Airlines or Air Caraibes.
Saint Martin airport: Princess Juliana SXM:
Air France, Airst.maarten or Air Caraibes. More info...

Caribbean Leeward Islands:

The Leeward Islands are the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles chain of islands, part of the West Indies. They are situated where the Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean.

U.S. Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix, Water Island (US)
British Virgin Islands: Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke (UK)
Anguilla (UK)
Saint Martin/Sint Maarten (Fr./Neth.)
Saint-Barthélemy (Fr.)
Saba (Neth.)
Sint Eustatius (Neth.)
Saint Kitts
Nevis
Barbuda
Antigua
Redonda
Montserrat (UK)
Guadeloupe (Fr.)

 

 

Caribbean Virgin Islands:

The Virgin Islands are the eastern island group of the Leeward Islands, which are the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, which form the border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

Caribbean Windward Islands:


The Windward Islands are the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles. The Windward Islands are called such because they were more windward to sailing ships arriving in the New World than the Leeward Islands, given that the prevailing trade winds in the West Indies blow east to west.

Barbados
Martinique (an overseas department of France)
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent
Grenadines
Grenada
Trinidad and Tobago

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