Sports and Activities

If fishing or sports are your thing, or you want to keep the kids entertainted, Tortola and the surrounding islands have not only the highest number of Blue Marlin strikes per day of anywhere in the World but also arguably the best snorkling and scuba surroundings and fantastic surf, mountain biking and kayaking terrain as well.

Combine this with a wealth of trained instructors in many watersports and some of the best surf in the Carribean and you have the perfect environment for any balance of fun and relaxarion.

Mountain Biking / Kayaking

For the mountain biking enthusiast Tortola offers a variety of terrain. The searoad from Road Town to West End provides 10 miles of flat roads with a view of the surrounding islands along Drakes Channel. The British Virgin Islands offer ideal conditions for the beginner and intermediate kayaker. The water is warm and safe, the winds are a fairly constant 15 knots, while numerous bays, beaches and islands make up the natural, beautiful surroundings.

Waterskiing / Wakeboarding

Waterskiing, wakeboarding, inflatible donuts - when you charter a yacht and a hard bottom rib with an autoboard motor, a whole world of fun is opened up to you.

Scuba Diving and Snorkling

The BVI can claim over 100 dives sites that are well worth an underwater visit. Whilst the Islands cannot claim to be the greatest destination for wall or drift diving, its does have sites full of the most stunningly colourful coral gardens, canyons, tunnels, caverns, grottos, and shipwrecks teaming with underwater life of every size and kind.

Surfing / Windsurfing

Surfing in the Virgin Islands is some of the best in the world, with Long Bay on Tortola being home to the Red Stripe Surf Series Surfing Competition in Apple Bay.