Five Days Island Hopping the BVI by Ferry
Your British Virgin Islands Itinerary at a Glance
- Day 1 Day 1: Tortola
- Day 2 Day 2: North shore
- Day 3 Day 3: Jost Van Dyke
- Day 4 Day 4: Virgin Gorda
- Day 5 Day 5: Anegada
Where to Stay in British Virgin Islands
Perfect Pineapple Guest Houses
Small, locally owned, run by a Jost Van Dyke family.
Guavaberry Spring Bay Vacation Homes
Built into the boulder landscape, family run since 1969.
Neptune's Treasure
Waterfront rooms run by an Anegada fishing family.
What to Do in British Virgin Islands
Sage Mountain National Park
The flagship forest reserve and the highest point in the BVI and USVI, replanted with white cedar and mahogany.
HIKE BVI
A locally based guided walking operator running mangrove, forest and farm walks rather than animal attractions.
Shark Bay National Park
Coastal forest between Anderson Point and Mount Healthy, free.
Jost Van Dykes Preservation Society and the Endeavour II
A local not for profit tagging turtles, replanting mangroves and restoring coastline, which also sails a traditionally built BVI island sloop to the cays.
Sandy Cay
A 14 acre Habitat Management Area with a loop trail, cared for by that same society since 2005.
Gorda Peak National Park
Caribbean dry forest to 1,370 feet, free.
Flamingo Pond Lookout
Watch the Ramsar salt ponds from the platform, free.
Where to Eat in British Virgin Islands
Good Moon Farm
Regenerative organic, and the lowest food miles in the territory.
Your Day by Day British Virgin Islands Itinerary
Day 1: Tortola
The green centre of the territory.
Sage Mountain National Park
The flagship forest reserve and the highest point in the BVI and USVI, replanted with white cedar and mahogany. Fee status is genuinely unclear, so ring the Trust.
HIKE BVI
A locally based guided walking operator running mangrove, forest and farm walks rather than animal attractions.
Day 2: North shore
Forest to shore.
See the full day-by-day itinerary.
This is your only free pass. A free account gives you 3.
Day 3: Jost Van Dyke
The smallest inhabited island, and the best conservation story.
Day 4: Virgin Gorda
Up the peak.
Day 5: Anegada
Flat, coral, and full of birds.