The Baths National Park
Granite boulders, grottos and Devil’s Bay. The BVI’s signature landscape, protected as a park.
On land & below
Nature & history
Parks, reefs, a mail steamer on the sand, and rum that has been made in the same bay for generations.
The British Virgin Islands are a UK Overseas Territory with a Creole culture, a seafaring history, and a national park system that covers a remarkable share of the land and water. Arawak and Kalinago people were here first. Dutch and English settlers, sugar, enslaved labour, and emancipation in 1834 shape the calendar still — August Festival is not decoration. The modern economy is finance, sailing and tourism. The landscape is the reason the last two work.
Sage Mountain National Park
Highest point in the Virgin Islands. Trails through dry rainforest and a view of the entire chain.
RMS Rhone Marine Park
The 1867 wreck off Salt Island. Corals on iron, a national park you visit with a tank.
Horseshoe Reef, Anegada
One of the Caribbean’s great barrier reefs. Wrecks, lobster, and water the colour of a gemstone.
The Caves, Norman Island
Sea caves you can swim into. Pirate lore, snorkelling, and a floating bar nearby.
Callwood Rum Distillery
Centuries of rum in a stone works at Cane Garden Bay. History you can taste.