At 200,000 euros per week, a Montserrat charter opens with a 50 to 58 metre superyacht whose beach club, spa pool and professional crew of eight transform the island visit into a luxury expedition: the volcanic drama of the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean experienced from one of the most comfortable private yachts operating in the Leeward Islands season.
Montserrat sits naturally at the centre of the Leeward Islands chain, roughly equidistant between Antigua to the south-east and Guadeloupe to the south-west, and within a manageable overnight passage of St Barts and Nevis. A superyacht at this level uses Little Bay anchorage off Montserrat as the expedition base for the island excursions, deploying the RIB tender for shore access and the dive equipment for the volcanic ash terrain dive sites off the northern coast.
The Volcano Observatory visit gives the charter party a briefing on the current activity and the history of the 1995 eruption. A four-wheel-drive excursion through the northern hills passes through the lush tropical forest that covers two-thirds of the island above the exclusion zone. The views toward Plymouth from the exclusion zone viewpoint at Jack Boy Hill are genuinely unlike anything else in the Caribbean.
The advance provisioning allowance adds approximately 60,000 euros for the full Leeward Islands circuit, with the Montserrat leg adding modest provisioning costs through the local suppliers at Little Bay and the marina at the main pier.
