At 350,000 euros per week with Montserrat on the Leeward Islands circuit, a small group of 75 to 90 metre megayachts brings the depth of onboard resource that transforms a visit to the Caribbean most unusual island into something on a completely different scale from a conventional charter. The helicopter is standard. The dive programme covers volcanic terrain unavailable to recreational dive boats. The crew of sixteen to twenty manages the full programme across seven nights of island-hopping.
Montserrat Little Bay anchorage is the expedition pivot point of the itinerary. The helicopter departs from the sundeck for the Soufriere Hills overflight, tracking the ash flows from the 1995 and 1997 eruptions toward the south coast, the dome itself visible through the haze at the summit of the volcanic complex. The return leg circles the northern green zone, revealing the lush contrast between the living island above the exclusion zone and the grey volcanic landscape below.
The dive programme at Montserrat covers volcanic ash terrain and fringing reef in a combination unavailable in any other Leeward Islands location. The northern coast dive sites at Rendezvous Bluff and around Little Bay offer good visibility and fish life in a context that the eastern Caribbean dive circuit rarely provides.
The advance provisioning allowance runs to approximately 100,000 euros for the full circuit, with helicopter fuel and permit costs for the Montserrat overflight among the primary variables.
