Spanish Point
Coco Point
River Wharf
Gravesnor Bay
Palmetto Point
Take a boat through Codrington Lagoon to the frigatebird colony
Explore the stalactite caves at Two Foot Bay
Climb the ruins of the Martello Tower at River Fort
Swim the pink sand along Princess Diana Beach
Descend into Darby’s Cave, a sunken rainforest sinkhole
Codrington
Highland House
Two Foot Bay National Park
Darby’s Cave
Codrington Lagoon National Park
December through April brings the driest, calmest weather and the clearest views of the frigatebird colony, which nests from September through March. Atlantic hurricane season runs June to November, and Barbuda, low-lying and fully exposed with no high ground to break a storm, is particularly vulnerable, as Hurricane Irma showed in 2017. Outside that window, the island’s shallow leeward water stays calm for swimming most of the year.
Burton-Nibbs International Airport, which opened in October 2024 with a 6,100-foot runway roughly four times longer than the old Codrington strip it replaced, now takes light jets and turboprops direct from Antigua and beyond. Most charter guests still arrive by boat, a crossing of around ninety minutes from Antigua, or fly into Antigua’s V.C. Bird International and join their yacht already anchored off the island.
Coco Point, on the sheltered southern tip, offers the calmest water and some of the healthiest coral along the coast. River Wharf and the beaches near it give the easiest dinghy access into Codrington for provisioning or a meal ashore. In a genuine blow, Spanish Point on the northeast corner can provide a more protected alternative, though it lies a longer tender ride from the village.
One or two days suits most itineraries, enough for a boat trip through Codrington Lagoon to the frigatebird colony, a walk or swim along Princess Diana Beach, and perhaps an afternoon exploring the caves at Two Foot Bay. With so little built infrastructure and few restaurants outside Codrington, most charter guests treat Barbuda as a striking detour from Antigua rather than a multi-day base.
Largely, yes. The Category 5 storm destroyed more than ninety percent of the island’s buildings in September 2017 and forced a complete evacuation, the first time in roughly three centuries Barbuda stood entirely empty. Codrington has since been substantially rebuilt, the population has grown past two thousand, and a new international airport opened in 2024, though some structures beyond the main town still show the storm’s scars.
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