White House Bay, Saint Kitts
Friars Bay, Saint Kitts
Cockleshell Bay, Saint Kitts
Pinney’s Beach, Nevis
Oualie Beach, Nevis
Tour Brimstone Hill Fortress
Hike Mount Liamuiga to the crater rim
Snorkel the wreck at White House Bay
Ride the St. Kitts Scenic Railway
Soak in Nevis’s hot springs at the Bath Hotel
Romney Manor & Caribelle Batik, Saint Kitts
Wingfield Estate, Saint Kitts
Alexander Hamilton Museum, Charlestown
Nisbet Plantation, Nevis
Timothy Hill Overlook, Saint Kitts
The dry season from mid-December to April brings the most settled trade winds and calmest passages between the two islands. Hurricane season runs June through November, peaking in September, though both islands sit slightly outside the most active part of the storm belt further north. Whichever month you sail, pack for warm, humid weather year-round, with slightly cooler, breezier conditions from December to March.
Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport (SKB) at Basseterre, on Saint Kitts, is the main gateway, with direct flights from the US, Canada and the UK. Nevis has its own small Vance W. Amory International Airport (NEV), served mostly by short inter-island hops, so most charter guests fly into Saint Kitts and either sail or take the passenger ferry across The Narrows to reach Nevis.
White House Bay, on Saint Kitts’ south-east peninsula, is generally considered the best-protected anchorage on the island and sits over the wreck of a sunken tug good for a snorkel. On Nevis, Pinney’s Beach offers a long, calm roadstead close to Charlestown, while Oualie Beach on the island’s north-west shore gives more shelter when the wind swings further north.
Four to five days covers both islands comfortably: a couple of nights on each side of The Narrows, time to visit Brimstone Hill and climb toward Mount Liamuiga’s crater rim, and a quieter day or two at anchor off Nevis. It also combines easily with neighbouring islands such as Saint Barts or Antigua for a longer two-week itinerary.
Nevis holds Culturama each late July into early August, a summer festival that’s run since 1974 with calypso and string-band competitions, food fairs and a final parade through Charlestown timed to bring home Nevisians who’ve moved abroad. Saint Kitts answers with its own National Carnival, known locally as Sugar Mas, which runs from mid-December through early January rather than before Lent as in much of the Caribbean.
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