True Blue Bay
Clarke’s Court Bay
Hog Island
Woburn Bay
Port Louis Marina, St George’s
Snorkel the Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park
Taste rum straight from the still at River Antoine Estate
Hike to Concord Falls’ three cascades
Tour the cocoa works at Belmont Estate
Swim in the crater lake at Grand Etang
St George’s and Fort George
Gouyave
Grenville
Grand Etang National Park
Levera National Park
December through May brings the driest weather and the calmest seas for sailing up to the Grenadines. Grenada sits at the southern edge of the hurricane belt and is rarely hit directly, a reason many charter yachts base here through the June-to-November season when islands further north stand more exposed. Hurricane Ivan’s direct strike in September 2004 was the exception rather than the rule, the island’s worst storm in decades.
Maurice Bishop International Airport, on the southwest tip near True Blue and Point Salines, takes direct flights from the UK, US, Canada and around the Caribbean, making Grenada one of the more accessible bases in the Windward Islands for guests joining a yacht already in the water. Its position at the southern end of the chain also makes it a popular place to leave a yacht through the hurricane season.
True Blue Bay and Clarke’s Court Bay, both on the sheltered south coast, are the most popular overnight stops, close to the marinas and restaurants around Woburn Bay. Hog Island, just offshore, adds a laid-back, informal beach-bar scene reachable only by boat. Port Louis Marina, inside St George’s own lagoon, puts guests within walking distance of the Carenage for those who prefer a berth in town.
Three to four nights let guests properly combine a day of hiking or the Belmont Estate cocoa tour inland with time snorkelling the sculpture park and relaxing on Grand Anse. Grenada also anchors the southern end of a wider Grenadines itinerary, so many charters use it as a base to provision and clear customs before or after sailing north to Carriacou and the Tobago Cays.
Yes. Levera Beach, on the island’s northeast tip, is one of the Eastern Caribbean’s most important leatherback turtle nesting sites, with females coming ashore most nights between April and July to lay their eggs. Licensed guides run night tours during the season, keeping a respectful distance and using red light rather than white so as not to disturb the turtles. Outside nesting season, the beach and its national park remain a quiet, little-visited corner of the island.
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