New Seaborne Airlines _ Virgin Gorda 

The opening ceremony for Seaborne Airlines’ seaplane service to Virgin Gorda was held at the Captain Owen G. Harrigan Visitor Centre at Gun Creek, North Sound, Virgin Gorda, British Virgins Islands.

The Virgin Gorda facility with customs and immigration checking point will give tourists direct access to Gun Creek by the new Seaborne seaplanes scheduled to fly from Puerto Rico and St Thomas into North Sound. The inaugural flight marked the beginning of Seaborne Airlines’ direct round-trip weekend service from St. Thomas to Virgin Gorda starting Friday July 20, 2007.  It also offers ferry connections to the surrounding family friendly resorts of Bitter End Yacht Club, Biras Creek Resort and Marina, Leverick Bay Hotel & Villas rentals as well as taxi service.

A round-trip ticket from St. Thomas to Virgin Gorda will cost approximately $170. Seaborne is introducing round-trip fares as low as $99 through Aug. 5, 2007.

Seaborne Airlines serves the Virgin Islands with daily commercial flights to Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas; Christiansted; St. Croix, Old San Juan; Puerto Rico, and now weekend service to North Sound, Virgin Gorda. With two pilots and two engines, the company operates five deHavilland Twin Otter DHC-6 float planes capable of carrying 17 passengers.

Schedule:

Friday/Saturday Schedule

St. Thomas to Virgin Gorda: depart 9:45am arrive 10:10am

Virgin Gorda to St. Thomas: depart 11:00am arrive 11:25am

Sunday Schedule

St. Thomas to Virgin Gorda: depart 10:15am arrive 10:40am

Virgin Gorda to St. Thomas: depart 11:30am arrive 11:55am  

Sandy Cay Donated 

Sandy Cay is well known by day sailors from both the BVI and US Virgin Islands and visitor’s alike will be a National Park soon. 

The Executors of the Estate of the late Laurance S. Rockefeller have confirmed their intention to transfer Sandy Cay to the BVI Government under the management of the BVI National Parks Trust as a permanent protected area no later than January of 2008.

Sandy Cay is a 14-acre undeveloped island located between Tortola and Jost Van Dyke. The island has been maintained very much like a small park and is open to visitors who arrive by boat. Sandy Cay will be preserved as a combination botanic garden, nature reserve, and low-key recreational area. This will add an important dimension to the BVI’s environment, eco - tourism product. The beach is spectacularly beautiful with a white sand beach fringed by overhanging palms.

The late Laurance Rockefeller made a lifelong contribution to placing the BVI on the road to economic prosperity and environmental protection when in 1964 he completed construction of Little Dix hotel in Virgin Gorda. Later on he donated 86 acres at Sage Mountain on Tortola as the first protected in the BVI’s parks and protected areas system.

Other Rockefeller contributions to our parks system are: 260 acres at Gorda Peak, additional sites at Spring Bay, Devil’s Bay, and Fallen Jerusalen.

Specials going on … take advantage

Aldebaran Parties of less than 6 people, children under 2 yrs come free. 

Breanker $1000 off on short term bookings (confirmed within 60 days of departure)

Fantasy Island $500 discount for full week charter booked within 60 days/$1,000 discount within 30 days of departure

Quest $1,000 off on short term bookings (confirmed within 60 days of departure)

Two-if-by-Sea $500 discount on any week or longer charter during June-Dec. 15, '08, diving included.

Best Deal - Catamaran Pas de Deux Honeymoon Special: Private transfer to yacht, flowers on arrival, champagne reception, romantic sunset dinner at Anegada's most beautiful beach, private picnics on stunning, secluded beaches, and luxurious owners master cabin with walk around bed with full en-suite .     

 Yachts available for chartering in the BVI to commemorate Christmas and New Year                        Happy Holidays  

BVI is Preparing for the up coming Festival

This annual festival is also known as August Festival and is the territory’s Premier Cultural showcase with an array of activities and events.  Certainly one of the biggest events in the British Virgin Islands, the annual celebration marks the 1834 Emancipation Act which abolished slavery in the British West Indies. All the villages celebrate with festive events taking place across the island.  Visitors are in for some spectacular treats including live music, dancing, parties, tramps, panorama, costume and culture night, food fair, the Sunday morning well ceremony, Ms. BVI Queen show, the parade, aquatic sports and horse race, and August Monday parade all laced with a distinct BVI flavor. The calypso competition is hotly contested with performers competing to win the coveted crown of the Calypso King. There are also competitions to find a festival queen and festival prince and princess. Food and drinks are also important aspects of the celebrations and this is a great time to sample the delights of a Caribbean cuisine, including seafood, spiced chicken, barbecue ribs and much more.

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