St. John Activities

Numerous and Diverse Activities

Activities available to guests of St. John villas are numerous and diverse. Most every visitor will spend some time on St. John’s world-renowned beaches, which are all public but some can be difficult to get to. Try Hawksnest or neighboring Gibney Beach (a.k.a. "Little Hawksnest") on the North Shore, Cinnamon Bay or Trunk Bay. Maho Beach, with its calm, shallow waters, is a great beach for kids.

The National Park (340-776-6201, http://www.nps.gov/viis/) offers guided trail tours. Carolina Corral in Coral Bay (340-693-5778) offers horseback riding and donkey trail rides. The watersports operators are too plentiful to list here; if snorkeling, sailing, scuba or sportfishing are your pleasure, you should have no trouble finding a company to take you.

To get the most from your St. John vacation, plan your trip to coincide with one of the island’s festivals. St. John’s version of Carnival is held every July in conjunction with Independence Day festivities. Every Thanksgiving, St. John plays host to the Coral Bay Thanksgiving Regatta, a unique one-day sailing event that attracts a diverse group of seamen