British Virgin Islands

After our 3 flights yesterday, We finally made it to the BVI. The 3rd flight was the coolest flight, aboard Cape Air Cessna 402. The aircraft only seats 9 passengers.

Take-off from St. Thomas, USVI

After our short 20min flight, we landed at Beef Island (Tortola), BVI and got a taxi to BVI Yacht Charters to board our Lagoon 46 Catamaran named MyElli

The British Virgin Islands are made of 60 islands and cays. The 4 main islands are Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Jost Van Dyke, and Anegada. The main Island is Tortola, with the capital of Road Town.

By Hogweard - British Virgin Islands in regions.svg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52454166

Once we set sail today, our first stop was Virgin Gorda and a visit to The Baths. The Baths is a beach area on the island about 1.2 miles south off Spanish Town at the southern tip of the island between Spring Bay and Devil's Bay. The Baths is an area of unique geologic formations and one of the BVI's major tourist destinations.

Although volcanism accounts for much of the Virgin Islands, The Baths was formed by granite that eroded into piles of boulders on the beach. Granite forms from the slow cooling of magma at depth nowhere close to surface volcanoes. The granite only appears at the surface after geologic ages have eroded away all the overburden covering it. Once exposed, erosion continued to isolate the granite into large boulders and round their surfaces. The boulders form natural tidal pools, tunnels, arches, and scenic grottoes that are open to the sea. The largest boulders are about 40 feet long.

Since 1990, the area has been a BVI National Park as are the adjacent bays, and the area is a major tourist attraction, with swimming and snorkeling being the main attractions.