White beaches
Long and empty.
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Barbuda is Antigua's sister island, flat and quiet, about 48 km to the north, covering about 160 square kilometres. It has long, empty white beaches, the wide Codrington Lagoon in the west and the rocky Barbuda Highlands plateau in the east. Wandering hunter-fishers lived here 3,000 to 4,000 years ago, followed by the Arawak and Kalinago. The English colonised it in 1666 and leased it to the Codrington family in 1685. After slavery was abolished in 1834, the land stayed in the islanders' shared ownership. In September 2017 Hurricane Irma destroyed more than 90 percent of its buildings and everyone was evacuated, and the people have since returned. Its only town is Codrington. You walk white beaches with hardly anyone on them and climb a path into the Highlands, with rocky cliffs, caves and wide sea views. The great lagoon holds a frigate bird colony that people visit by boat with a guide. Barbuda is 58 km in a straight line north of St John's, reached by ferry or small plane. Walking is free. Services are few, so book transport and lodging ahead and carry water.
Long and empty.
Cliffs and caves.
In the great lagoon.
Barbuda island, about 48 km north of Antigua
By ferry or small plane from Antigua.
No, so book ahead and carry water.