Barbuda Island Codrington
Antigua & Barbuda
Frequently Asked Questions
Nowhere : there is no terminal. Ships anchor off the west coast and tenders land passengers near Codrington, the island's only village. Only modest sized ships call here, a handful each season.
Low houses, quiet streets where goats and donkeys wander freely, street kitchens serving grilled lobster and the morning's catch. The village takes less than an hour to walk.
By local boat, on the protected lagoon behind the village, the heart of Codrington National Park. The crossing takes about twenty minutes and the boatmen approach within a few metres of the nests, engine off. Book as soon as you come ashore.
November through April, when the males inflate their scarlet throat pouches to attract females. The lagoon's mangroves shelter one of the largest frigatebird colonies in the world, with thousands of birds year round.
On the southwest coast, between Palmetto Point and Spanish Point : nearly thirteen kilometres of pink tinged sand. The colour comes from tiny shell fragments ground by the surf and deepens at the water's edge.
A stretch of the pink shoreline renamed in 2011 in memory of the princess's stay there in 1990. You can walk it for a long time without meeting anyone.
Almost none. Bring water, a hat and sunscreen, and treat the emptiness as a privilege. Shade and shops are essentially non existent along the shore.
A squat watchtower raised by the British in the early 19th century to guard the old landing place. It now overlooks a landscape of scrub, low dunes and open sea, on the south of the island.
Yes. Businesses that take cards remain rare. The currency is the East Caribbean dollar and the official language is English.
Largely. In 2017 Irma forced the complete evacuation of the island; residents came back and rebuilt, board by board. That recent history still shows on some facades, and in the quiet pride of the people.
