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British Virgin Islands

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The easiest sailing in the world, and granite boulders the size of houses

The BVI exist for sailing. The Sir Francis Drake Channel runs between Tortola and a chain of islands strung along its southern side, so the water is sheltered, the next anchorage is always visible, and the navigation is line-of-sight. It is the busiest bareboat charter ground on earth for exactly those reasons.

On land the signature is The Baths on Virgin Gorda — granite boulders the size of small buildings tumbled into the sea, forming grottoes and tidal pools you scramble through rather than walk around. The territory took a severe hit from Hurricane Irma in 2017 and has rebuilt; the charter fleet is back to full strength.

To najlepšie

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The Baths, Virgin Gorda

Granite boulders piled into caves and pools at the water's edge. Arrive before ten or after four; the middle of the day belongs to the day boats.

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Bareboat sailing

Sheltered water, short hops and moorings everywhere. A week here is the standard introduction to chartering for a reason.

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The wreck of the Rhone

A Royal Mail steamer sunk in the 1867 hurricane off Salt Island, in 6–25 m of water — one of the great Caribbean dives.

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Jost Van Dyke

White Bay, the Soggy Dollar Bar and a permanent population under three hundred. The original beach-bar island.

Kedy ísť

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IdeálDobréVyhnúť sa

janDry, steady trades, peak charter season.

febThe best sailing conditions of the year.

marDry and breezy; BVI Spring Regatta.

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Koľko to stojí

Deň v krajine British Virgin Islands

Pohodlne · vzorový deň

Roti at a local spot11
Painkiller cocktail9
Guesthouse double, Tortola140
Ferry Tortola–Virgin Gorda, one way25
Car hire, per day60
Mooring ball, per night35
Two-tank dive on the Rhone120
Denný rozpočet€190

≈ $205

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Charter rates roughly halve between June and November, which is also when the weather is least reliable. The Spring Regatta week is the busiest of the year.

Aktualizované 8/2026 · Editorial synthesis — BVI charter and ferry tariffs, mooring fees (2025–2026) · spoľahlivosť stredná

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Regióny, ktoré treba poznať

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Tortola

Road Town, the charter bases, Cane Garden Bay and the ridge road.

Virgin Gorda

The Baths, Gorda Peak and the North Sound anchorages.

Jost Van Dyke

White Bay, the beach bars and the Bubbly Pool.

Anegada

The one coral island, ringed by reef, famous for lobster and flamingos.

The Drake Channel islands

Norman, Peter, Salt and Cooper — anchorages, the Rhone and the Willy T.

Praktický sprievodca

Ako sa tam dostať

Beef Island (EIS) takes regional flights only; most visitors fly into St Thomas or San Juan and take the ferry, which needs the US entry permission for the transit.

Doprava po krajine

Inter-island ferries are frequent and cheap. On Tortola, taxis and hire cars; on the water, your own boat.

Peniaze a ceny

US dollar. Cards on Tortola and Virgin Gorda, cash on the smaller islands.

Bezpečnosť

Low crime. Sailing hazards and sun exposure are the real risks.

Zdravie

A hospital in Road Town; serious cases go to Puerto Rico or Miami. Evacuation cover matters here more than most places.

SIM a internet

Reasonable 4G on the main islands, patchy at anchor.

Šoférovanie

Strana jazdy
Vľavo
Rýchlostné limity
32 / 48 / 48 km/h · 20 / 30 / 30 mph · mesto / mimo mesta / diaľnica
Medzinárodný vodičák (IDP)
Nevyžaduje sa · A temporary BVI licence is issued by the rental firm on presentation of a home licence.
Alkohol za volantom
0.08 %
Mýto
None.
Svetlá
Not required by day.
Detské sedačky
Required for young children.

Tortola's roads are extremely steep — gradients over 20 per cent are common — and most hire cars are automatics for that reason. Take the ridge road slowly in rain.

Pravidlá sa menia — pred prenájmom over v oficiálnom zdroji.

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British Virgin Islands
Pas platný 6+ mesiacov po návrate
Víza
Medzinárodný vodičákNevyžaduje sa
Zdravie a očkovaniaA hospital in Road Town; serious cases go to Puerto Rico or Miami.
Peniaze a kartyUS dollar. Cards on Tortola and Virgin Gorda, cash on the smaller islands.
Dáta a pripojenieReasonable 4G on the main islands, patchy at anchor.

Časté otázky

Do I need to sail to enjoy the BVI?

No, but the territory is built around boats and the land-based options are limited to Tortola and Virgin Gorda. Day charters and the inter-island ferries cover most of what a sailing week would.

Is it recovered from Irma?

Yes in the essentials — charter fleets, ferries, restaurants and most hotels have been operating for years. A few properties never reopened, and the landscape still shows it in places.

Can I hop to the US Virgin Islands?

Ferries run to St Thomas and St John in about half an hour, but it is an international crossing: you clear US immigration on arrival, which means an ESTA or US visa for anyone who needs one.