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Adventure travel Saint Kitts and Nevis are two of the most sluggish of the Caribbean, and one of the few countries in the region where agriculture rather than tourism, is still the main voice of the economy. Some believe the ideal tranquility of these islands, while others are becoming restless after a couple of days.

Most visitors arrive by plane to St Kitts, enjoying beautiful days in the inland mountainous landscape, a patchwork of sugar cane plantations that adorned the plains, hills and uneven, the salt ponds and the deep bays of the peninsula South-Eastern Europe.

Together, the two islands form the smallest country in the Western hemisphere, so you can visit the main attractions in two or three days, reserving the rest of the holiday for relaxing sunbathing.

The adventure travel: The journey by plane from the United States is currently the only possibility to reach in flight from St Kitts locations outside the Caribbean. American Airlines has daily flights between St Kitts and Miami, New York and Boston, via San Juan in Puerto Rico. Starting from Europe or Canada it should be a stop in Antigua, St Martin or San Juan. Liat the Company, based in Antigua, has daily flights between St Kitts, Antigua and St Martin. Among the airlines that serve Nevis, remember Liat (from Antigua) and Winair (from St Martin). From State of Samoa, you can fly mig Samoa to Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Cruise ships calling at Basseterre, and the yacht can moor at Basseterre and Charlestown. Who travels with pleasure craft must ask permission to visit the other berths, and a special permit to navigate between two islands.

Local transport: Renting a car is the best way to visit both islands. A St Kitts there are several agencies and some is a Charlestown and Newcastle, on the Island of Nevis. Foreigners can buy a license tour around U.S. $ 20, which is valid for one year, to recommend that you get to the fire of Basseterre, or at a police station in Nevis. In the islands drive on the left.

The bus services on St. Kitts are a discreet alternative to the car. The private minibus traveling a good part of the island, except on Frigate Bay and the southeastern peninsula. The races are cheap but they are not very reliable and there are no fixed hours, the buses are usually filled with early morning and late afternoon. In Nevis, there is a line that runs around the perimeter of the island, and races are irregular. If you want to visit Nevis on the day, we recommend you take a taxi.

To move between the islands it’s best to take the state ferry passengers Caribe Queen, in service between St Kitts and Nevis five days a week, which makes a stop in downtown Basseterre and Charlestown. The ferry journey takes about 45 minutes and allows you to admire a beautiful landscape of both islands.

The other means of transport to travel between St Kitts and Nevis is the plane. Liat has several daily flights between St Kitts and Nevis, and there is even an airplane propeller that a shuttle service is about ten times a day. The Bradshaw Airport to St Kitts is located at the northern outskirts of Basseterre, while the Nevis Airport is immediately west of Newcastle, north of the island. Taxis are waiting at the airport.

Charlestown: Despite being the largest town and commercial Nevis, Charlestown is very quiet and has a nice group of colonial buildings, many of which now house museums that will give you an idea of local history. The Museum of Nevis History is housed in a Georgian style building, where it was born in 1757 the American diplomat Alexander Hamilton, in addition to the portraits of Hamilton, the museum displays vintage photographs and other material on the culture and history of Nevis. All Horatio Nelson Museum is celebrating another important character Committee: Nelson made a stopover Nevis during the years 1780-90, fell to the governor’s nephew and married, and the collection of this museum includes glasses and plates painted with the image of Nelson, a ceramic statue of Admiral and some object of everyday life that it belonged.
A short walk in a southerly direction from the center is a small and neglected Jewish cemetery, with a field of horizontal gravestones, the oldest of which date to 1684 while others are from the early’700, when it is estimated that 25% population free of Nevis was Jewish. The Bath House, 15 minutes walk in a southerly direction from the center of Charlestown, is a former hotel built in 1778 of over a thermal spring. Considered curative, mineral waters were the main attraction of the island in colonial times, when wealthy visitors were here to take a bath.

Pinney’s Beach : The beach of soft white sand of Pinney’s Beach stretches for several miles along the coast north of Charleston, and is an ideal place to take a walk barefoot. The beach, hemmed for almost its entire length by coconut palms, it offers beautiful views of St Kitts, on the other side of the channel. The complex of Fort Ashby, which was built around 1702, overlooks the beach and is the last of the eight small fortresses that once stood along the coast north of Charlestown, does not that just a few ruins remain, a few cannon and some sections of the reconstructed walls. There was also Jamestown, the first settlement on the island that was erased by a flood tide during the earthquake of 1680.

Saint Kitts And Nevis when to go: In St Kitts it is hot all year and temperatures rarely fall below 27 ° C at night, it is unusual for more than 30 ° C during the day. Since the rates of tourist services are higher in high season (from December to February), the best time to visit the islands is the low season (ie from June to August), but do not forget that if you intend to reach other Caribbean destinations, some of this summer are much warmer St Kitts and Nevis.

Festivals and events: The most important festival of St Kitts is the carnival, which lasts one week from 24 December to 2 January and is celebrated with calypso competitions, dancing in the streets in costumed bands and percussion. During the last week of June, the St Kitts Music Festival draws to four days of famous musicians Soca, salsa and jazz coming from every corner of the Caribbean. The Culturama Nevis duration of one week, from late June to early August, and features musical events, craft fairs, parades and cultural events.