Top Things to Do in the Caribbean
From pink-sand beaches to steaming volcanoes, by theme.
Beaches
Seven Mile Beach, Negril
Jamaica's longest beach: calm water, reggae bars and sunset every evening.
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Eagle Beach
A wide, soft white beach with Aruba's famous windswept fofoti trees.
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Pink Sands Beach, Harbour Island
Three miles of soft pink-tinted sand off Eleuthera.
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Grace Bay Beach
Powder-white sand and calm water protected by a barrier reef.
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Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman
A long, calm crescent of sand with snorkelling at Cemetery Reef.
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Trunk Bay, St John
A national-park beach with an underwater snorkel trail.
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Magens Bay, St Thomas
A sheltered heart-shaped bay and St Thomas' favourite beach.
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Maho Beach
Jets roar a few metres overhead on final approach.
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Shoal Bay East, Anguilla
A day trip by ferry to one of the Caribbean's best beaches.
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Grand Anse Beach
Two miles of soft sand facing St George's.
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Pigeon Point, Tobago
Tobago's iconic thatched jetty, calm lagoon and boats to Buccoo Reef.
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Horseshoe Bay Beach
Bermuda's famous pink-sand crescent.
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Dunn's River Falls
Climb 180 metres of terraced limestone cascades hand-in-hand with a guide.
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Blue Mountains
Misty peaks, coffee estates and a pre-dawn hike to Jamaica's highest point.
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Harrison's Cave
A tram ride through crystalline limestone caverns, streams and waterfalls.
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Bathsheba & the Soup Bowl
Giant boulders, Atlantic surf and a world-famous reef break on Barbados' east coast.
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Arikok National Park
Desert landscapes, cave drawings and the Natural Pool on Aruba's wild side.
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Washington Slagbaai National Park
Flamingo lakes, blowholes and remote dive sites in Bonaire's north.
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The Pitons
Saint Lucia's twin volcanic spires and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Sulphur Springs
The 'drive-in volcano': steaming vents and warm mud baths.
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El Yunque National Forest
The only tropical rainforest in the US National Forest System.
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Viñales Valley
Tobacco farms among dramatic limestone mogotes.
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Mount Pelée
Martinique's highest point, and the volcano that buried Saint-Pierre.
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La Soufrière, Guadeloupe
An active volcano and the highest peak in the Lesser Antilles.
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Boiling Lake
A flooded fumarole reached by one of the Caribbean's toughest hikes.
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Morne Trois Pitons National Park
UNESCO-listed rainforest with waterfalls, lakes and hot springs.
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Rose Hall Great House
A restored 1770s Georgian plantation house near Montego Bay, with a ghost legend.
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Willemstad & the Handelskade
UNESCO-listed pastel waterfront and the swinging Queen Emma Bridge.
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Castillo San Felipe del Morro
The 16th-century citadel guarding the entrance to San Juan Bay.
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Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo
The first European city in the Americas, with its oldest cathedral.
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Old Havana
Colonial plazas, vintage cars and live music in a UNESCO-listed old town.
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Nelson's Dockyard
A restored Georgian naval dockyard and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Shirley Heights Lookout
Sunday sunset with steel pan over English Harbour.
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Tulum Ruins
A walled Maya port city on a cliff above the Caribbean.
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Chichén Itzá
The great pyramid of El Castillo, a New Seven Wonder of the World.
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Southernmost Point, Key West
The striped buoy claiming '90 miles to Cuba'.
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Cartagena Walled City
Colonial walls, flower-draped balconies and sunset on the ramparts.
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Mosquito Bay, Vieques
One of the brightest bioluminescent bays in the world.
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Saona Island
Palm-lined beaches and a shallow natural pool with starfish.
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Exuma Cays & Swimming Pigs
Sandbars, the famous swimming pigs and the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park.
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Stingray City
Stand waist-deep among wild southern stingrays.
Read guide →The Baths, Virgin Gorda
Wade through granite grottoes to Devil's Bay.
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Molinere Underwater Sculpture Park
An artificial reef of statues in clear, shallow water.
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Great Blue Hole
A 300-metre-wide marine sinkhole on Lighthouse Reef.
Read guide →Book experiences
Boat days, snorkelling and guided hikes across the islands.
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