Jewels of the Windward - Bequai

March 25 - April 1, 2017

It looks like we are only in Bequai, St. Vincent & The Grenadines from

8am - 2pm

What is the best to do here?

Seems like a short time ...

IMO, this is not a very interesting port. You don't need much time here. Not much in town. Go to the beach unless it's raining, as it was when we were there. We just walked around town, which is pretty small.

We were lucky and had perfect weather when we visited Bequia. It was our favourite port of call due to it being small and feeling less touristy. That being said, there were a lot of vendors with stalls along the length of the main road. Products ranged from model boats; necklaces made with bone (cow and whale) and shells; T-shirts and other clothing; bags; jams and jellies; fruit and vegetables. All the vendors we spoke to were friendly, not at all pushy and were happy to answer questions about their products. In fact, we spent a long time talking to one vendor who explained how he made the bone jewellery to us. Bequia is famous for model wooden boats, which are beautiful, but on the pricey side. If you turn left as you leave the jetty and walk towards the end of the street, you'll see an Internet cafe on your right hand side and next door to that is a store, whose sign says "water taxi" but the store holder makes model boats - it's well worth taking a peek in. If you turn to the right when leaving the jetty, you'll reach Belmont Walkway, which is a path that runs along the water's edge. There are a number of nice looking restaurants and cafes there and if you keep walking along, you will reach the footpath to the Princess Margaret beach, which we thought was lovely. The trail over to the beach involves a slight climb up, then you descend to sea level by a wooden stairway. From here, you then need to use the path immediately next to the cliff face (which was a bit uneven in places and waves do wash in over it) as the walkway is currently broken. Our voyage director said that water taxis could be taken to the beach if the trail option doesn't work for you. Princess Margaret beach had a few vendors with stalls, one of whom was renting out sun loungers and selling beers along with jewellery and clothing. As there is a lot of natural shade available on the beach, we opted to find a quiet shady spot under a tree and used our towels to lie on. The water here is crystal clear; we saw trumpet fish as we walked along Belmont Walkway. Others on the ship said there was good snorkelling accessed from the very far end of the beach. We were lucky to have a number of tall ships moored in the bay during our visit, which were great to look at from the tender on our way from and to the ship. As the town is so compact and the beach so close to it, you should be able to enjoy all that it has to offer in the time you have there.