Jost Van Dyke Resort, British Virgin Islands Vacations, Honeymoons and Luxury Travel Packages 

Jost Van Dyke is about four miles long and boasts several lovely beaches and picturesque Great Harbour, with its beach-side West Indian village. Jost Van Dyke is very popular watering hole with sailors on its southern shore, including Foxy's Tamarind Bar on the beach is a cultural center and a fun place to hang out.  Foxy's New Years Eve Party in the most popular in the Caribbean but fills up with rafted yachts.

Jost Van Dyke has fewer than 200 inhabitants, and they are widely known as a welcoming people. The island's name conjures up its rich, colorful past. Jost Van Dyke is said to have been named for an early Dutch settler, a former pirate. Although it measures just four miles by three, with the highest point at 1,054 feet, this rugged island has been home to many people, including the Arawak Indians, Caribs, Dutch, Africans, and British.

At Great Harbour, Little Harbour, and White Bay there are safe, protected anchorages and un spoilt beaches shaded with coconut palms and sea grape trees. Discover inviting restaurants, bars, and small shops selling local treasures. For lunch there are barbecues, West Indian rotis, flying fish sandwiches, grilled fresh fish, and lobster. Club Paradise is famous for its conch stew and barbecued ribs. Happy Laury's Snack Bar is known for its pig roasts and honey-dipped chicken. And the Soggy Dollar Bar and Gertrude's in White Bay are renowned for drinks made with the island's famous rum, frosty beers, and tales of pirates and sunken treasure. Parties here are legendary, especially at Foxy's. This bar and its owner are known to travelers from around the world for the New Year's Eve and Halloween parties, when Great Harbour fills up with yachts. The "Painkiller," one of the most famous cocktails in the Caribbean, was invented at The Soggy Dollar Bar. Explore Jost Van Dyke's history in the vegetation-covered ruins of centuries-old sugar mills, or on the old trails that crisscross the island. William Thornton, architect of the U.S. Capitol Building, was born on Jost Van Dyke, and John Lettsome, founder of the London Medical Society, was born on neighboring Little Jost.

In the autumn and winter, observe whales and dolphins from a peaceful hilltop, or visit the East End of the island, where you can relax in the natural jacuzzi formed by the foaming seas. Little Jost and Sandy Cay are a short boat ride away, and on nearby Great Tobago you'll find extraordinary and advanced dive sites, and a marine sanctuary that shelters a nesting colony of magnificent frigate birds.

Jost Van Dyke is accessible by boat or ferry. Accommodations are available at several small hotels and simple beach side cottages, or stay at a campground at White Bay or Tula's. Whether staying on land or lying at anchor, you're sure to go home with many memories of this unforgettable island.

Activities on Jost Van Dyke: sailing, swimming, sunbathing, snorkeling, shopping, sampling island cuisine, hiking, visiting historic ruins.

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Jost Van Dyke is the perfect place for serenity, peace and relaxation in this time of world stress, instability and anxiety. Come to a place where the world was 75 years ago. Where residents never lock their doors and keys are left in the ignitions of the few cars that are on the island; where you can walk on the beach at night and feel completely safe; where you can walk up and talk to anyone, anytime and anyplace; where you can be casual, in dress and attitude all day and night; where there are inexpensive restaurants with great food and wonderful entertainment; where the water is so blue and beautiful, you'll feel nothing but peacefulness in being in a place so stunning and serene. A place that has been long forgotten in our minds, but not in our hearts, a place that is only a few hours away! You will rejoice in just being alive!

Experience the Virgin Islands and the Caribbean as it was 75 years ago. Come and see what St. John used to be.

There are good scuba diving and snorkeling sites around Jost Van Dyke that team with colorful tropical fish, barracuda, reef squid, large tarpon and numerous coral gardens.

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