The Grenadines are made up of a cluster of islands belonging to St Vincent. To maximise your sailing holiday onboard Pacific Wave and enjoy more time exploring these beautiful islands, it is better to take an island hopper flight to Bequia, Union Island or Mustique where you can join Pacific Wave. This way you can enjoy 7 days of cruising these lovely islands and eliminate the long 6–8 hour sail from Grenada.
You can enjoy cruising Bequia, Mustique, Union Island, the famous Tobago Cays, Mayreau and Petite St Vincent and Palm Island.
Each island is completely different and Tobago Cays is uninhabited. Here you can swim with turtles in seas that have travelled 2,500 miles from Africa, and only the reef separates you and the Atlantic Ocean.
Mustique is renowned for the rich and famous that own villas on this tiny private island. Enjoy lunch ashore at the Cotton House and you may be lucky to be joined by Guinness, Mick Jagger’s dog. The famous nightspot is Basils Bar that overlooks the anchorage where Pacific Wave will be moored. Basil’s is famous for impromptu parties when famous musicians pop in for the evening. Mick Jagger, Robbie Williams & the late David Bowie own villas on this manicured island. The best way to see the whole island is to hire a Mule, a motorised Golf Cart, that you can drive around the island and explore the beautiful less accessible beaches and view the luxury villas.
Bequia has a turtle sanctuary you can visit by local taxi. We can arrange this for you during a crewed charter yacht vacation in the Grenadines. Old Hegg Turtle Sanctuary has been helping Hawksbill Turtles for nearly 30 years. The island is also blessed with magnificent white sandy beaches. Pacific Wave will anchor off the stunning Princess Margaret Beach, named after the Queen of England’s late sister, who used to visit this beach when holidaying on the neighboring island of Mustique. You can stroll down the main high street in Port Elizabeth a small single lane track that has beachfront on one side and shops and vegetable stalls on the other side. Eventually, you will come to the fish and vegetable market where local traders gather to sell their produce.
Union Island – visit Janti’s Happy Island built by the ex Minister of Tourism who wanted to clean up Clifton Harbour that was littered with empty conch shells. Jonti took them offshore onto the reef and started to pile them up, until he had his own island where he serves his famous rum punch. Chatham Bay on Union Island is a lovely crescent-shaped beach with a few local beach bars where you can enjoy a sunset beer or cocktail.
Palm Island is a tiny private island located just off Union Island. This is a good spot to visit for lunch ashore.
Mayreau is a tiny island located just south of Tobago Cays. Here we anchor in Saline Bay and you can walk up the hill through the tiny village to the beautiful church, where you have stunning panoramic views of Tobago Cays and Union Island.
Petit St Vincent (PSV) is another private island with a luxury boutique resort located on it. This is a good location for dinner ashore off the yacht.
For guests not wishing to fly into the Grenadines we can offer a pickup and drop-off from Grenada. From here you will have a 6-8 hour open-water sail between Grenada and The Grenadines.
Take advantage of your visit to Grenada otherwise known as ‘Spice Isle’ and explore this beautiful lush tropical oasis for several days prior to the commencement of your charter onboard Pacific Wave. This island is blessed with numerous waterfalls, lakes, turtle nesting sites, the most amazing spice market and just about every tropical fruit and flower that you can imagine. This Caribbean island is famous for it’s locally grown Nutmeg, Mace and Cocoa. It now has four boutique chocolate manufacturers on the island, as well as numerous Rum distilleries. Rivers Rum still uses the old equipment dating back over 150 years and uses the energy from the waterwheel to power the sugar cane crush to start off the Rum making process. Grenada is a great island to explore for several days pre or post a Grenadines skippered yacht charter.
Day One: Union Island board Pacific Wave in the anchorage of Clifton Harbour
Day Two: Union Island to Tobago Cays
Day Three: Tobago Cays to Bequia
Day Four: Bequia – visit the turtle sanctuary
Day Five: Bequia to Mustique
Day Six: Mustique to Petit St Vincent
Day Seven: Petit St Vincent to Chatham Bay, Union Island
Day Eight: Chatman Bay to Clifton Harbour for disembarkation
Day One: Board Pacific Wave at Port Louis Marina Grenada
Day Two: After breakfast sail to Tyrrell Bay Carriacou – Grenada Grenadines
Day Three: Carriacou to Union Island – clear in with Customs & Immigration St Vincent & the Grenadines
Day Four: Union Island to Tobago Cays
Day Five: Tobago Cays to Mayreau
Day Six: Mayreau to Palm Island – afternoon sail to Union Island and clear out with Customs & Immigration SVG
Day Seven: Union Island to Port Louis Marina Grenada
Day Eight: Clear in with Grenada Customs & Immigration – depart Pacific Wave
Our Caribbean crewed yacht charters are usually for the duration of 7 nights; however shorter periods are available as are longer durations, all subject to availability at the time of your charter enquiry. Pacific Wave is based in the Grenadines and available for charter between 11–31 July and 18–31 October annually. For dates throughout August and September please enquire.
For yacht charters throughout the period 1 November to 10 July annually, Pacific Wave is available for charter in the beautiful British Virgin Islands.