DESTINATIONS ST KITTS CARIBBEAN
w SEASIDE PLAY: Located on the tip of St Kitts’ remote southern peninsula, Cockleshell Bay is an outpost of fun. From a hut on the sand, St Kitts Watersports offers an abundance of activities including paddleboarding, kite surfing, fly boarding, jet skiing, powered paragliding and waterskiing. Book clients a rental or lesson and get 10% travel agent commission.
stkittswatersports.com PAUSE: Frigate Bay is the ultimate spot for beach bums. Also known as The Strip, this long stretch of soft sand gently shelves into the Caribbean Sea making it ideal for a dip. It’s lined with beach bars and restaurants serving up everything from burgers and fried chicken to lobster, so there’s no need to leave the beach when hunger strikes. Come sundown, DJs and steel bands play, so you can have a beer and a boogie without having to go back to your hotel to change.
w PEOPLE PLAY: With its bustle of shops, market stalls, churches and leafy Independence Square, the capital Basseterre is a great place to get an insight into Kittitian life. Spend a morning or afternoon checking out the period architecture, the National Museum and Art Gallery Cafe, then wander down to the port for some duty-free shopping. PAUSE: A more relaxing way to meet Kittitians is at Romney Manor’s Caribelle Batik workshop. Chat to
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the team of local workers as they handcraft clothing and accessories using dyes and wax. Afterwards, wander around the extensive gardens where the centrepiece is a 400-year-old saman tree, then treat yourself to a rum punch at the Rainforest Bar.
w STAY PLAY: St Kitts’ hotel stock isn’t typical of the Caribbean, so be sure to fix clients up with an abode that suits their intended pace. Those who want a resort-style hotel with loads of facilities really only have one option, the 393-room St Kitts Marriott. It has three pools, a golf course, tennis courts and a casino. It’s also one of the only hotels in St Kitts set on a beach. The 65-room Ocean Terrace Inn, meanwhile, is a city hotel overlooking Basseterre’s harbour. It’s a great base for checking out local bars, restaurants and the capital’s sights. The hotel was recently refurbished, rooms have
a contemporary feel and there’s a lagoon-style pool. PAUSE: For clients who seek tradition and tranquillity, a sense of exclusivity and a warm welcome, there’s the family-run Ottley’s Plantation Inn. At this hillside retreat overlooking the ocean, the 23 rooms are set in cottages or the Great House. Also enjoying an elevated vantage point is Belle Mont Farm, which opened in 2014 as part of the extensive and upscale Kittitian Hill development. An on-site organic farm is part of the property’s sustainable tourism ethos and it supplies almost all the kitchen’s needs. Guests get the opportunity to help harvest the ingredients for their meals too. The 84 uber-luxurious guesthouses have outdoor bathrooms with panoramic views to neighbouring islands from their private pool deck and floor-to-ceiling windows. A giant movie screen acts as a black-out blind at night so you can watch films in bed.
Western & Oriental offers seven nights’ room-only at Ottley’s
Plantation Inn from £1,435 for travel between October 13 and 31, including flights and
private transfers. western
oriental.com
ITC Classics offers seven
nights’ room-only at Ocean Terrace Inn from £1,299 including flights and private transfers for
travel completed by December 18.
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Caribtours offers seven nights’ all-inclusive at Belle Mont Farm from £3,225 in November, including
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Caribelle Batik
workshop, Romney Manor
RIGHT: Belle Mont Farm
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return flights, use of a lounge at Gatwick, VIP meet and greet
at the YU Lounge in St Kitts on both arrival and departure, and
resort transfers.
caribtours.co.uk
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