Explore the Caribbean
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A PLACE OF LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES
Are you looking for paradise?
Are you an adventurer, a foodie, a nature-lover, a history buff? Does your ideal destination involve wellness? Do you want to renew family connections or just rekindle your romance?
Then welcome to the Caribbean: a place of limitless possibilities.
Offering so much more than just sun, sea and sand (though there’s plenty of that to go around), the Caribbean will delight you, no matter your interests, no matter your fantasy vacation.
Travelling soon? Select your destination under the Destinations tab, then click on Travel Essentials. Under Entry Requirements, you will find links to each country’s electronic immigration form, which should usually be completed about 72 hours before arrival.
Limitless Possibilities
Visit the Caribbean and discover a coral island whose highest point is a mere twenty-eight feet above sea level, make landfall on another Caribbean island boasting mountains reaching skyward for thousands of feet. Visit countries decorated with stands of cactus, countries boasting emerald rainforests.
Discover the African and indigenous influences that characterize so many of the Caribbean countries, or experience first-hand architecture and culture that speaks to so many influences that have formed the Caribbean’s unique character: English, French, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Creole.
SAVOR THE FLAVORS
If you’re a foodie, that cultural cornucopia makes the Caribbean a must-do.
Savor those Creole spices, indulge in French cuisine mixed with Caribbean joie de vivre. Imagine meals festooned with local produce complementing a wealth of fresh seafood. Go local: sample some jerk, pepperpot, order funghi or festival. Check out a beach village lined with fabulous restaurants, check out islands offering week-long food festivals, bond with locals at weekly celebrations of food.
Stop at a streetside barbecue or check out a five-star fine dining establishment, for the Caribbean abounds with award-winning chefs (three Caribbean restaurants have been praised by the Michelin Guide).
Or book a table just for two because the Caribbean is also one of the planet’s most romantic destinations.
The Caribbean is for Lovers
Book a destination wedding and say your vows on a lush mountain peak or a beach where the gentle whisper of the surf accompanies your bridal procession. A multitude of resorts come complete with wedding planner so all you need to do is treasure the experience. Several islands let you fulfill legal requirements on-island while many couples elect to hold the ceremony at home and save the Caribbean for the celebrations.
But you don’t have to be a newlywed to immerse yourself in the romance of the islands.
Book a retreat on a private island with your significant other. Savor that table for two with a candlelit twilight beach dinner. Or just stroll that beach hand-in-hand with your lover. Be serenaded by a sunset as you recline in the Jacuzzi on your beachside balcony, sipping champagne with that special someone. Book a couple’s massage.
And the Caribbean’s not just a must-do for romantics.
LIMITLESS WELLNESS POSSIBILITIES
According to the Global Wellness Institute, wellness-focused travel to Latin America and the Caribbean has risen by almost 10% in the last several years.
No matter how you define ‘wellness’ – signing up for a yoga class or a weeklong retreat, venturing inland for some forest-bathing or just savoring that massage for two at your favorite resort – the Caribbean’s got you covered.
Maybe you define ‘wellness’ as simply a place to chill, spending days where your most important decision is whether to sip a Happy Hour Piña Colada or go for the rum punch.
You’ve come to the right place: this is where they invented the all-inclusive resort.
And that option’s just one of endless possibilities when you consider accommodations – and who to share those places with.
Book a family-friendly resort with a full slate of children’s activities or consider a hilltop or beachside villa where the kids and the grandparents can share the allures of paradise while appreciating some privacy at the same time. Push the envelope – pamper yourself on a private island or sleep in a rainforest ecolodge.
GET ADVENTUROUS
Step outside that ecolodge and cater to your inner adventurer – or your fellow nature lovers.
Take a sunrise hike on a mountain trail in search of an endangered parrot. Discover a cooling waterfall clad in foliage. Hike to a boiling lake or scale a dormant volcano.
In the Caribbean you can chase caimans in a canoe, hear howler monkeys high overhead. Take a forest stroll and learn about traditional island folk remedies.
Maybe turn your eyes to the sea to satisfy your inner Indiana Jones. Dive a shipwreck, a wall on one island that plunges beneath the surface a mile deep. Snorkel with stingrays or visit an island where diving is the most popular thing to do.
Book a surf lesson or learn how to kitesurf. Learn to sail or sign up as crew for one of the region’s popular regattas. Charter a boat for a week complete with skipper and chef or skipper a boat and truly bond with the Caribbean Sea. No coincidence this region’s long been recognized as the world’s premier sailing destination.
PLAY A ROUND OF GOLF
Prefer the links to the sea? From an 18-hole Ron Harvey-designed championship course to a country that boasts 13 different courses, golfers will appreciate the Caribbean as much as anyone. The only challenge will be narrowing down the almost limitless possibilities. The Caribbean plays host to more than 70 sets of links, from award-winning courses to holes with views so beautiful that a hole-in-one will just be an afterthought.
Then review your handicap on a perfect beach.
HIT THE BEACH
On one island you could visit a different beach every day for a year without ever repeating yourself. Discover miles’-long beaches in other countries. Grab a spot on a popular beach replete with hopping beach bars or find a beach you share with almost nobody else. Consider a beach where the only thing you wear is sunscreen.
According to one Caribbean country’s motto: “the beaches are just the beginning.”
Maybe you prefer history and culture.
THE CARIBBEAN IS FOR (HISTORY) LOVERS
Explore a working eighteenth-century naval dockyard, visit a hilltop fortification nicknamed the “Gibraltar of the Caribbean.” Learn about Taino culture, visit a refurbished plantation house or plantation ruins. Stop at the New World’s oldest synagogue or stroll the cobblestone streets of a landlocked colonial town.
Combine history and culture at a museum dedicated to a celebration called Junkanoo or visit in the Holiday Season and experience it in person. Stroll a village where they celebrate a piece of Carnival every week during high season or come before Lent for the real thing. Celebrate Emancipation in August, when several countries pair their commemoration of that pivotal event with their take on Carnival.
LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES
No matter what your ideal vacation looks like, you’re sure to experience it in the Caribbean.
Whether you’re seeking a romantic getaway – a destination wedding, the chance to turn up the heat with your significant other the Caribbean delivers.
Looking for wellness? Book your Caribbean flight today.
Adventurer, history lover, looking to immerse yourself in authentic local culture? Love nature? Love food? Seeking a beach with your name on it?
Whatever your interests, whatever your passions, the Caribbean will tick every box.
In the Caribbean the possibilities are endless.
