Christmas Paradise
Don’t spend a gloomy Christmas home alone stuffing your face on mince pies and watching repeats of the Wizard of Oz and the Morecombe & Wise Christmas Special, jump on a plane and join the crew on Ibis for a holiday you’ll remember.
Christmas & New Year Sailing in the Caribbean
2 Weeks From 21st December til 3rd January or
3 Weeks from 18th December til 7th January
Sailing the Caribbean from Grenada to St Lucia -No Experience Necessary
Fly into Grenada’s Point Salines Airport and meet up with your shipmates at Port Louis Marina close to Grenada’s capital of St George’s. Then stow your gear for the Christmas & New Year trip of a lifetime. We’ll be sailing through some of the least visited of the Caribbean Islands and the best spots are only accessible by boat. Even if you’ve never sailed before, you won’t fail to be enchanted by the beauty of the Windward Islands and your Skipper will soon having you pulling the ropes like a pro!
Have a Real Adventure
You won’t believe how much you can cram into 2 weeks, and still have time to chill out:
And that’s not to mention all the sailing we’ll be doing!
Sunshine & Warm Seas
Warm sunny weather is practically guaranteed; there are often showers in this part of the world but they never last long, and hey, it’s warm rain! Temperatures in their high 20′s are the norm, and there’s always a cooling breeze on board. The sea is a wonderful shade of blue, and I can honestly say that it is uniquely Caribbean; nowhere more so than in the Grenadines….prepare to be amazed.
Forget the Cooking
So what are you waiting for? Forget about your late night shop at Tesco’s, fighting over the cut price turkeys and the last tin of Quality Street; go back to work, fit, tanned and relaxed and ready to start the New Year with zest!
Our Itinerary
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Dependent on weather & group preferences.
Meet up at Port Louis Marina and settle onto the boat; time to look around St George’s in the afternoon and last minute provisioning.
Leave early for breakfast at Moliniere and go snorkelling on the Grenada Underwater Sculpture Park. Sail on to Isle Ronde for the night; barbeque dinner on board.
Sail to Sandy Island on Carriacou to check out of Grenada and do a spot of fishing. Time to look around the seaside town of Hillsborough.
Short hop to Petit St Vincent with the morning at anchor for swimming and snorkelling at the tiny island of Morpion; a unique spit of sand with just one umbrella on it! On to Clifton on Union Island in the afternoon.
Sail to the Tobago Cays Marine Park for a Christmas Day of snorkelling & swimming; Christmas lunch on board.
Sail to the stunning Saltwhistle Bay on Mayreau for lunch and then on to Canouan for the evening. Time to look around Canouan.
On to Mustique, playground of the rich and famous with a day spent at leisure; dinner at the renowned Basil’s Bar in the evening.
Day at leisure in Mustique.
On to Bequia with a stop for lunch and snorkelling at Petit Nevis en route. Afternoon ashore exploring the colourful town and soaking up the local atmosphere.
Sail to St Vincent with time ashore for taking a tour into the rain forest nature reserves…an amazing experience not to be missed.
Sail along the coast to Walilabou for New Year’s Eve dinner at one the filmsets of the Pirates of the Caribbean.
Day sail on to St Lucia. New Year’s Day lunch onboard and the evening ashore in The Pitons Nature Reserve.
Morning ashore in Soufriere then a sail along the coast to Rodney Bay.
Breakfast at anchor in Rodney Bay. Say your goodbyes to Ibis and grab a taxi for the airport.
A 3 week itinerary is also available
A few days extra at either end of this holiday will mean a more leisurely trip with longer at each anchorage and the chance to explore the bigger islands in more depth, perhaps go hiking or horse-riding in the rainforest.
The Nitty Gritty
Price
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US $2,495 for 14 Days or US $3,545 for 21 Days |
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| Experience Level | Any |
| Approximate Sea Miles | 180 nm |
| Getting Here & Away | Flights to Grenada (GND) Flights from St Lucia (SLU) Flights from St Lucia (UVF) |
| Local Tourist Information Sites: | The following websites are the local country / island tourist websites with lots of information on things to do and more pictures to whet your appetite! Grenada Tourism Board St Vincent & the Grenadines Ministry of Tourism St Lucia Board of Tourism |
Read about Previous Trips Like this one
You can read the stories of our adventures with lots of photos and video in our Ship’s Log, and see what our guests had to say about their holiday.
To Book Your Place
If you’d like to be on this sailing holiday there are ONLY 5 Berths available. Please Contact Us Now to check availability.
