Botanical Gardens

Located on the west end of St. Croix is a place where beauty, history, and culture blend together in an inviting atmosphere. It is here you learn of the mysterious “weed woman” and the cures she has concocted from an array of plants. Here you see remnants of history in the remains of an old [...]

Day Tripping to Buck Island

A trip to St. Croix would not be complete without day tripping to Buck Island. Located just 1 1/2 miles off the northeast shore of Christiansted, St. Croix, Buck Island is easily accessible from Christiansted, Green Cay Marina and the St. Croix Yacht Club. As one of only three Underwater National Monuments in the United [...]

Safari Tour with Sweeny

Long time local, Sweeny Toussant, greets me and a small group of visitors in his open-air bus. We are ready to explore the wondrous places of St. Croix. Sweeny, his Safari Tour, and the bright red tour bus are well known icons on St. Croix. This tour should be a lot of fun, with fresh [...]

Horseback Riding in the Rainforest

If you like seeing new places, especially off the beaten path, grab your camera and cowboy hat because we have an adventure for you. Experience St. Croix’s tropical forest from the inside-out, eat fruit right off the trees, and see the ocean from atop a breezy hillside. Paul Wojcie and Jill Hurd, owners and managers [...]

Top 10 Reasons To Choose St. Croix

#10 No passport? No problem, mon. Foreign enough to be exotic, St. Croix is in fact part of “America’s Caribbean”-one of the islands comprising the United States Virgin Islands (USVI). Everyone speaks English, uses the American Dollar and are U.S. citizens. If you are American, you can come and go from St. Croix without ever [...]

Fun for Everyone at the Crab Races

A bucket, some chalk, a few friendly sponsors, a few dozen hermit crabs, that’s right, HERMIT CRABS. Sound Interesting? The people of St. Croix understand better than most that the perfect work week begins and ends with a few laughs. From this understanding, the ritualistic evening Soldier Crab Races were born (of course, a few [...]

Horseback Riding on the North Shore

There are a lot of special “only in St. Croix” moments to be had here daily, and some that occur on only really special occasions. This past weekend. Wendy and I were able to see Cane Bay from a whole new perspective, from the back of a horse, when we took a sunset journey with [...]