All Other Destinations and Attractions in Anguilla

Island Harbour is a sheltered fishing village and not a resort area. Its beach is lined with brightly colored fishing boats and the day's catch can be seen late afternoon. To the east of the village rises Navigation Hill (150ft/46m) commanding extensive views.

The Fountain Cavern is a natural and cultural wonder and Anguilla's top archaeological site. 50ft/15m down in a cave are two fresh water pools and many Amerindian petroglyphs or rock carvings. The most significant of these is a 16ft/4.8m stalagmite which has been carved in the shape of "Jocahu", the supreme God of the Taino Indians. The Fountain is thought to have been a major regional worship site and a place of pilgrimage for Amerindians.

Anguilla's waters offer seven marine parks: Dog Island, Prickly Pear, Seal Island Reef System, Little Bay, Sandy Island, Shoal Bay Harbour Reef System and Stoney Bay Marine Park. Many dive sites are intentionally sunken ships that become artificial reefs. The sand that surrounds the dive sites is where divers will see turtles, stingrays and garden eels. Divers off Scrub Island regularly see sharks and barracuda. Anguilla also boasts a healthy double reef system, with an abundant variety of corals.

Small Anguilla is home to a remarkable 120 species of birds. Most live in or around the many salt ponds.The Anguilla National Trust offers birding tours to the best areas of the island. Visitors should also enquire about the 'Bird Watching Guide to Anguilla'.

Held in November, the Tranquility Jazz Festival is a four day event filled with music and fun. Jazz entertainers from around the globe are brought to the island for this festival that attracts jazz enthusiasts from all over. Performances are held at various resorts and venues around the island.

Blowing Point Harbour is a working harbor where the St Maartin ferry docks. 200yds/182m of sand rings a bay busy with ferries and fishing boats. The beach is good for picnics and bird-watching.There are several restaurants and establishments at the harbour.

The Heritage Collection displaysAnguillian artifacts, early 20th C photographs and stamps and important documents which trace the Anguilla's history from the days of the Taino to the present.The museum's curator is Colville Petty, an author and authority of the history of Anguilla.

Long Salt Pond is a narrow, rectangular pond on the southeast shore whose perimeter is covered in dense scrub, particularly sea-grape and buttonwood. Many birds roost on the stone dykes in the southeast corner, which were built for a failed shrimp farming experiment in the 1980s.

This low-lying limestone island just called Sombrero by the Anguillians, is best known for its lighthouse whose flashing beam, 166ft/50m above sea level, protects ships passing from the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean Sea through the Anegada Passage.

Sydney's Antique Museum is a unique look at Anguilla's history and development through exhibits of household artifacts, implements and furnishings. Occasionally visitors can join Sydney Gumb as he revisits a traditional Anguillian evening making bush tea and cooking local dishes.

Anguilla has a small section of rainforest located at the north end of the island. There is a hiking trail that leads from the beach near the Masara Resort through the forest.

Dozens of good beaches put Anguilla on the tourist map. All beaches are open to the public and to reach one visitors may have to take a bone-jarring trek down a dirt-path or walk through a hotel's lobby.

The Anguilla Summer Festival is a two week event held at the end of July and start of August. The festival includes all kinds of activities with music, dancing, boat races, a 'Miss Anguilla' pageant, parades, fireworks, and events.

At 213ft/64m, Crocus Hill Prison is the highest point of the island. Although not much of the old prison remains there are great views to be had from this vantage point.

Anguilla's offshore islands of Anguillita and Prickly Pear are popular for snorkeling where divers see barracudas and nurse sharks, stingrays, eels and turtles.

Lynne Bernbaum Art Studio displays the work of this American Modernist painter who now makes her home in Anguilla.

The Dutch Fort on Sandy Hill dates to the 1700s. The fort was the site of fighting and battles during the French invasion of 1796.