{"id":3152,"date":"2014-11-03T18:41:27","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T18:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cgp.echoleaf.com\/sea_dog_blog\/cgp-top-5-things-do-kids-bvi-charter-vacation\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T12:01:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T17:01:16","slug":"cgp-top-5-things-do-kids-bvi-charter-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruisingguides.com\/cgp-top-5-things-do-kids-bvi-charter-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"CGP Top 5 Things to do with kids on a BVI charter vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1. Unique Caribbean Attractions<\/h2>\n

National Parks, Museums, Botanical Gardens, Full Moon Parties\u2026  <\/span><\/p>\n

Tortola alone has the<\/span> Joseph Reynold O\u2019Neal Botanic Gardens<\/a>, a shell museum in Carrot Bay<\/a>,Sage Mountain National Park<\/a>, Mount Healthy<\/a>, old rum distilleries. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Once a month, <\/span>Trellis Bay has a full-moon party<\/a> for families (unlike Bomba\u2019s) <\/span>that includes a family-friendly beach party with a West Indian buffet, local music, Moko Jumbi dancers and Aragorn\u2019s fire sculptures. including<\/span> Callwood\u2019s Distillery<\/a> in Cane Garden Bay, and<\/span> a prison that is now a museum<\/a>. The Baths has two trails to Devil\u2019s Bay (one that is more like an obstacle course, the other is a nature trail), but each (inhabited) island generally has trails and some kind of historical items from shipwrecks, old family heritage, and distilleries.<\/span><\/p>\n

 2. Watersports<\/h2>\n

\"Kids<\/p>\n

Most charter companies offer kayaks, inner tubes, and snorkeling fins and masks and more watersports<\/strong>items to rent <\/span>when you\u2019re at anchor and the kids want to play. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There are several places to obtain lessons for your children in the BVI for windsurfing, stand-up paddle boarding (SUP) and sailing<\/strong> among other things. Places like <\/span>Bitter End Resort<\/a> in North Sound, Virgin Gorda have great programs for kids that can be really fun. Many resorts have amenities that extend to marina guests and include pools, beach bars, beaches, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Caribbean Arts And Crafts<\/h2>\n

\"Fishwatchers<\/a>Sailing trips are a great time to leave electronic devices behind and to get back to the basics.<\/span><\/strong> Books, drawing, crafts and games are all great things to think about collecting before you leave. Pick out a couple books that the kids don\u2019t get until the trip. Think coloring books, how-to-draw books, colored pencils, (washable) markers, crayons, friendship bracelets, puzzles, and origami. Kids can draw fish, coral, flora and fauna they saw swimming or ashore, and <\/strong>identify them on <\/strong><\/span>waterproof ID cards<\/a>\u2014an excellent way to learn about the islands.<\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n

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4. Sandcastles And Ice Cream <\/span>In Cane Garden Bay<\/span> <\/span><\/h2>\n

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Get the kids off the <\/strong>boat to stretch their legs and go <\/strong>exploring, play on the beach or grab an ice cream.<\/strong> It\u2019s a great time to do this if you have some provisioning to do or need to get some water and fuel.<\/strong> Bring walkie-talkies you can keep in touch with your kids and arrange to meet at a mutually agreed upon time and place, or you can drop them off in the dinghy until they radio you for pick-up. <\/span><\/p>\n

Spend the day at the beach! <\/strong>Supply your kids with tools for building sand castles or water toys like paddle <\/span>boards and snorkels. You can purchase waterproof bags<\/span><\/a><\/span> for towels, sunscreen, bug spray, dry t-shirts, books, and anything else that needs to stay dry. My sister and I spent hours exploring! Just a dinghy ride around to another anchorage or walks down the beach can scratch the itch for adventure or exercise.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>5. <\/span>Family Fun Time And <\/span>Learning<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Living all together on a boat for a week (or more) is an excellent chance for learning activities. <\/span>Play word games,card games<\/span><\/a><\/span>, make up stories, read pirate lore<\/span><\/a><\/span> aloud or discuss family history while underway.<\/strong> Books such as<\/span>Alphabet of Boats<\/span><\/a><\/span> and <\/span>ABC of Boat Bits<\/span><\/a><\/span> can help teach the whole family to identify the difference between a ketch and a yawl, or identify the clew on a sail or the boom and the mast, allowing you to quiz each other. <\/span><\/a>I loved family sailing trips as a kid because our parents had the time to play with us. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Unique Caribbean Attractions National Parks, Museums, Botanical Gardens, Full Moon Parties\u2026   Tortola alone has the Joseph Reynold O\u2019Neal Botanic Gardens, a shell museum in Carrot Bay,Sage Mountain National Park, Mount Healthy, old rum distilleries.  Once a month, Trellis Bay has a full-moon party for families (unlike Bomba\u2019s) that includes a family-friendly beach party with a West Indian buffet, local music, Moko … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":59714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-3152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-island-ecology","tag-cgp-top-5","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","resize-featured-image"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.cruisingguides.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/c-and-me-3c8-featured.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingguides.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingguides.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingguides.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingguides.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingguides.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3152"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingguides.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59702,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingguides.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3152\/revisions\/59702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingguides.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingguides.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingguides.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruisingguides.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}