Discovering Paradise
Discovering Paradise
Explore & Protect
Discover Antigua and Barbuda's stunning protected areas, from tropical rainforest and coastal mangroves to coral reefs and historic harbours.
Antigua's first national park, UNESCO dockyard included
Antigua's flagship protected area wraps the UNESCO Georgian dockyard, Shirley Heights, and the Pillars of Hercules in roughly 16 square miles of dry forest, fortifications, and coastline laced with walking trails.
Caribbean's largest frigatebird colony, on a 17-mile sand bar
Barbuda's vast brackish lagoon shelters mangrove creeks, the largest magnificent frigatebird colony in the Caribbean, and a 17-mile run of pink-tinged sand on its seaward bar.
Uninhabited seabird islet with a 15-minute clifftop hike
A 20-acre uninhabited islet in the North Sound, ringed by reef and reached only by boat, with nesting red-billed tropicbirds and a short clifftop hike to wide Atlantic views.
Calm reef, islets, and Antigua's Stingray City sandbar
A reef-sheltered cluster of uninhabited islets, mangroves, and seagrass off Antigua's north-east coast, home to the Stingray City sandbar and some of the island's calmest snorkelling.
Cool forest trails to Signal Hill and a Victorian dam
A pocket of cool evergreen forest in Antigua's south-west hills, wrapped around a Victorian stone reservoir, with marked trails climbing to Signal Hill, the island's second-highest peak.