In January 2018 I went on a sailing ship cruise through the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean with Sail Windjammer on the S/V Mandalay. From Grenada we sailed north to the Grenadines, with Union Island the first stop. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

We had a nice hike around Union Island. From there we sailed to Mayreau for some snorkeling. In the evening we had a pub crawl on Mayreau, which was nice.

From Mayreau we continued on to the Tobago Cays, where we stayed at Petit Rameau. We saw a lot of sea turtles at Petit Rameau, snorkeling otherwise was not interesting.

From the Tobago Cays we sailed to Canouan. On Canouan we had one of the excursions that actually took place, although not a very interesting one. The interesting thing on Canouan are the Red-footed Tortoises (Chelonoidis carbonarius, german: Köhlerschild­kröte, french: Tortue charbonnière à pattes rouges).

From Canouan we continued on to Bequia, our last stop in the Grenadines. I went on another excursion there that included a visit to a sea turtle sanctuary. One man has started to collect Hawksbill Sea Turtle hatchlings (Eretmochelys imbricata, german: Echte Karettschild­kröte, french: Tortue imbriquée) and raises them till they are about 5 years old, then releases them.

From Bequia we sailed north, past Saint Vincent to Saint Lucia. That night of sailing was a wild ride, we had quite heavy seas.

All pictures are © Dr. Günther Eichhorn, unless otherwise noted.

Union Island
Union Island
Mayreau
Mayreau
Tobago Cays
Tobago Cays
Canouan
Canouan
Bequia
Bequia

Fauna and Flora in the Grenadines
Fauna and Flora
Lesser Antilles Birds
Lesser Antilles Birds

The total number of pictures online on my website from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is 106


Page last updated on Sun Aug 14 01:23:41 2022 (Mountain Standard Time)

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