The big island
St. Croix travel guide
Forty miles south of St. Thomas, by air or seaplane. Bigger than the other two combined and far less visited. Two distinct towns, two rum distilleries, and a national monument worth the day trip.
What's on this island
- Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, with direct flights from the mainland
- Christiansted on the north coast, Frederiksted on the west
- Buck Island Reef National Monument off the east end
- Cruzan and Captain Morgan rum distilleries
- The seaplane and small-plane links to St. Thomas
- A larger, flatter, drier island than the other two
Who it's for
Travelers who want a slower, less-touristy trip. Repeat visitors. People who like Christiansted's old-town feel, rum-distillery tours, or empty-beach snorkeling at Buck Island.