--- title: "Things to Do in Tortola and the BVI: The Baths to Anegada" url: https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/things-to-do description: "Things to do in Tortola and the BVI: the beaches over the ridge from Road Town, Sage Mountain, then a ferry to the Baths, Jost Van Dyke or Anegada." updated: 2026-10-16 source: https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/things-to-do --- [British Virgin Islands](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi) · Things to do # Things to do in Tortola and the British Virgin Islands Most of the things to do in Tortola are beaches over the ridge from Road Town, and the trail up Sage Mountain. The rest of the British Virgin Islands is a ferry away: the Baths on Virgin Gorda, White Bay on Jost Van Dyke, Anegada's long north-shore beaches. The ferries set the day, since the last boats home leave early. Written by Virgin Islands Villas · Facts checked Oct 2026 *A calm Tortola beach with trees at the water's edge* ## What to do in the British Virgin Islands, island by island Each island's days sort by how you reach them: by car on Tortola, by ferry and a short drive on the others, and by boat alone for the wreck of the Rhone. | Day | Island | How you get there | What it costs, October 2026 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Cane Garden Bay](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/cane-garden-bay), [Brewers Bay](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/brewers-bay), [Josiah's Bay](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/josiahs-bay) | Tortola | By car, 14 to 23 minutes from the Road Town ferry terminal | Free | | [Smuggler's Cove](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/smugglers-cove) and [Long Bay](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/long-bay) | Tortola, West End | By car, 7 and 8 minutes from the West End ferry terminal | Free | | Sage Mountain National Park | Tortola | By car up the Ridge Road | $3 adult, $2 child | | J.R. O'Neal Botanic Gardens | Tortola, Road Town | On foot from the waterfront | $3 adult | | [The Baths](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/the-baths) and [Devil's Bay](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/devils-bay) | Virgin Gorda | Ferry, then 10 minutes by car and a 4 minute walk | $30 ferry one way, then $3 adult, $2 child | | [Savannah Bay](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/savannah-bay) | Virgin Gorda | Ferry, then 10 minutes by car | $30 ferry one way | | [White Bay](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/white-bay) and the [Soggy Dollar Bar](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/things-to-do/soggy-dollar-bar) | Jost Van Dyke | Ferry from West End, then 7 minutes by car or 24 on foot | $30 ferry one way | | [Cow Wreck Beach](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/cow-wreck-beach) and [Loblolly Bay](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/loblolly) | Anegada | Ferry on set dates, then 15 and 22 minutes by car | Ferry quoted at booking | | The wreck of the Rhone | Off Salt Island | Boat only | A charter or a dive boat | Drive and walk times are our measurements; fares and park fees are the operators' and the National Parks Trust's own, checked October 16, 2026. ## Things to do in Tortola: beaches, Sage Mountain and Road Town Tortola is one ridge with Road Town on one side and the beaches on the other, so most days here begin with a drive over the top. Brewers Bay, Cane Garden Bay and Josiah's Bay are the run from the Road Town ferry terminal; Smuggler's Cove and Long Bay sit minutes from the West End terminal and belong to a house out at that end. Above it all is Sage Mountain National Park, the BVI's first, given by Laurance Rockefeller, which rises to 1,710 feet, the highest point in the British and US Virgin Islands by the National Parks Trust's count. In Road Town itself the J.R. O'Neal Botanic Gardens, on a pass from the same Trust, are a walk from the waterfront, the one sight on the island that needs no car. ## Virgin Gorda and the Baths, a ferry day The Baths are a ferry day from Tortola: Speedy's to Spanish Town, a short drive to the lot, then a walk down to the sand. One National Parks Trust day pass covers Devil's Bay, The Baths, Stoney Bay and Spring Bay, so the walk on to Devil's Bay costs nothing more. Savannah Bay lies the other way from the jetty, the same short drive. The tradeoff: the boats home stop early. On Speedy's timetable as of October 2026, the last boat from Spanish Town to Road Town is 5 pm on weekdays and 3:30 pm on a Saturday; the times shift with the season, so check them for your week. A Saturday at the Baths from Road Town is a morning, or a return through Trellis Bay, whose boats run to 8 pm. ## Jost Van Dyke for the day, Anegada on set dates Jost Van Dyke is the island the day boats come for. New Horizon Ferry crosses from West End to Great Harbour through the day, and White Bay, with the Soggy Dollar Bar on its sand, lies over the hill from the jetty, a short drive or a long walk. Plan the day backward from the last boat to Tortola, 5 pm on New Horizon's timetable as of October 2026; times change by season, so check New Horizon Ferry before you go. [Anegada](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/areas/anegada) is the flat one, a coral island with long beaches on its north shore, and it takes planning: Smith's Ferry sails from Road Town only on set dates, a handful a month (seven in October 2026), out at 7 am and back from Anegada at 5 pm on the October calendar; check Smith's calendar for your week before you plan around it. Cow Wreck Beach and Loblolly Bay are a drive from the Setting Point dock, so line up the ride before you sail. ## Diving the BVI: the Rhone and the cays The wrecks and the cays. The wreck of the RMS Rhone lies in Lee Bay off Salt Island, inside a National Parks Trust marine park where a boat needs the Trust's mooring permit, so the way there is a dive boat or a day charter; the same goes for the cays and anchorages between the islands. The [boat charters page](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/experiences/boat-charters) lists who takes you. Charters set their own hours, which makes them the one way to see two islands in a day without a ferry timetable. For a week on the water rather than a day, the [sailing itinerary](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/guides/bvi-sailing-itinerary) lays out the route and [the best time to sail](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/guides/best-time-to-sail-bvi) reads the months. Families start with the [BVI family guide](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/guides/bvi-family-vacation), the [pirate history](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/guides/bvi-pirate-history) sorts the record from the legend, and the [restaurants and bars](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/eat-and-drink) say where lunch is on each island. Photos *A rocky cove and cliffs on the Tortola coast* ## Beaches in the BVI 15 beaches, each with a page of its own. - [The Baths 10 min by car from Spanish Town Cost Greater Baths Day Pass: $3 adult, $2 child, plus a few cents online (National Parks Trust, as of October 2026); covers Devil's Bay and Spring Bay the same day](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/the-baths) - [White Bay 7 min by car from Great Harbour Cost Free; no authority posts a fee, as of October 2026](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/white-bay) - [Savannah Bay 10 min by car from Spanish Town Cost Free; no authority posts a fee or manages the beach, as of October 2026](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/savannah-bay) - [Long Bay 35 min by car from Road Town Cost Free; no authority posts a fee, as of October 2026](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/long-bay) - [Apple Bay 32 min by car from Road Town Cost Free; no authority posts a fee or manages the beach, as of October 2026](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/apple-bay) - [Brewers Bay 18 min by car from Road Town Cost Free; no authority posts a fee or manages the beach, as of October 2026](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/brewers-bay) - [Cane Garden Bay 22 min by car from Road Town Cost Free; no authority posts a fee or manages the beach, as of October 2026](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/cane-garden-bay) - [Cow Wreck Beach 28 min by car from The Settlement Cost Free; no authority posts a fee or manages the beach, as of October 2026](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/cow-wreck-beach) - [Devil's Bay 10 min by car from Spanish Town Cost On the Greater Baths Day Pass: $3 adult, $2 child (National Parks Trust, as of October 2026)](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/devils-bay) - [Josiah's Bay 24 min by car from Road Town Cost Free; no authority posts a fee or manages the beach, as of October 2026](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/josiahs-bay) - [Lambert Beach 23 min by car from Road Town Cost Free; no authority posts a fee, and the territory's minister for natural resources told the House of Assembly in March 2023 that all BVI beaches are public](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/lambert-beach) - [Loblolly Bay 8 min by car from The Settlement Cost Free; no authority posts a fee or manages the beach, as of October 2026](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/loblolly) - [Mahoe Bay 12 min by car from Spanish Town Cost Free; no authority posts a fee, and the territory's minister for natural resources told the House of Assembly in March 2023 that all BVI beaches are public](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/mahoe-bay) - [Smuggler's Cove 39 min by car from Road Town Cost Free; no authority posts a fee or manages the beach, as of October 2026](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/smugglers-cove) - [Spring Bay 10 min by car from Spanish Town Cost On the Greater Baths Day Pass: $3 adult, $2 child, plus a few cents online (National Parks Trust, as of October 2026); covers The Baths and Devil's Bay the same day](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches/spring-bay) ## On the water in the BVI 2 guides, each with a page of its own. - [BVI snorkeling, by boat and from the beach BVI snorkeling is mostly a boat day.Cost Free at most beaches; $3 an adult and $2 a child at The Baths, Devil's Bay and Spring Bay](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/things-to-do/snorkeling) - [Scuba diving in the British Virgin Islands Diving in the British Virgin Islands is a boat day, and most dive weeks here start in the same place: the wreck of the RMS Rhone off Salt Island, a mail steamer lost to a hurricane in 1867.](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/things-to-do/diving) ## Eating and drinking in the BVI One guide, with a page of its own. - [Soggy Dollar Bar The Soggy Dollar Bar is the beach bar on White Bay, Jost Van Dyke, in the BVI, and it has no dock.Cost From $30 one way by ferry from Tortola · Duration A day, set by the last boat](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/things-to-do/soggy-dollar-bar) ## Charters, tours and weddings in the BVI One directory of operators, with its own page. - [BVI catamaran charters from Tortola's harbors A BVI catamaran charter is chosen by where you sleep and how many of you there are, more than by the boat.](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/experiences/boat-charters) ## Questions about things to do in the BVI ### What is there to do in Tortola? Beaches over the ridge from Road Town, Brewers Bay 14 minutes by car from the ferry terminal and Cane Garden Bay 19 by our measurement, Smuggler's Cove 7 minutes from West End, and Sage Mountain National Park, 1,710 feet, $3 an adult as of October 2026. Tortola is also where the ferries leave for the Baths, Jost Van Dyke and Anegada. ### What to do in the British Virgin Islands without a boat? Rent a car on your own island and take the public ferries for the others. The Baths are a ferry and a 10 minute drive from Spanish Town, White Bay a ferry and 7 minutes from Great Harbour, and Anegada a ferry on set dates. Only the wrecks and the cays need a charter or a dive boat. ### How do you visit the Baths from Tortola? Take Speedy's from Road Town or Trellis Bay to Spanish Town, $30 one way for an adult as of October 2026, then drive 10 minutes to the lot and walk 4 minutes down. The Greater Baths Day Pass is $3 an adult and $2 a child from the National Parks Trust. Watch the last boat back: 3:30 pm to Road Town on a Saturday on Speedy's October 2026 timetable, which changes with the season, so check it for your dates. Sources: [the National Parks Trust of the Virgin Islands](https://www.bvinpt.org/events/the-baths-national-park) (checked Oct 16, 2026) · [Speedy's](https://speedysbvi.com/speedys-bvi-ferry-schedule) (checked Oct 16, 2026) · [New Horizon Ferry](https://www.newhorizonferry.com/schedule/) (checked Oct 16, 2026) · [Smith's Ferry](https://smithsferry.com/ferry-schedule/) (checked Oct 16, 2026) · [the BVI Tourist Board](https://www.bvitourism.com/ferry-schedules) (checked Oct 16, 2026) - [British Virgin Islands map](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/map) - · [British Virgin Islands weather, month by month](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/weather) - · [Ferries between the British Virgin Islands](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/ferry) - · [Getting to the British Virgin Islands](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/getting-there) - · [British Virgin Islands events](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/events) - · [All British Virgin Islands beaches](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi/beaches) - · [Back to British Virgin Islands](https://virginislandvilla.com/bvi)