Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
» Anegada has some fierce mosquitoes; be prepared with strong repellent. Stinging
red ants can also be a problem.
» The island has a couple of tiny shops that stock limited food and supplies, but you're
better off bringing provisions from Tortola if you're self-catering during your stay.
West End
If you take the ferry to Anegada, you'll arrive at Setting Point, by the Anegada Reef Hotel,
which serves as the island's unofficial information center. The majority of restaurants and
accommodations sprinkle around the shore of Anegada's western half.
Sights
Flamingo Pond
NATURE RESERVE
The large salt pond at the island's West End hosts a flock of flamingos. These birds were
once plentiful on Anegada and other cays in the BVI, until hunters seeking their tender
meat and feathers decimated the population. In 1992, biologists reintroduced flamingos to
Anegada by bringing in birds from Bermuda. In 1995 the Anegada colony had its first
hatchlings, and by 2001 the flock had grown to more than 50. Now, biologists are hoping
the flock will attract migrating flamingos to increase the gene pool.
You can see the birds wading on the far north side of what is now called Flamingo Pond.
Please keep your distance: flamingos require hundreds of feet of buffer between them and
apparent threats such as humans. The BVI National Parks Trust has designated Flamingo
Pond and its surrounding wetlands as a bird sanctuary, and you can see egrets, terns and
ospreys nesting and feeding in the area, too.
Wilfred Creque's Pomato Point Museum
MUSEUM
( 284-495-9466)
This tiny 'museum' - it's actually a side room of the Pomato Point
Restaurant - exhibits a bizarre mix of archaeological relics and shipwreck items that owner
Wilfred Creque (pronounced
CREEK
-ee) collected from local waters. You can see doub-
loons, gin bottles, musket balls, ship timbers, crockery from steamship lines and Taíno arti-
