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facts. It's usually open in the evening, when dinner guests can view the collection. At time
of research, it was closed for repairs but due to reopen soon.
Beaches
Gorgeous, secluded
CowWreckBay
stretches along the island's northwest end and offers
good snorkeling in its shallow waters. Rent
kayaks
($50 per day) at the beach bar, or just
kick back in a lounge chair under one of the thatched-umbrella shelters. The beach at
Po-
mato Point
is prime for solitary walks on endless acres of untouched sand.
Activities
Fishing
There is world-class
fishing
year-round on the flats around Setting Point and Salt Heap
Point on the south shore. The Vanterpools are the first family of fishing guides: Clinton
Vanterpool was a guide for President Jimmy Carter, who was so impressed he wrote about
it in his memoir
An Outdoor Journal
. His son, Danny Vanterpool, now runs
Danny's
Bonefishing ( 284-441-6334;
www.dannysbonefishing.com
;
per half/full day $300/
500)
to much acclaim.
The Anegada Reef Hotel can arrange
deep-seafishingcharters
(per half/full day $700/
1100). Anglers cast for wahoo and tuna year-round, mahimahi from October to June and
marlin from September to June.
Diving & Snorkeling
North Shore Divers (
www.diveanegada.com
)
has a shop at the Big Bamboo restaurant
for snorkel-gear rental ($5 per hour); there's good snorkeling from shore there (Loblolly
Bay, East End). The company also has dive packages (one-/two-tank dives $85/125). Ex-
perienced divers can inquire about checking out the
Paramatta
and
Astrea
shipwrecks.
Kayaking
Rentals are available at
CowWreckBeachBar&Grill(perday$50)
. Put in there, or at
the dock south of the Settlement, from which you can paddle through the southern shore's
flats and mangroves to Setting Point.
