Cockleshell Bay, Saint Kitts and NevisAI generated

Cockleshell Bay

Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Kitts · 5 m

Short description of Cockleshell Bay

Cockleshell Bay is the last beach on the southeast peninsula of St. Kitts, a curve of pale sand looking across a three kilometre channel straight at the green cone of Nevis. The peninsula road that reaches it was only cut in 1990 and the land either side is still empty salt pond and scrub with green vervet monkeys in it. Reggae Beach and Spice Mill are the two long standing beach restaurants, water taxis cross to Nevis from the jetty here, and the strait between the islands is the standard afternoon snorkelling and catamaran run.

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Recommended length of stay

Minimum1 day
Optimal2 days
Maximum3 days

Travel seasons at a glance

Best time to visit: December – April

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All highlights and sightsBeta

  1. Cockleshell Beach
  2. Reggae Beach Bar
  3. Narrows channel snorkelling
  4. Southeast Peninsula drive & viewpoints
  5. Green vervet monkeys of the peninsula
  6. Major’s Bay
  7. Salt Plage & the old salt ponds
  8. Water taxi to Nevis
  9. Catamaran day sail to the Narrows
  10. White House Bay wrecks

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