Facts on Barbuda

Location
 
Barbuda, which lies 27 miles northeast of its sister island Antigua, has a land area of 62-square-miles.  A low lying coral island, known for its untouched pink coral and white sand beaches, its highest point is only 125 ft above sea level. 
 
Capital

The capital of Barbuda is Codrington.

Climate

Sunny and warm all year with soothing trade winds, the average temperature ranges from the mid-seventies in the winter to the mid-eighties in the summer. Annual rainfall averages only 45 inches, making Antigua and Barbuda the sunniest of the eastern Caribbean islands and the northeast trade winds are nearly constant, flagging only in September.

Language

English is the spoken language. 

Population

A majority of Barbuda’s 1,500 inhabitants live in Codrington.

Transportation

Winair operates two return flights daily between Antigua and Barbuda.  The flight takes 15 minutes. Passports are not needed as the point of entry for both islands is Antigua. Visitors may also opt to take the daily Barbuda Express, a 90 minute catamaran ferry operating between the islands. Once on the island, taxis, bikes and the Barbuda Express (ferry service) are available. 

Accommodation

There are two exclusive resorts on the island: Coco Point Lodge and the newly opened Lighthouse Bay Resort.  Barbuda also has a selection of guest houses and B&B’s. 

Dining 

There is a small selection of restaurants and snack bars on the island offering traditional Barbudan cuisine and seafood specialties including lobster. 

Sights 

Swimming, diving, snorkeling, fishing, bird watching, caving and beachcombing are most often the activities of choice on the island. Sights, other than the beaches, most often visited include:

• Frigate Bird Sanctuary, accessible by boat, is home to 170 species of birds including the Magnificent Frigate Birds. 
• Dark Cave, a low, boulder-hung passage that leads 400 feet underground to (almost) fresh-water pools teeming with rare blind shrimp and certain species of crustacean found nowhere else in the world. 
• Darby’s Cave featuring a large sink hole, about 350 feet in diameter and 70 feet deep that contains a small but lush rainforest.
• Martello Tower, built in c.1745, is an old fort used both for defence and as a look-out along the south coast
• Indian Cave is one of the most interesting prehistoric sites in Barbuda.  Located at Two Foot Bay the caves have several chambers where bays can be found hanging and small Amerindian petroglyphs (rock carvings) can be seen. 

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