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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Our Trip Itinerary

Here is how we spent our one week in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a beautiful country consisting chain of islands in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean.

Our trip itinerary for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

I have done this trip with my partner. You can find our traveler profile below which should give you an idea if our itinerary would be applicable to your travel.

Traveler Profile
  • Two 30 years olds, no kids.
  • Active life styles though both have knee problems, one with recent ACL surgery.
  • Beginner swimmers hence cannot do wild water sports.
  • Like local experiences from local transportation to local food.
  • One vegetarian, one non-vegetarian who enjoys non-meat options.
  • Both have desk jobs when not on vacation.

Day 1

We flew from Barbados to Saint Vincent. The first impressions of Kingstown downtown was how undeveloped it was compared to other Caribbean islands we have visited so far. But this also gave us a chance to have more authentic, less touristy experience.

We spent the first day on flying and settling down to our Airbnb. We have previously arranged a taxi from the airport to Airbnb via our kind host. We stayed closed to downtown Kingstown, somewhat walkable. The house was on a hill, so I am not sure if anybody would be fine with climbing that distance back and forth. But we were fine not using taxis in between and we were actually happy that we get to walk. Walking uphill on the way back was our work out of the day. For all three days we have spent in Kingstown, I kept my regular running schedule, and I ended up doing a lot of uphill running which I am not used to but this was a good excuse to switch my work out a little bit.

Anyways, on the first day we had lunch at a local roti place. Please see my other post What to eat and drink in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for more information on Saint Vincent food.

We have spent the evening getting food from grocery store and bread from bakery, and most importantly getting familiar with the transportation, local minibuses and ferry schedule for the following days.

Day 2

We hiked La Soufrière Volcano. Including the transportation back and forth from Kingstown it took us a full day. The details on the hike can be found on my previous post Hiking La Soufrière Volcano. The hike is relatively short but it is steep. Given that my partner had a recent ACL surgery, we took our time and did not rush. The views from the whole hike, during and at the top were amazing.

We took local buses in between Kingstown and Georgetown. The road was bumpy and windy. The transportation was exactly how locals transport between the two town. It was totally an authentic experience. But be aware if you get car sick easily, one way takes over an hour.

View from La Soufrière Volcano hike


Day 3

Sore from the previous day's hike, we were more than ready to start our beach vacation portion of our trip. We took the ferry from Kingstown to Bequia. It takes slightly more than 2 hours one way. Please do not confuse this ferry with a touristy cruise, it is the actual local ferry, you can even spot a chicken in the storage room if you are lucky.

Surprisingly the ferry was pretty comfortable, there were enough seats both inside and at the upper deck. In case you want to go out to see the views, or want to go inside when it is too hot and sunny outside, there was always a seat available. We observed three types of people on the ferry: locals transporting in between Saint Vincent and Bequia to perform their jobs, locals going to Bequia to spend a day and a few non-locals like us going to Bequia to spend a couple of days.

In the afternoon, we settled in our Airbnb. The whole island is very hilly. Similar to where we stayed in Kingstown, the Airbnb we stayed in Bequia was also on a hill. It was one of the closest houses near the beach but due to uphill, we did not do back and forth between the beach and the house and rather left the house once and came back in the evening. With that last uphill being our last exercise of the day.

Day 4 - 5 - 6

We have been wanting to go for a beach vacation for a while and for us this was it. We are usually on the adventurous side, and we keep exploring and doing activities when we are on vacation. My partner having had an ACL replacement surgery three months back, this time we agreed beforehand that we will actually spend at least three days doing nothing and being lazy on the beach. We did not want to tire ourselves to the point where we need another vacation from our vacation.

This is how we spent our remaining days on Bequia island. I usually get up early and go for a run every day. I did the same in Bequia. Running uphill, running downhill, running with an endless sea view, and running from dogs time to time. Please find my dog story here if you are interested.

Then we would be preparing breakfast and coffee, and eating while watching this great sea view which can be seen on the right.

We would spent the rest of the day laying on the beach, or doing some PT exercises on the sand or in the water, playing with waves, swimming or trying to swim. I would challenge my self to swim back and forth to the nearest sail boat.

We have also walked the Belmont Board walk everyday. It is the prettiest boardwalk I have ever been to. What I liked about this boardwalk is that it is slightly elevated and includes stairs. The sea view from there is almost like a drone shot picture.

View from Belmont boardwalk in Bequia

Day 7

We had half a day our last day on this beautiful country. We have spent this day taking the ferry back to Saint Vincent from Bequia and absorbing as many great sea view as possible and taking a cab to the airport finally.

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