There’s really not a lot to do on Saba unless you’re a diver or a hiker. It’s a photographer’s Heaven, however. The beach is NOT something you can count on as it comes and goes and in honesty, though we’ve been there a few times we’ve never managed to see the beach. Guess we were there at the wrong time of year for that as both our trips were in March or April.

We took the Edge over as part of a prepackaged and presold day trip the first time we went. We had no issues with the dreaded ‘mal de mer’ but many others on the boat did. The trip included pick-up at the pier and a taxi tour of the island with stops for sight-seeing, limited shopping and drop-off of the hikers and a full driving tour of the island. Each tour had a different stop for lunch, ours being the Queens Garden Inn which was wonderful. The second time we went it was a stay-over and we did NOTHING but that’s what we went to do. It’s an incredibly beautiful spot and unlike any other island we’ve experienced. Three nights of nothing, however, were more than enough and we were happy to get back to SXM after our brief interlude. We don’t divep or hike but we did enjoy the peaceful atmosphere and the beautiful photo ops.

As I said originally, if you’re NOT a hiker or a diver there’s not a lot going on but it’s still worth seeing and the landings are interesting to say the least, as are the take-offs. We flew the second time and I was white knuckled all the way but it was incredible to experience.