The cruise schedule has really picked up, unfortunately. You will want to absolutely avoid Cane Garden Bay during peak hours 10-2 when they are in. Several other beaches as well and also the Baths. The Baths are miserable when you are battling the cruise ship crowds.
Great places to hit on Tortola: Smugglers Cove, Brewers Bay, Indigo Beach House (one of our very favorite places on Tortola) and Brandywine Estates for a nice dinner.
Virgin Gorda day trips via Speedy’s ferry with car rental. Go to the Baths before 9 or after 3. Savannah Bay beach. Coco Maya for dinner. North Sound can be accessed via the Saba or BEYC water shuttles. You will probably want to do several days trips to Virgin Gorda. It is wonderful.
Day trip to Anegada via the ferry. The conch ceviche at Sid’s is divine.
Don’t discount Jost Van Dyke. Yes it is touristy but so wonderful. You can bypass the Soggy Dollar and Foxy’s mayhem. Ferry over and hang at Ivan’s - taxi to Foxy’s Taboo and call BLine on little Jost - they will send someone over in the dinghy to pick you up.
