Liliana,

We have actually vacationed on St. Kitts but never day-tripped there so no help on that score. It was okay but two stays there were one too many in my book although I’m glad we saw it and experienced it along with day-tripping to Nevis which was lovely, what little we got to see if it.

But Saba? We’ve done the day-trip with the taxi tour and lunch r/t via one of the ferries and I will agree with almost all of the previous posters comments except the flying back part since we thought the trip back was very pleasant, much nicer than the boat over. We had no problems but the seas were rough that day and many did. The stay-over trip we flew r/t and it was fun,too, once I adjusted to the very small plane and all the noise.

But the thing is, we found it so enjoyable on Saba that first time we actually booked a 3 night stay-over in the midst of one of our SXM trips. It’s a place to really chill. The hydroponic garden is small and typical of such and the ladies making their Saba lace were interesting and the lace is beautiful. We never did get to see them making the Saba Spice so no samples there. We don’t hike and we don’t dive but every so often we do need a chance to really chill and that we did. The museum there was small but interesting. To me, the most amazing thing about the island were the incredible views and the friendliness of the people we encountered. The stay-over trip one of us dropped our passport in the cab that took us from the airport to our hotel, Queens Garden Inn, and we never noticed it was missing. When the people at our hotel summonsed their regular cab driver to return us to the airport for our return to SXM the driver reached into his glovebox and handed it to us. We never knew it was gone until that time.

Statia still remains on our bucket list, assuming we had one, but even today if I had to choose between all the options you’ve mentioned so far, my personal choice would be Saba with a fly over trip and a sail back return to SXM. But it’s not an island for the movers and shakers, IMHO.

Whatever you choose, enjoy!.

Respectfully,

pat



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