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The trade wind as therapy — a clifftop yoga session above the California Lighthouse, the spa at a Manchebo Beach hotel that uses the island's aloe (grown here since the sixteenth century), and an afternoon at a deserted Eagle Beach with a hammock between the divi-divi trees. A private, tailored journey of 6 Days · 5 Nights in Aruba, The Caribbean, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$6,800 per traveler.
A beachfront estate on the quiet south-west coast — a chef, a private pool, a captain with a tender, and the most reliable sunshine in the Caribbean. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in Aruba, The Caribbean, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$18,500 per traveler.
The Caribbean's most consistent sunshine, the calmest sea on the leeward coast, a villa with a pool, and the beach at Eagle Beach so shallow that the youngest member of the family stands in it — the reef a ten-minute boat ride away. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in Aruba, The Caribbean, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$8,900 per traveler.
The US Virgins at their most consistent — December to April brings the trade winds and the calm Caribbean, the BVI sailing season at its best, and the sort of visibility in Magens Bay that makes the water look fabricated. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in St Thomas, The Caribbean, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$6,800 per traveler.
A crewed yacht from Red Hook to the British Virgin Islands — Norman Island's sea caves at the hour the light comes through the entrance, a night at anchor in the bight of Beef Island, the Baths of Virgin Gorda at the tide that makes the rock pools accessible, and the run home before the trade wind drops. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in St Thomas, The Caribbean, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$18,500 per traveler.
A crewed yacht from Red Hook to the BVI — Norman Island's sea caves at dusk, a night at anchor in the bight of Cooper Island, the Baths of Virgin Gorda at the hour the tide pools are quietest, and the run back to Magens Bay. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in St Thomas, The Caribbean, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$14,500 per traveler.
The US Virgin Islands as a sailing family's ideal base — Magens Bay for the morning, a catamaran to St John for the reef, a snorkelling charter to the BVI for the older children, and the Saturday market in Charlotte Amalie for the adults. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in St Thomas, The Caribbean, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$12,500 per traveler.
January to April — the dry season on the leeward side of the island means the Pitons at their clearest, the jungle trails passable without mud, and the offshore reef calm enough to snorkel directly from the beach at Anse Chastanet. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in St Lucia, The Caribbean, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$8,500 per traveler.
An estate above the Jalousie plantation with a direct view of both Pitons — a cook, a private plunge pool, and a captain with a catamaran moored in the bay below. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in St Lucia, The Caribbean, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$18,500 per traveler.
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