VIDEO: 10 Seconds on Prickly Pear, British Virgin Islands

By: - November 15th, 2015
Prickly Pear, British Virgin Islands
Prickly Pear, British Virgin Islands

By the Caribbean Journal staff

It can only be accessed by boat. But if you get there, you’ll never want to leave.

This is Prickly Pear, that far-off paradise in the North Sound of Virgin Gorda.

Blessed with golden sand and utterly tranquil waters, it’s home to just one thing: a beach bar called the Sand Box. But you may not even make it there, so captivated by the rolling waves.

So take your dinghy, find a chair and watch the crystal-clear waters of this British Virgin Islands paradise.

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