Area 388 sq km
Highest point La Soufrière, 1205m
Population 112,000
Capital Kingstown (pop. 40,000)
Language English
Currency EC$ (US$ accepted)
Political status Independent state
Distances to other islands:
St Lucia (Soufrière to Châteaubelair) 34M
Grenada (Halifax to Kingstown) 69M

AIRLINE CONNECTIONS
Joshua Airport: no long-haul flights
Argyle International airport on the SE coast
is under construction and expected to open
in 2015
Inter-island services
Daily flights to Martinique, St Lucia and other
neighbouring islands. Direct weekly flights to St
Juan. Inter-island charters and air taxis.

FERRIES
Daily service to Bequia. Regular services to St Lucia,
Barbados and the other islands in the
Grenadines

TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Calling St Vincent from abroad: ✆ (1) 784 + seven
figure number
Local calls: seven figures only
Public call boxes: Caribbean Phone Cards. Prepaid
mobile phone cards also possible

TOURIST INFORMATION
Tourist Office: Bay Street, Kingstown
✆ 784 457 1502 Fax 784 451 2425
Email tourism@gov.vc
www.discoversvg.com

FESTIVALS/EVENTS
SVG Blues Festival: January/February
Carnival: (Vincy Mas) June/July

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
1 January, National Heroes Day (March), Good
Friday and Easter Monday, Labour Day (1 May),
Whit Monday, Carnival Monday and Carnival
Tuesday (July), Emancipation Day (1 August),
Independence Day (27 October), Christmas Day
(25 December), Boxing Day (26 December)

PLACES TO SEE
Kingstown
Botanical Gardens/Museum (HMS Bounty)
Fort Charlotte
St George’s Anglican Cathedral
St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral
Young Island
Duvernette Islet (next door)
The island’s interior
Trinity Falls
Falls of Baleine
Dark View Falls
Mesopotamia Valley: Montreal Gardens and
Petroglyphs (rock carvings)
La Soufrière volcanic range
Rabacca Dry River: lava flow
Petroglyphs: near Layou
Black Point Tunnel: (1815, 100m long)

ROAD TRANSPORT
Drive on the left
A licence is obligatory
Hire car companies in Kingstown and the airport
Note some places can only be got reached by 4x4
Taxis (set fares, ask in advance)

REGULATIONS
Spear fishing is forbidden everywhere on the coast
to non-residents
Jet skis are forbidden
Fishing permitted except in conservation areas in
the Grenadines (Devil’s Table, Bequia; Mustique,
E coast of Canouan, Mayreau and Tobago Cays,
Palm I and Petit St Vincent)
It is forbidden to buy lobsters from 1 May to 30
September, with heavy fines for breaking the
rules, which also apply to the size that can
be sold.

FORMALITIES
Arriving by air
Customs and immigration in the airport
Arriving by sea
Chateaubelair Customs near the dock
Open weekdays 0800-1600 & Sat 0800-1200
Immigration at the Police Station
Wallilabou Open (customs): 1600-1800. Call
Wallilabou Anchorage (VHF 16)
Barrouallie Immigration (unreliable)
Kingstown Customs at the airport or close to the
quay at the Port Office on the Port Esplanade.
Immigration in the Police Station near the
market.
Open weekdays 0800-1200 & 1300-1600
Overtime outside office hours,weekends and
holidays
Taxes and fees
Tax EC$35 per person per month with a
supplementary tax of EC$5 per foot per month
for charter boats.
An office for clearance in the Young Island area
is still at the planning stage.