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The
only scheduled flights to Barbuda are from Antigua on Carib
Aviation (phone 268/462-3147 or 3452; UK phone 01895/450710, US phone
646/336-7600).
They offer four flights a day from the main airport in Antigua (leaving
at 7am, 8am, 9am and 5pm, returning thirty minutes later in each case)
and charge US$50 round-trip. The planes take twenty minutes. More
excitingly, the journey can be made by boat , although the cost
of the four-hour crossing from St John's to River Landing on Barbuda's
south coast tends to be pretty exorbitant at around US$150 one-way. A
handful of local boat operators run occasional trips (try Foster Hopkins
on 268/460-0212 or Byron Askie on 268/460-0065.
Taking a day tour to the island is the best way to
guarantee getting both a driver and a boat operator to take you to the
bird sanctuary. Both D&J Forwarders (phone 268/464-3228 or 773-9766) and
Jenny's Tours (phone 268/461-9361) will organize a carefully packaged
day tour for US$150, including
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flights, pick-up at Barbuda airport, a jeep
tour of the island, lunch and a boat visit to the bird sanctuary. Your
driver will also leave you on the beach for as long as you want - just
remember to take a bottle of water. Occasional day tours by boat are run
by Ecoseatours (phone 268/463-0275) and Adventure Antigua (phone
268/560-4672 or 727-3261), both of which run fast boats to the Barbudan
beaches in an hour and a half for snorkelling and beach cruising. Costs
are around US$120 per person.
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Exploring Antigua
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Barbuda:
Getting there
Beyond
Cordrington
Great Fort George
Falmouth Harbour
River Fort
Cordrington
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Falmouth and
English Harbour
Eating, drinking,
nightlife
Falmouth
 Heights,
Pigeon
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nightlife
Betty's Hope to Long
Bay
Half
Moon Bay
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St.
John's
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Fort Bay
Fort James
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Redcliffe
Quay
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