Do people live on Jost Van Dyke?
Only 145 people call Jost home year-round, keeping the island an unspoiled paradise. There are three bays on the island, and Pink House Villas sit on White Bay, the least inhabited spot on Jost and our guest’s secluded beach. Great Bay Harbor at the center offers a Customs House, ferry landing, restaurants and taverns.
Is Jost Van Dyke a country?
Jost Van Dyke Island, one of the British Virgin Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, separating the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. It lies 4 miles (6 km) west of Tortola and adjoins Little Jost Van Dyke Island on the east.
Is Jost Van Dyke nice?
STAY & PLAY. Stay in one of Jost Van Dyke’s small hotels, simple cottages or the White Bay campground, or visit by boat or ferry from Tortola or visit nearby Little Jost, Sandy Cay or Great Tobago.
Do you need a passport for Jost Van Dyke?
IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT JOST VAN DYKE. Requires a current passport. Sometimes with rough seas and/or very rainy days the Jost Day trip will be canceled and occasionally we dont know this until the morning of the trip.
Where do you fly into for Jost Van Dyke?
Traveling to Jost Van Dyke is where the fun begins!
- Fly to St Thomas (airport code STT) then take a ferry or our private water taxi direct to JVD (most ferry options require arriving on St Thomas by 3:30pm)
- Fly to BVI’s Beef Island (airport code EIS).
- Fly to San Juan Puerto Rico (airport code SJU) and then SJU to EIS.
What island is Soggy Dollar Bar on?
Jost Van Dyke
The Soggy Dollar is a world-renown beach bar and restaurant located directly on the beach in beautiful White Bay on the island of Jost Van Dyke in the BVI.
What does Jost Van Dyke mean?
Jost Van Dyke (/ˈjoʊst væn ˈdaɪk/; sometimes colloquially referred to as JVD or Jost) is the smallest of the four main islands of the British Virgin Islands, measuring roughly 8 square kilometres (3 square miles).
Do I need a passport to go to Virgin?
Identification for Adults As a U.S. territory, you do not need a passport to enter or leave the U.S. Virgin Islands, but a passport is the best form of identification you can carry when traveling. If you have a passport, then by all means take it with you.
How long can a US citizen stay in the British Virgin Islands?
Effective September 1st, 2016, this policy will allow nationals of a country where BVI visas are required, who hold a UK, US or Canada visas and are visiting the BVI for Business or tourism related matters, to enter and remain for a period of less than six (6) months, without the need for a visa.
What island is Soggy Dollar on?
The Soggy Dollar bar has become somewhat of an icon within the virgin islands and the main attraction on Jost van Dyke, since creating their famous rum cocktail the “Painkiller” in 1970’s.