Stargazing in Style: Experiencing the BVI’s Dark Skies at Night
The Milky Way arcs over Anegada’s salt ponds like a slow-motion firework, and the only sound is the Atlantic rolling onto Loblolly Bay. The British Virgin Islands sit far enough from major city glow that on a moonless night, the sky puts on a show that rivals anything below it. With roughly 60 islands and cays, many of them sparsely developed, the BVI offers some of the Caribbean’s darkest skies for stargazing — especially between November and April, when the dry season keeps humidity and cloud cover low. On a clear, moonless night in the BVI, meteors appear every