BREWER’S BAY, TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

Brewers Bay is a secret hideaway - a perfect cove hidden away in a sheltered bay on the North Shore of Tortola just north of Cane Garden Bay. Nearly isolated off the usual tourist trail makes Brewer’s Bay a wonderful place to get away from the real world.

DEMOGRAPHIC

The population of Brewer’s Bay is approximately 552 residents smattering the hillside of this beautiful unspoiledquiet haven. The majority of the population (92%) is Afro-Caribbean, descended from the slaves brought to the islands by the British. Other large ethnic groups include those of European/ Caucasian origin (8%).

Main Attraction

The requisite of a lovely long curving golden sand beach with vast palm trees, lush tropical backdrop and turquoise blue sea makes Brewer’s Bay beach side a popular spot with locals on public holidays and at weekends.

Direction to Nature’s Little Secret

Take the Hunthums Ghut road out of Road Town and up the hill, until you reach the Ridge Road. About half a mile along the Ridge Road take a right turn down towards Brewers Bay. Follow the steep tarmac road all the way down until you reach a wooded area behind the beach.

The road down Brewer’s Bay is steep and twisty but reasonably well paved and starts at the top of Joe’s Hill above Cane Garden Bay on the west side of the bay. If you take the road into the bay on the east side you can stop off at Mount Healthy, a preserved windmill. This 18th century windmill was once used for grinding the sugarcane, farmed from the steep slopes on the north shore of Tortola.

SPORTS & RECREATION

This peaceful slice of paradise remains one of Tortola's most well-known yet secluded beaches and is purported to be one of the best snorkeling beaches in the British Virgin Islands. There are a limited number of water toys available from the nearby camp site, and the water is rather shallow for scuba diving.

The  long stretch of immaculate sand, protected by coral reefs makes Brewer’s Bay Beach a favorite amongst swimmers usually in calm conditions with very little, if any, undertow at all. This makes it a safe beach for supervised children to swim in.  

In addition, Brewer’s Bay is home to the only camp site on the island of Tortola – a collection of tents and shelters well hidden among the palm trees fully equipped with all camping necessities right on the beach, the campsite is under the tropical canopy and it’s not difficult to see why; there can be few more attractive locations for a camp site anywhere in the world!

 For sightseers Brewer’s Bay was once site of several sugar plantations and distilleries, similar to those seen at Callwood's Distillery in Cane Garden Bay. The ruins of this once very busy distillery and sugar plantations can be seen from the road just behind the shore line.

The Bay is off limits to all charter yachts very few boats make it into Brewers because of the outer reef and an underwater cable that makes anchoring a high risk business and most charter companies have this as off limits to the bare-boaters.

National Parks

Just above Brewer’s bay has two of the many National Parks that is located in Tortola which are preserved and manage by the National Parks trust:

1. Mount Healthy National Park-Located above Brewers Bay is a popular highlight. It features the intact remains of a thickly walled stone windmill, once part of an 18^th century sugar plantation.

2.  Shark Bay National Park- located above Brewer's Bay:Visitors to this park, on the eastern hill above Brewer's Bay will enjoy a short nature walk, fabulous views and a lookout.

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