Young Island Resort – St. Vincent

Carolyn

Our week in St Vincent was wonderful!!! We were the only ones diving with Dive St Vincent all week except for one local guy who did his own thing! We did see lots of little critters as advertised... in fact there was nothing large there! It is not a protected marine park so it is a bit overfished! We only did the 2 morning dives since it didn’t seem like they wanted to go out in the afternoon with just the 2 of us! The boat is small so more than 4 might be too many people! We went to St Vincent one day but really preferred just staying on Young Island! There’s not much to do on St Vincent! It is REALLY untouristy!! I couldn’t find any shops for souvenirs and we really couldn’t find any organized tours to do with just the 2 of us. As for Young Island Resort... the food is amazing!!! The service was wonderful!! We wished we could’ve been upgraded because the spa next to our cottage (14) was being renovated all week— which meant no massage for me and workers talking outside our bathroom and near our outdoor shower all week! The outdoor (the only) shower otherwise was great! Loved being able to see the ocean while taking a shower! We eventually got used to being lazy and snorkeled off the beach there as well as kayaked around the island. We did see an octopus and one small skittish turtle when we snorkeled! The resort is not geared to divers at all except that it is super easy to get picked up and dropped off by the dive boat! There are no rinse tanks... but we found a faucet near our cottage and used this for our gear.