Long Bay

Our favorite location on Tortola has to be Long Bay.  Situated on the northwestern shore of the island, Long Bay consists of a resort and mile long beach.  While on the beach, one has the perfect view of Jost Van Dyke.  Long Bay is also the home of Nature Boy, an authentic island beach bar!



View of Jost Van Dyke from Long Bay Beach



Nature Boy Beach Bar

Most weekends, and several evenings during the week, you can find us at Long Bay Beach.  There are several reasons we like Long Bay so much.  It is the closest “real” beach.  (We are closer to Nanny Cay, but the beach is man-made.)  It only takes us about 10 minutes to get there.  Most evenings, we are the only people on the beach and on the weekends it is rarely crowded.  It seems to be a different beach every time we are there.  The rocky areas change, the surf changes and the types of seashells we find on the beach change. 

Sunset at Long Bay Beach

Chris and Reagan spend a lot of time body surfing.  Reagan is just about swimming and just loves to play in the surf and “practice” swimming.  Reilly doesn’t like to get his face wet and is a bit shy about the water, but will also body surf.  He also loves to walk along the shore with me and collect seashells. 

Chris and Reagan "action" shot!



Reilly's style of "body surfing."



The resort itself also has a few nice amenities.  There are a couple of restaurants, tennis courts and a pool with a swim up bar.   A few weeks ago, the boys and I had the opportunity to have lunch at the bar and use the pool.  Lunch was just ok, but the boys loved the pool.  The pool’s biggest attraction is the slide.  The kids loved using it.  Even Reilly got into the action.  There are also basic pool floats that the boys decided to call their “boats!” 

Reilly on the Slide, Long Bay Resort

Reagan's "boat"

Reilly's "boat"