Vieques is the long island at the bottom right • Navio Beach is pretty spectacular
Vieques Island lies seven miles east of Puerto Rico and can be easily reached by ferry or small plane. The population is apprx. 10,000 and is centered in the middle of the island. The eastern 12 miles is a US Fish and Wildlife refuge, the western part is a nature reserve too. US Fish & Wildlife administer about 60 % of the island of Vieques.
Getting to Vieques. Vieques Ferry and Airplane schedule
Vieques is best known for having the brightest biobay in the world. Vieques has no transportation back to mainland Puerto Rico after 6 PM so in order to see the biobay one must either stay the night of do a private charter.
All about Vieques on the Vieques Travel Website. Ferry to Vieques Video:
Day trip to Vieques from Fajardo by ferry.
Tourism, government jobs and food stamps are important sources of income for Vieques. Fishing is the traditional main source for many local families. Tourism will rise sharply now that the Navy has pulled out. Vieques is one of the more ideal ecotourist destinations in the Caribbean It also hosts many northerners who choose to winter or retire here.
Attractions center around the Vieques beaches and the worlds most brilliant bioluminescent bay. Visit Elenas Vieques website for complete information about Vieques. Kayak the biobay in Vieques.
Elenas website: Island of Vieques Travel. elenas-vieques.com
Golden Heron Ecotours offers a motorboat snorkeling trip to the 'Secret Reefs' of Vieques.
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