News from Anguilla includes new service on Tradewind Aviation from San Juan with daily flights through Jan. 5 and four days a week through April 13.
In addition, Seaborne Airlines and Silver Airways offer service from San Juan into Clayton J. Lloyd airport on Anguilla and have codeshare agreements with JetBlue, Delta and American for transfers through San Juan.
Liquid Glow Kayak Tours offers two-hour day tours from Crocus Bay to Little Bay in clear, translucent kayaks to view turtles, stingrays and hundreds of tropical fish.
The operator also has a night kayaking tour by moonlight in Island Harbour. Visit anguillakayak.com to book.
Six miles off the southwest coast is Prickly Pear Cay, two small uninhabited islands divided by a narrow boat channel.
A shuttle service operates twice daily from Sandy Ground on Tuesdays through Sundays. Use of paddle boards, kayaks, snorkeling gear and bird watching hikes can be arranged upon request. The 25-minute ride is priced at $40 per person. Book through pricklypearanguilla.com.
Lively Island Tours is a new operation that offers historical and heritage tours of the island, pub crawls and a wine, cigar and spirits tour that includes tastings of wine and rum and a stop at a cigar lounge. For information, see facebook.com/livelyislandtoursaxa.
Off the beach, Jackie Cesteros, head of Nature Explorers, offers birding tours and nature walks. Anguilla has more than 130 species of birds that live on Anguilla for all or part of the year. Book through natureeplorersanguilla.com.
The Quintessence Hotel, which opened two years ago, has unveiled its art gallery, which it says includes the world's largest assemblage of works by Haitian artists Roland Blain, Albott Bonhomme, Henry-Robert Bresil and Jasmin Joseph.
The gallery is open to the public as well as to hotel guests.