travel42 Port Guide: Barbuda

travel42 Professional Cruise Port of Call Review

Remote and sparsely populated, Barbuda has the world's largest frigate-bird population (those large black birds that blow their big red throats up to unbelievable dimensions) and offers solitude and lots of beautiful, powdery white- and pink-sand beaches—but not much else.

Located about 25 mi/40 km north of Antigua, the island is very flat, scrubby and covered with cacti, hibiscus and red flamboyants.

Barbuda's main town, Codrington, is tiny and can be seen in a few minutes. If you're a gu...