ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 
BARBUDA, ANTIGUA'S SISTER ISLAND - CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
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Barbuda, Antigua’s sister island, is a flat coral island with an area of approximately 68 square miles. It is situated 30 miles due north of Antigua and can be reached in 20 minutes by plane or 2 hours by ferry. Barbuda has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, all deserted, with white sand that often appears pink in some areas due to broken minute seashells within the sand. Barbuda is inhabited by about 1,440 people who live in the little capital of Codrington, that takes its name from the first sugar plantation owner. Codrington is unlike any capital you may have seen! With its crisscross network of small roads, displaying a multitude of colourful typical houses, small stores and different denomination churches where everyone is everyone’s neighbour. In Codrington you will be treated to the best fresh lobster served in a characteristic restaurant and you may join the locals in any of their disco bars to dance away the night to the tropical beat. It is not uncommon to meet donkeys or cows on the streets. The community owns the land and no one can sell or buy it, only rent it for a period. Barbuda is an island of beaches: the most beautiful rans from Palmetto point to Cedar Tree Point, a 30 km of white sand beach.
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A must visit is the Barbuda’s Frigate Bird Sanctuary located in the north-west lagoon area inside the mangrove bushes, it is the largest nesting colony in the Caribbean and it is only accessible by boat. It features 170 species and it is the home of over 5000 frigate birds. The Indian Cave is located at Two Foot Bay on the northeast side of the island, here you can find ancient Arawak Indians drawings. On the east side you may see Darby’s Cave, in actuality not really a cave but a vertical sided sink hole over 100 metres in diameter and over 20 metres deep, immersed within a natural environment reminiscent of a tropical rain forest. Among the important historical sites are the Martello Tower and the Highland House. Martello tower is 32 feet high and it was used as a look-out on the south coast. The name “Martello” derived from a tower at Cape Mortella in Corsica. Highland House was build by the Codringtons sometime after 1720 on the highest point of Barbuda, now in ruins, it was a larger complex of buildings, including stables, offices and slave quarters. Sir Christopher Codrington arrived in Antigua in 1684. After establishing several sugar plantations in Antigua he leased Barbuda from England and used it to grow food and breeding slaves. The island stayed in the Codrington family until 1870, and then became dependent upon Antigua and later sought independence together in 1981.
Visit Barbuda Website and Barbuda North Beach for more info.