Reggae Beach Bar

St Kitts & Nevis


A rough-and-ready crowd fuels up on Caribs and seafood at this castaway bar on picturesque Cockleshell Beach. Sleep it off on an umbrella-shaded beach chair (US$10 per day), get a massage or snorkel with tropical fish hiding out in the protected reef. Best night: Fridays for the lobster-fest (reservations recommended).

The place used to be home to Wilbur, a legendary pot-bellied pig that died in 2012. Look for the memorial under the trees.


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