Why ST JOHN, Virgin Islands is Worth Visiting! (One Day Itinerary)
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- Why ST JOHN, Virgin Islands is Worth Visiting! (One Day Itinerary)
If you're visiting the U.S. Virgin Islands you should plan at least a day to visit St John in the USVI. Today, we’re taking a ferry over to St. John, the smallest of the U.S. Virgin Islands. We're sharing with you how to make the most out of a day trip to the island, including where we hiked for the amazing views, why Trunk Bay and Maho Bay are absolute must-stops, and where to eat in Cruz Bay and Coral Bay.
The only way to St John is by boat, but you can hop on a ferry from St Thomas to get there with ease.
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St John in the Virgin Islands has so much to offer for a peaceful beach getaway. If you want to experience some of the best beaches in the Caribbean, with half the crowd, then don't miss Trunk Bay. If you want to swim with the most sea turtles you've ever seen in your life, then head down to Maho Bay.
There are also incredible hikes in St John through the Virgin Islands National Park that aren't very difficult and offer amazing views over the ocean.
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When i was a teenager, my family and i vacationed to St. John and made so many memories that i cherish to this day. The place was like paradise. I long to go back, but it's very expensive. The white sand and clear blue warm water, Snorkeling in trunk and cinnamon bay, friendly locals, and the nightlife and drinks in the procelain parrot and monkey mugs, and dancing the night away. Breathtaking sunsets! The place was paradise back in early 2000s.
As a person who goes to St. John quite often, you can never get bored! It's the perfect place and I have been going as long as I can remember (quite literally)
100% agree. If you like island/beach life it's absolutely perfect.
@@TheDetourDuo its also nice to go over to St. Thomas and get dinner for the night. One of my favorite places on St. Thomas is SeaSalt (near Red Hook)
If you go back, definitely snorkle in Truck Bay! The sea turkles were so cool too. Thanks guys for sharing your adventure.
Yeah, we will for sure
Just finished watching your St. John, US Virgin Island travel video and I gotta say, I loved it! The footage was amazing and you guys really captured the essence of the island.
I've been following your adventures for a while now, and I gotta say, you guys are a true inspiration! Your passion for travel is contagious, and your videos always put a smile on my face.
Thanks for sharing your journey with us and for taking us along for the ride. I'm so excited to see where your travels take you next!
Keep up the awesome work, and I'll be eagerly waiting for your next adventure.
Thank you so much. Comments like these are what fuels our passion for creating these videos. We sincerely appreciate your support and can’t wait to continue bringing you more incredible travel content!
Using this for planning our upcoming trip! Can't wait! Thanks guys! 💛
Love to hear that! You guys will have an amazing time!
Awesome video. I’m a very frequent traveler to St John and you did a great job highlighting the beauty of the island. ❤
It's so gorgeous that it would have been hard to mess up. One of our favorite places
My husband and I started going there about 7 years ago. We had a friend of ours move there. Thanks for sharing your coconut experience. I truly love Ital, he is a very gifted man. It is always cool to see him in St. John videos! Great vlog!
He was such a fun personality to talk with and learn from, and he went and found some coconuts for us when he was running low when we would have just taken what he had, but he insisted.
Great video! I’ll be visiting next month! Can’t wait to check it out!!
Oh you'll love it if you're looking for relaxation. Beaches there are top notch!
A great place for a vacation. I spent six days at the Cannel Bay resort, which I understand is no longer in operation. Great beaches everywhere. Several good restaurants in Cruz Bay.
Totally agree! Can't think of a single beach we visited there that I wasn't like "this feels perfect"
Can’t wait to visit this October!
We're trying to go back ourselves!
Your video is in my top 3 as we prepare for our own trip to the USVI in 3 days. Thank you for the wonderful content!
Hope you enjoy it! Glad our video is helping you plan a little
I absolutely am loving y’all’s videos about the Virgin Islands! My family is traveling there next month and your videos are helping us plan out what we wanna do when we get there! Thank you guys so much for sharing your experience with everything🫶🏻 I look forward to watching more of your videos!
Excellent, that is our goal!! I’m glad you found them helpful. Have an amazing trip!
@@UTAH100 thank you so much for all the info! We are actually staying in St. Thomas, but are planning to spend a day in St. John!
Thank you for sharing! Great information! Going in soon!
You're welcome. Thank you so much for watching. I hope you love it there as much as we did!
Also your videos are awesome and I love how upbeat you guys are!!
Thanks so much!
Wonderful video. Thank you guys. Really giving me some ideas for when I take the trip
Glad you enjoyed the video and got something out of it!!
This was an awesome video! We’ve always heard about St John, but never seen it!
Next time you stop through ya'll should make a half-day/day trip of it. The beaches are so much nicer in our opinion. I've seen sea turtles on dives, but never that many so close!
Great video! The St. John Brewers pub at Mongoose Junction is awesome. Lots of other great restaurants in Cruz Bay also.
next time we definitely plan on spending the bulk of our time there
love this video thank you for sharing!!
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching
That’s awesome u guy got to explore St. John!! Great vlog! I’ve been going there with my family for 17 years now and we love it! Used to stay on St. Thomas then take the ferry over to St. John. Now we just stay at the Westin Hotel on St. John. Next time, u gotta explore Great Cruz Bay on St. John!!
Thank you! Will do! Yeah St Thomas is great but it's something about St John that's just so inviting and relaxing
Really enjoyed this!
Thank you for watching!
Wow beautiful!!😀
I know right! We love this island!
We were at a trunk Bay last week and it is even more beautiful in real life. Your video is awesome
Thank you! It really is! Wish we spent more time there. Think next time we'll be spending the majority of our stay on St John.
Sam went to St John a few years back and keeps telling me that we need to go together! Loved seeing these food and experiences options 😊 great video!
You should! I'm sure he's already told you this, but I promise you'll love it!
Great video. I’m currently in St. John’s and coming back again in 30 days. You captured all my fav spots and as a CZcamsr myself your footage is amazing.
Wow! 30 days. Thank you! St John was one of the best places we traveled to. Definitely in the works for us to return there.
Also, are you from Maryland by chance?
nice video thanks! keep it going!
frequent visitor and love the advice
getting to St J may take a journey but the result is Wirth it!
agreed. It's so worth it. Especially if you're looking to unplug.
Heading there on Dec 1st! Thanks for the tips!
Hope you enjoy it! Have so much fun
I'm a foodie, the food looks amazing and the drinks👍.
Not as good as the food in St Thomas, but still really good!
Thanks!
Oh wow! Thank you! 🙏🏾
Nice you got to see both Green and Hawkbill Sea Turtles... nice footage... Based on your initial map I thought you were going south shore over Gifft Hill to Centerline to Coral Bay. Threw me off when you stopped at Trunk :)
Yeah the graphic was more of a cool visual than an actual path we were following sorry 😅 thank you
Loved your video! Be sure to try Amore Arowako Vegan Club next visit, behind basketball court near Gas Station.
Thanks for the rec. We'll add it to our list!
Not sure whom this needs to be said to, but if you caught a bit about sea turtles please don't touch them or ride them on your visit, or ever really!
Gorgeous Again! Trunk bay is a hidden gem. Of course, when someone tells you not to do something... you want to do it. Who wouldn't want to ride Crush? (finding Nemo)
Trunk Bay is definitely a gem. Already miss those beaches!
Wow what cameras are you using ? Quality is amazing and editing is great love the videos
Thank you. It's a lot of gear. We have a list in our description if you want to see visuals of our gear, it's always changing though. Basically, I use a sony a7sIII as the main camera. Osmo action 4. Insta 360 x3, and at the time of making this video, I was using a dji Mavic 3. I use the mini 4 pro now for travel.
did they let you fly the drone on both islands? i hear they dont allow you in a lot of areas
No, only near the bays is safe to fly. Most of the island is a national park. However, they don't really care if you film there. Granted, we were there right when they announced the new policy for filming in national parks, but all the Rangers we asked and emailed didn't seem to care.
Awesome video! I’m planning to visit in the coming weeks to st Thomas and plan a day to St. John’s. Is it recommended to rent a jeep while driving in the island or would I be fine with a FWD like a RAV4? I read st Thomas is pretty okay with the roads, but St. John has a lot of steep roads. I plan to stop by the places you showed in the video.
Btw amazing videos! It’s helping me plan my up coming trip for my gf bday 😁
Thanks. That's an awesome birthday trip! I'm sure you'll both love it. To answer your question it's going to be a bit long winded. . .From our experience it was actually harder to drive in St Thomas than St John. St Thomas had more steep elevation and a higher speed limit so it took more getting used to. (didn't help that our airbnb was on top of a mountain either) St John on the other hand is mostly a National Park so the speed limit is pretty consistently 35 or slower. You don't need a jeep but definitely need to rent a vehicle that can handle that elevation. Plenty of cars there weren't 4WD, but you have more peace of mind with 4WD. All the roads are well paved though. Also: be sure to check with your rental company on whether or not you can take their vehicle to the other islands. We had an amazing rental service called "Dexters" they were great about us taking the jeep back and forth and were even completely understand when a kid hit our jeep while it was parked. For sure recommend them, but just do your research with rental companies. We heard horrible stories about some getting really nasty for people taking cars to the other islands or taking the tops off the jeeps
@@TheDetourDuo I appreciate the long winded response! That is what I was reading regarding the car rental situation and going to St. John’s. Don’t get me started on the terrible 1-star reviews left on the big name car rental company’s by the airport. Glad to hear from your first hand experience and I decided to pull the trigger on a Jeep rental from Dexters. The experience with them so far has been seamless and their fast responsiveness is reassuring.
Looking forward to our trip and I’ll definitely be trying the pain killer! 🍹
I’ll be sure to watch your other videos as well. Thank you for your help.
Maho changed after Hurricane Irma. .it was a quiet beach before the vendors and food stands, was always nice tho
That's interesting to know. It's still really nice though
Loved this review as it is on my list! Perfect summary. BTW, I lived near Chiang Mai for 9 years so get up there. Contact me for advice!
Thanks! We're actually leaving Chiang Mai soon, but wanted to stay long enough for the lantern festival. Do you know the best spots?
@@TheDetourDuo Also... We lived up in Mae Taeng. Make sure to visit the elephant sanctuary up there, and check out the river.
Oh nice! Thank you. We're in Mae Sariang heading back toward Chiang Mai. We're almost completed the Mae Hong Son Loop.
Great Videos! Going to St Thomas next month and we plan to visit St John for the day. We don’t want to drive while there do we really need a car?
Do you plan on driving in St Thomas? Depends on what you want to fit into your vacation. You don't really need a car to visit St John for the day. The passenger ferry is cheaper and there's a few buses and taxis that go to the beaches. Keep in mind though, there aren't may means of public transport on St John so give yourself enough time to make it back, especially if you want to go to the opposite end of the island. I would aim for at least getting back before the second to last ferry. That way you don't have to worry about missing it and spending the night on the island, and you don't have to worry about it being completely full with stragglers.
Thank you. This is so helpful!
@@erim1755 you're very welcome!
I went to Rams Head sometime in early 1981 for a 6th grade class trip. I don't know if you know, but that is where the slaves that revolted on STJ threw themselves off of to die rather than be captured. There are stories about those vats in the sugar plantations and "bad" slaves being thrown into them, alive. There was a good chance in the 1700s and 1800s if you ate sugar products, you were a cannibal.
did not know that about Ram's Head, but heard stories about the sugar plantations. We didn't want to go there or highlight that for that reason
You will see the wild donkeys and goats walking all over the place. It is amazing.
It is isn't it! Such an amazing island!
The snorkeling at Salt Pond is really good. Great after hiking Ram’s Head. Snorkeling at Maho is better than Trunk by far. Next time you are in Coral Bay try Miss Lucy’s. They have the best grouper sandwiches. Service can be slow but worth the wait
Thanks for the rec. We were thinking about going to Miss Lucy's too. Apparently they have either karaoke and/or live music there from what we were told.
We are spending 8 days in the usvi... and I can't figure out how much cash we should be bringing? Are there a lot of atms or should we bring it with us?
Depends on where you're staying and how you plan to get around. We really didn't need cash other than at local restaurants but there are ATMs in the heavy traffic areas. In St John I only remember seeing them in Cruz Bay. You'll definitely want cash there. In St Thomas, I feel like we only ever had about 100 or so on us then found an ATM pretty easily when we exhausted that amount. Plus you don't want to be carrying around loads of cash. Sorry, don't know how helpful my rant was 😅
Can you tell me how to get there from Texas ?? I am at lost but want to go there so badly 😅
Fly to st Thomas then take the ferry to St. John
How would you guys recommend getting around if you were coming off a cruise and can't rent a car??
There are a ton of taxis on St Thomas. St John may be a bit harder to navigate around if you don’t have a car
@@TheDetourDuo thank you!
My fiancé and I are getting married this July. We’re thinking of going to the U.S. Virgin Islands ( St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John) which island do you recommend for us ? We would like a location with less tourist. We’re aiming for peace and quiet. We are not a bougie couple. Thanks in advance.
💯% St John if you want peace and quiet and fewer tourists. Just know if you want to film anything for your wedding St john is majority a national park, and they all require permits to film in the US
@@TheDetourDuo Thanks for the heads up. Where did you stay on St. John ? So far we are looking at Airbnb.
@angelaguilar2916 we actually stayed on st Thomas but we rented a jeep for the week so it was easy for us to island hop. But St John is supposed to have some gorgeous b&bs. We just didn't stay in one there
@@TheDetourDuo is car rental expensive on st Thomas and which company did you guys use ?
@angelaguilar2916 car rental is expensive. We went through a company called Dexter's. Highly recommend. They even got us a jeep and we booked super last minute. We had another comment on car rentals and I recommend Dexter's. They said they were great. Also, no matter who you go through. Try and get a car with 4wheel drive. It will save you a a headache. Driving through St Thomas and St. John is more or less driving up and down a mountain
Holy hell! I've seen cheaper food prices in Switzerland.
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