Saba offers the best diving in the Eastern Caribbean and is world renowned for its Pinnacles, which are coral encrusted spires coming up from incredible depths to within 80 ft of the surface. Saba has done a magnificent job in protecting, not just its pinnacles, but also its stunning fringing reefs. The island too is unique in the Caribbean being only two miles in diameter but over 3000 ft high. Very lush towards the top but starkly volcanic at its base and with the prettiest villages on its slopes and in the crater.

We usually start the trips from the Dutch island of St Maarten as it has a jetport with excellent direct flights from the USA and Europe. St Maarten is a bustling “free” port (great duty free shopping) with fine hotels and restaurants and normally our guests like to spend a day or two there before or after the trip. The French island of St Barts offers good diving and a charming sophisticated town. The island has become a playground for the rich, and is pretty with lovely beaches. When not diving its fun to spend half a day here buzzing around on a scooter.

Barbuda is a low coral island with few fiercely independent but very friendly inhabitants, who work hard at keeping their unique island unspoiled. There is not really any diving here but a day is well spent in exploration and the Frigate Bird colony is justifiably famous.

Montserrat is different again as it is a violently active volcanic island two thirds of which is in the “Exclusion Zone” - forbidden access because of danger from the volcano. The effect of this danger can be clearly seen on a trip offshore down the coast to the buried capital town of Plymouth, a modern Pompeii.

Between Montserrat and the next island coming north is the extraordinarily precipitous rock of Redonda, 1000 ft high but only 500 yds long and half that breadth. If the weather is right its well worth a dive or two. Nevis and St Kitts form the Twin Island State and offer very good diving and marvellous scenery and are both steeped in history. Well worth a day on land. Then there is Statia, another Dutch island which is very low key but again with quite a history. The wreck and wall diving here is very good.

North of St Maarten lies Anguilla with its five star resorts and endless beaches. Some of the uninhabited offshore islands are breathtaking. The wreck diving here is very good and there are some great spots under limestone cliffs.

Finally there is Sombrero which is a "special" for Cuan Law guests as, as far as we know, we are the only boat to dive it. It is off the beaten track but we can swing by it on our way back to the BVI. Past guests are always talking about the diving at Sombrero as, being so far from anywhere, it offers the clearest water in the Eastern Caribbean and awesome diving on amazing underwater limestone cliffs, underwater pinnacles and a gigantic cavern. The island used to be inhabited by just four lighthouse keepers but they have retired because the light is now automated. It is the most important bird island in this part of the world as it is on the flyway from North to South America.