Anguilla Sandy Island

by Anonymous

I read your Anguilla web site often and enjoy your great stories.

I visited Anguilla with my fiance about a year ago and fell in love with the island and its people.

We loved it so much that we decided to get married there!

During our visit, we did not go to Sandy Island but it sounds like a great place to have a private party which we are considering.

Have you been to Sandy Island? In particular, have you been there in the evening? Is there electricity, music, bathrooms?

Just wanted to get your opinion!

I appreciate your feedback.

Nori's Reply: Thank you so much for your kind words. Your Anguilla wedding must have been pure magic!

Sandy Island Anguilla is certainly worth the cost. We made Sandy Island one of our final stops on a day at sea with Gotcha! Anguilla boat tour. What a great choice!

There is no electricity on the island, so all of their food is grilled on an Anguillian BBQ, the side dishes kept in coolers. We had BBQ crayfish, which was fresh and succulent. The sides included coleslaw, salad, and pasta salad. Delicious.

Because the island doesn't have electricity, they don't have blended drinks, but what they do have more than makes up for it. Try their "Bay Breeze."

To answer your questions...

Their bathroom facilities are small and basic.

You will have to inquire about the possibility of hiring the island for a private party. I'm sure it can be arranged, but I haven't heard of anyone doing it in the past. Generally though, you will have the island practically to yourself.

Sandy Island is quiet and very private... The picture-perfect, ideal, tropical spit of land. Makes you wonder, "Where is Gilligan?" ;-)

I don't remember there being music when we went, but there is a live band on Sundays.

I have not heard of anyone visiting Sandy Island at night. They open at noon for lunch. They are open six days/week.

Our afternoon of sunning, swimming, snorkeling, eating, drinking and relaxing on virtually our own private island is a memory burned in my mind. One of the nicest, most memorable afternoons we have had in Anguilla. (I uploaded a picture from our afternoon above!)

I highly recommend you take the boat over from Sandy Ground, and make a day of it! It's an afternoon you will remember forever...