Anse Cachon, St. Lucia

We were told about this harbor about 2 hours south of Rodney Bay on the west coast of St. Lucia, so stopped down for a couple of days. While we were there, it was fairly well protected from swells, but another time we stayed it wasn’t.

It is a small bay with a nice hill-side resort. The beach is fairly small, but the resort does the best it can to keep it clean.

When we got there, we were met by “boat boys” (the yellow kayaker in the pic above) who come out and try to sell you trinkets. Usually they also want to shake you down for beer. They were fine. I may have bought some necklaces because he made me feel guilty – when will I ever learn?

Anyway, the bay is mostly a day-stop for snorkelers from paid patrons of organized tours or resorts. The charters pull in a couple of times a day, tie up at the couple of moorings, people hop off and go snorkeling, have some lunch, and then head out. Then someone else comes in. Pretty well coordinated and scheduled.

The snorkeling is pretty good, but you have to go when the charters aren’t there as it gets pretty crowded.

At night, it gets very quiet. There were only 1 or 2 other boats anchored when we were there.

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