We’ve featured these sister islands before.

According to Visit Antigua and Barbuda, “Antigua was born out of the sea by a volcano about 30 million years ago, making it a young island in geological time.”

Antigua is “108 square miles, while Barbuda is 62 square miles.” Antigua attracts the bulk of the tourism, but don’t sleep on Barbuda, home of Frigate Bird Sanctuary, the largest in the western hemisphere.

You can get from one island to the other via the Barbuda Express, which runs six days a week. If arriving from Antigua, you can catch the ferry in St. John’s Harbour.

Antigua and Barbuda have a third, less celebrated sister, and when you look at her, you’ll know why that is.

Redonda is oblong-shaped and completely uninhabited, unless you count the birds and lizards. BBC News noted in April 2021 that this ugly duckling had changed into a lush “eco-haven.” But chances of experiencing it in person are pretty remote, since there’s no place to safely dock watercraft.

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