The islands have an amazing variety, where the cultural differences can be enormous; some have hotels and restaurants to match any in the world, or there are the quiet sleepy islands that remain relatively untouched.

Although the distance between each island is small, the differences can be enormous. Ranging from lush tropical to semi-desert, the Caribbean islands offer an incredible variety of landscapes with miles of sandy beaches and crystal clear waters.

Travelling to the Caribbean from either the USA or the UK is simple and many visitors take cruises enabling them to visit a variety of islands.

Scuba diving offers something for all divers at all levels from natural coral reefs, lava flows, marine parks and whale watching.  Wreck divers are spoilt for choice; Grenada has the famous cruise ship wreck, the Bianca C.

The Caribbean offers year round scuba diving but you might like to try Bonaire or Curacao during July to September - these islands fall outside of the traditional hurricane belt and offer great shore diving.

Whale watching - Dominica

Underwater volcanoes - Dominica and Saba

Amazing brain coral - Tobago

Freedom diving - Bonaire and Curacao

Whale migration - Turks and Caicos Islands

Corals, rays and sharks - Cayman Islands

Wreck diving - Grenada

Sharks - Bahamas  and Tobago

Dolphins - Bahamas