Nevis Island Tourism News and Notes

NHCS Nominated For The Cultures of Resistance Award

NHCS Nominated For The Cultures of Resistance Award

The Cultures of Resistance Award Short Lists NHCS The Nevis Historical and Conservation Society (NHCS) is pleased to announce its nomination for the Cultures of Resistance Award. This award recognizes groundbreaking work related to human ...
St. Kitts Golfer Off To Caribbean Golf Championship

St. Kitts Golfer Off To Caribbean Golf Championship

Caribbean Golf Youth Championship 2023 The Royal St Kitts Golf Club is delighted to announce that junior golfer Clayton Harridyal will be participating in the Caribbean Junior Golf Championship. The event will take place in ...
St. Kitts - Nevis Gets Gold At CARIFTA 2023

St. Kitts – Nevis Medals At CARIFTA Games 2023

CARIFTA Games Medals For St. Kitts - Nevis The St Kitts and Nevis team secured four medals, including one gold, two silver, and one bronze, at the 50th CARIFTA Games in the Bahamas. Akanye Samuel ...
Universal Healthcare for St. Kitts - Nevis

Universal Healthcare for St. Kitts – Nevis

Universal Healthcare On The Right Track St Kitts Prime Minister Dr. Terrence Drew stated on Friday that universal health coverage (UHC) remains a "political and social imperative" for the twin-island Federation. He emphasized that it ...
First Caribbean International Bank Sale Nixed

First Caribbean International Bank Sale Nixed

First Caribbean International Bank Sale Will Not Go Ahead FirstCaribbean International Bank Limited announced that the sale of its assets of FirstCaribbean International Bank (Barbados) Limited in St Kitts to St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank Limited ...
Agriculture Open Day - St. Kitts - Nevis

Agriculture Open Day – St. Kitts – Nevis

St. Kitts - Nevis - Agriculture Open Day 2023 The Ministry of Agriculture in the government of St Kitts and Nevis is hosting its annual Agriculture Open Day. This event reflects the ministry's commitment to ...

Nevis Island is the smaller of the two islands that make up the small Caribbean island nation of Saint Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis. A former British colony, the islands became independent in 1983. They are separated by a 2-mile wide channel known as “The Narrows”.

Nevis is not very commercially developed. It is still a very quiet and relaxing island, and a lot safer than many Caribbean islands. The local people who live on Nevis Island are kind and welcoming, but Nevisians who don’t work with tourists on a regular basis tend to be shy at first. Nevis has one of the highest literacy rates in the world; education and religion are very important aspects of the islanders’ lives.

The island of Nevis is divided into five parishes:

  • Saint George, Gingerland
  • Saint James, Windward
  • Saint John, Figtree
  • Saint Paul, Charlestown
  • Saint Thomas, Lowland

Nevis Island is almost round in outline, with a large dormant volcano (known as Nevis Peak) in the middle. The island divides naturally into three regions: the peak itself, which is so steep that it was never farmed, the coastal plain which rises up towards the central mountain, and hills of various sizes around the island which are the remnants of far more ancient volcanic activity.

Charlestown, the capital of Nevis, is a small, picturesque town, with a Main Street lined with Georgian stone buildings which are examples of the architectural style of the colonial era, sporting breezy balconies and wooden upper floors over a ground floor built of stone.