St Maarten + Anguilla Group Programs
The shortest and most frequent crossing in the region, and the easiest second island to add to a Sint Maarten program.
Why This Is the Easiest Pairing
Anguilla sits close enough to Sint Maarten that a group can visit for a day and sleep in the same hotel both nights. That is unusual here — most second islands mean a hotel change, a rooming list and a luggage movement. It also means the crossing is the only moving part, which is why this corridor carries more planning demand than any other in the northeast Caribbean.
How the Crossing Works for a Group
- Marigot to Blowing Point — the scheduled public ferry on the French side
- Private charter — departs when the group is ready rather than when the timetable says, which is worth pricing when the day has a fixed anchor at the far end
- Group capacity — depends on the vessel rostered for your sailing, so we confirm it with the operator against your party size before quoting rather than assuming a scheduled sailing will take the whole group
Sailing times, operators and frequency are live on the St Maarten ferry board and the Anguilla ferry board — we plan against those rather than restating a timetable here that would go stale. What we plan for is the shape of the day: the return sailing is the constraint that decides how long a group can stay, so we build the day backwards from it and never put the group on the last departure.
Formalities
Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory and Sint Maarten is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, so this is a border: the group clears immigration in both directions and travels on passports. Taxes and port fees are set by the authorities on each side and change, so we confirm the current amounts with the operator and the port at quoting time and itemise them in your proposal. We do not publish figures here that would be out of date by the time you read them.
A Day That Works
- Early crossing, which keeps the whole day available on the far side
- One beach and one lunch, in a single location rather than spread along a coast
- A single guided element rather than several
- Return on a sailing with at least one later option behind it, never the last of the day
What We Handle
- Group ferry booking as inventory, not individual tickets
- Immigration formalities and any port fees or taxes, confirmed at quoting time and processed for the party
- Transfers on both sides, timed to the sailing rather than the clock
- Restaurant booking sized for the group, confirmed before departure
- A local contact reachable on both islands during the day
Adding Anguilla to a Program?
Send the group size and dates. We will tell you which sailing shape fits.
Request a Group ProgramFrequently Asked Questions
Can a group visit Anguilla as a day trip from Sint Maarten?
Yes, and it is the most common way we run it — the group keeps the same hotel both nights, which removes the rooming list and luggage movement a second island usually forces. Current sailings are on the Anguilla ferry board, and Anguilla day trips covers what fits in a day.
How large a group can cross without chartering?
It depends on the vessel rostered for your sailing, which varies. We confirm capacity with the operator against your party size before quoting, and price a split departure or a charter where the scheduled sailing will not take the group in one movement.
What are the formalities between St Maarten and Anguilla?
It is a real border — separate jurisdictions, immigration cleared in both directions, passports for the whole party. Taxes and port fees are set on each side and change, so we confirm the current amounts at quoting time and itemise them in your proposal rather than publishing figures that would go stale.