Road Harbour - General Info
Where is Road Harbour?
Road Harbour is located off Road Town, Tortola and is the main commercial seaport in the British Virgin Islands. The harbour can be busy because there are are a number of small marinas, Customs and Immigration as well as an Inter island ferry dock. Road Harbour also handles many of the cruise ships that make Tortola a port of call.
Entrance notes or cautions for Road Harbour:
Entrance to Road Harbour is straightforward but boats do run aground on the sand bar on the Road Reef/Fort Burt side of the harbour at the entrance.
Cruiser Highlights for Road Harbour:
This is where you’ll find most of the island’s services and infrastructure including Customs and Immigration; post office; bank; stores; restaurants; hospital; government administration offices; taxis and car rentals and ferries to other islands. Road Town is also home to the J.R. O’Neal Botanic Gardens which wind through close to three acres of indigenous and exotic plants, trees and herbs; the Governor’s House with its historical museum; and Main Street, which still has many historic buildings and churches, cafes, curio shops as well as the Virgin Islands Folk Museum.
Position – bay entrance:
18° 24’55″N, 064° 36’22″W
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Update 10th January, 2018
Village Cay Marina:
Fuel and water are available. No ice. Grocery stores within walking distance. Village Cay Bar & Restaurant and The Pub are open. There are also some other restaurants open nearby within walking distance.
Hodges Creek Marina:
No fuel and no ice. Water is available. Grocery store in East End, by dinghy or taxi. There are also some restaurants open nearby by taxi.
Post-Irma updates from https://www.bvitraveller.com
Village Cay Marina:
No fuel, no water, no ice and no docking, but can enter by dinghy. Grocery stores within walking distance. Village Cay Bar & Restaurant is open There are also some restaurants open nearby within walking distance.
Hodges Creek Marina:
No fuel, no water and no ice. Grocery store in East End, by dinghy or taxi. There are also some restaurants open nearby by taxi.
Propane Fill at Delta Petroleum — Be advised that Delta Petroleum does not charge by the metered gallon of propane, but by the fill, so best take an empty tank. They are very friendly and accommodating. Fill you dinghy fuel tank at the same time! George
Re the comment above, substitute Wickhams Cay 2 for Marina Cay. We found Delta Petroleum but they did not have an adaptor to fill our Camping Gaz cylinder. However we then found out about Express Gass. You just call Thomas on 1-284-494-3766 or 443-1464 or 543-2401. He will pickup/dropoff anywhere in Road Harbour for $5 or Nanny Cay for $15 and will supply propane or butane. We had ours back in a couple of hours and very friendly service.
If you need propane, make your way from Marina Cay along the main highway towards the airport. About a third of a mile, and directly across from the Cash & Carry and Riteway stores is Delta Petroleum.
They fill on site from the back of the store on the corner of the building closest to the water. We filled a 20lb bottle on March 5th, 2014, for a cost of $25, and the attendant did it right away.