The first stop on our March Carnival Victory cruise was the island of St. Thomas. I’ve been to St. Thomas a bunch of times so I was not looking to explore and instead was looking for a nice beach to spend my day. When anyone talks about St. Thomas beaches the conversation inevitably turns to Megan’s Bay. While I do agree that Megan’s Bay is a beautiful beach I do feel it is slightly overated. My memory is a little fuzzy but I think we had about 5 ships in port that day meaning I wanted no parts of Megan’s. So instead of Megan’s we decided to go to Coki beach.
Upon exiting the ship we immediately caught an open air taxi and bolted to Coki in order to get there before the crowds. The cost of the taxi was $9 per person each way. The driver asked us to come up with a time for us to return to town, but I tend to improvise too much for that to be a viable option. Instead we told him we would just pick up a return taxi when that time came. Upon our arrival a young woman greeted us and gave us a welcome speech. She told us about chair rentals (10$), where to rent snorkel equipment and where to find food. We got two chairs, kicked back on the beach and ordered a bucket of beer (6 for 13 dollars).
A little later in the day I took my new snorkel equipment for a spin and did a bit of snorkeling. Although I am far from an expert on snorkeling I feel comfortable making the statement that Coki beach has the best snorkeling that I have ever seen. I brought along a couple of bagels to feed the fish and they were swarming around me. The next thing I have to invest in is an underwater camera because there were some spectacular photo opportunities.
After I had my fill of snorkeling I headed back to the beach to relax for a while. The young lady who got us the chairs and beers then asked me if I was ready to order lunch. I placed an order for red snapper, rice and beans. She was to inform us when lunch was ready. It took about 20 minutes or so for our lunch to be ready and we walked up to a little food shack and sat at the counter to eat our lunches. The meal was great especially if you like authentic Caribbean dishes and the cost for the both of us was around 30 dollars for two lunches and 2 drinks.
We spent the rest of the day playing in the water and taking in all of the beauty my new favorite St. Thomas beach had to offer. Even though we didn’t make arrangements for a taxi to take us back to the ship, the young lady who took such great care of us secured a taxi for our return is less than 5 minutes.
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