Fallen Jerusalem

Fallen Jerusalem, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands.  June 15th, 2016.

View from under the boat

One of the take-home messages that we have realized about visiting the BVI is that the more remote, the less travelled, fewer boats and tourists, the better off you are.  This may not come as a surprise to many of you, but it was brought home to us today when we visited Fallen Jerusalem, an uninhabited island just to the west of The Baths on Virgin Gorda.

The whole island is just a collection of large boulders

Swim fin for scale

Fallen Jerusalem doesn't look like much from a distance, and we'd never bothered to go there since it didn't look all that inviting.  Just a pile of sun-bleached rocks.  Why bother?











Well, today, based on some comments from our friend Eric, and our desire to see some of the more remote, less visited areas of the BVI, we decided to make a lunch stop at Fallen Jerusalem.  If you're gonna go there, be aware that we only found 2 National Parks mooring balls, and that there's not really a good place to anchor.  Even the little bay where the National Parks balls are located is a little tight.  We were worried that we might end up bonking into the other boat tied up there.

More boulders

Yuuuggee Staghorn Coral

 I've snorkeled just about all the popular spots in the BVI, The Indians, Monkey Point, Anegada, etc. and Fallen Jerusalem has to be in the top 5 I've experienced.  The rock formations in the water provide shelter for all types of marine flora and fauna.  And, since it's off the beaten path, there are some impressively large coral formations to be seen.

Octopuses' garden

Trampoline special effects

We stayed at Fallen Jerusalem until late afternoon and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.  Ended up with a nice downwind sail to Cooper Island for the nice relaxing night.