By Sea

Via Cruise Ship

Grenada is a port for many cruise ships. The cruise ships generally dock just north of the St. George’s harbor at the pier.

Via Water Taxi

If your schedule doesn’t permit riding the ferry, and you don’t mind traveling on a bumpy motorboat across the open ocean, then the water taxi may be just right. It takes 40 minutes to travel to Union Island from Carriacou and will cost around US $75. When you get to the waterfront, ask around to determine who is safe to ride with, as not everyone has the best seafaring skills.

Via Yacht

Immigration, which is open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., can be cleared at two places on Grenada Island: in St. George’s at Grenada Yacht Services (telephone: 440-2508) or on Prickly Bay at Spice Island Marine Services (telephone: 444-4342). Most of the yachts will anchor in the nearby lagoon in St. George’s. If you are unable to clear immigration at one of these locations, you go to the St. George’s police station to receive all the necessary stamps. Immigration clearance should be made in Hillsborough on Carriacou.

Horizon Yacht Charters (www.horizonyachtcharters.com; 439-1000) is located at True Blue Bay Marina and will give you a boating experience like no other. Sea is the best way to see Grenada. Guests can arrange for a yacht full of crew so that you can relax or you can anchor right in and be the captain of your own yacht.

Moorings (www.moorings.com; 444-4439) can be located at Secret Harbour. Sea Breeze Yacht Charters (telephone: 444-4924) can be located in Lance aux Épines at Spice Island Marine Services.

The primary anchorages can be found along Grenada’s southwest side, which include True Blue Bay, Prickly Bay, Hog Island and Mt. Hartman Bay.

By Water

A boat service, the MV Jasper runs between Union Island and Carriacou in the Grenadines and St. Vincent. The trip is one hour and costs EC $20. It leaves Union Island at 7:30 a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays to travel to Carriacou. On the same days, it will return at 12:30 p.m.

There are commercial ships that transport goods between Carriacou or Petit Martinique and Union Island. These ships will allow guests to hitch a ride. Alternatively, you hop on a bumpy water taxi and make the trip in 40 minutes for somewhere between EC $100 and EC $150.

Entering Grenada

Before entering Grenada, guests will need to display an onward ticket and a valid passport. If no ticket is presented, sufficient funds will be required to permit your stay on the Island.

By Air

Point Salines International Airport has an ATM, pay phones, Wi-Fi, car rental offices and even a restaurant. Prior to reaching immigrations, in the arrivals section, guests will find a tourist office booth.

The airlines that fly to and from Grenada from the Caribbean and further are as follows:

Air Jamaica – Can be reached via telephone at 439-2093 or on the web at www.airjamaica.com

American Eagle – San Juan – Can be reached via telephone at 444-222 or on the web at www.aa.com.

British Airways – London – Can be reached via telephone at 444-1221 and on the web at www.ba.com.

LIAT – Tobago, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Barbados – Can be reached via telephone at 444-5428 and on the web at www.liatairline.com.

Virgin Atlantic – London – Can be reached via telephone at 439-7470 or on the web at www.virgin-atlantic.com.

The Lauriston airport at Carriacou is small with just one ticket counter. Prime Travel (telephone 443-7362) has a booth at this airport and can assist with car rentals, ticket sales and any other necessary travel essentials.

SVG Air (www.svgair.com; 444-3549) offers private air charters as well as scheduled flights to Union Island, St. Vincent, Grenada, Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominica, Martinique, Petit St. Vincent, Palm Island, Mustique, Canouan and Beguia.

If there are no open flights, a charter flight can sometimes be organized with a group and the cost can be split. This will take you to or from Carriacou. More details can be obtained from Prime Travel.

Grand Anse is the main resort area for Grenada. With an abundant of hills in the background, Grand Anse offers white sandy beaches with beautiful turquoise waters. The area is filled with eateries, bars, hotels and plenty of water sports making it an ideal location for most visitors. When you want to get away from all the commotion, the Quarantine Point peninsula takes you to the scenic Morne Rouge Bay, which offers some peace and quiet.

Cargo and Passenger Boats - Using cargo boats to satisfy your island hopping adventures can be interesting, and is a method of travel chosen by more visitors than one might think. However, traveling around the Caribbean on a cargo boat doesn’t allow you to have a fixed schedule – but for many, that’s the interesting part. Cargo boats depart from the dock when they get their cargo, not when their passengers want to leave. However, you can ask around at the dock and generally get an approximate time on when the cargo boat might leave so that you can hitch a ride. If you are on Grenada Island, you should go to the large boats in St. George’s on the north side of Carenage. If you are on Carriacou, you can find the cargo boats in Tyrrel Bay, sometimes, but more often at the pier at Hillsborough. You can purchase your ticket on board and the larger boats’ fare is usually around EC $20 for one way.

Catamarans Osprey (www.ospreylines.com; 440-8126) is the most reliable and fastest way to move from one island to another. The catamaran seats 144 and connects the three islands of Grenada in under two hours. A ticket for a one-way trip to Carriacou from Grenada is $80, and $160 for round-trip. A ticket for Carriacou to Petit Martinique is $30 one-way and $60 round trip. Reservations aren’t typically required unless it’s a holiday. Ticket may be purchased from the office before department or on board. The Osprey departs in St. George’s from the east of Carenage.

Osprey Schedule –

• Grenada Island to Petit Martinique and Carriacou – Departs weekdays at 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., 9:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday’s at 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
• Carriacou to Grenada Island – Departs weekdays and Saturdays at 6:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., and Sunday at 3:30 p.m.
• Carriacou to Petit Martinique – Departs weekdays and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m., Monday through Thursday at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday’s at 9:30 a.m.
• Petit Martinique to Grenada Island and Carriacou – Departs Tuesday to Friday at 5:30 a.m. and daily at 3:00 p.m.

Via Cars and Motorcycles Rental – There are several rental agencies where visitors can rent motorcycles or cars on Grenada Island a few on the Island of Carriacou.

By Bus and Tram Both Carriacou and Grenada Island have buses that offer visitors an excellent way to truly experience the community. School kids, shoppers and commuters will all be in the bus. Often times, the seats are overflowed and the seats will rock back and forth to music as the driver toots the bus’s horn at potential passengers and friends.

Via Local Transport Taxi – There are plenty of taxis on Grenada Island and a few minibuses on Carriacou that act as taxis.

Via Air Travel SVG Air (www.svgair.com; 444-3549) transports passengers to and from Carriacou and Grenada Island.

MBIA – Maurice Bishop International Airport

Established in October 1985 under the Grenada Airports Authority Act of 1985 via the Grenada Government, the Grenada Airports Authority (aka The Authority) is a legislative association. The Act, which was amended several years later in 1998, recognized The Authority as an organization with the power to control manage and supervise the airports. Power was also given for The Authority to endorse the airports use in terms of national interest.

Presently, the Authority is primarily responsible for three Grenada airports:

• Pearls Airport, which is the original airport in Grenada.
• Lauriston Airport, which is located on the largest of the islands in Grenada, Carriacou.
• Maurice Bishop International Airport (aka MBIA), which is the largest and newest of these airports and was built between 1979 and 1985.

Lauriston Airport and MBIA are both used daily.

The head office for the Authority is situated in Point Salines. It is from here that all maintenance and administrative support are directed to necessary facilities.

Operator: GAA –The Authority, as formed under the GAA Act Number 9 of 1985.

Airport Location

The airfield is located 7 miles (11 km) from St. George’s capital (which is the city center) Point Salines.

Airport Opened

The airport first opened in 1984 on October 28.

Airport Employment

Providing about 160 individuals employment at the airport, the employees are direct employees of the GAA. Additional employment is offered by shops, customs, immigrations, offices and airlines.

Operating Hours

The airport operates from 6:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. local time and 10:00 a.m. to 02:30 p.m. UTC. If you require additional hours, they are available upon request. UTC -4 is the time reference for Grenada.

Airport Data

The airport is an international airport located about 7 miles from St. George’s. Its exact position is 12°00´15″N, 061°47´17″W and is located at 39 feet (12 m) elevation. There is one cargo terminal, one passenger terminal and five aircraft stands. The airport operates from 06:00 to 22:30.

Airlines Serving the Airport

British Airways, Golden Caribbean – Monarch Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airways offer direct flights to Grenada from Gatwick Airport in London, UK.

American Airlines

American Airlines offers US passengers direct flights to Grenada from Miami with connections in Puerto Rico and San Juan via American Eagle. US passengers can board a direct flight o Grenada from New York City via Air Jamaica.

Air Canada

There is a weekly air service by Air Canada to Grenada from Toronto, Canada, from December to April. There are connection from Montreal, Halifax and Ottawa. All year, Caribbean Airlines and Air Canada offer regular flights to Trinidad and Barbados from Montreal and Toronto correspondingly, with connections via LIAT in Grenada. LIAT Airlines offers connections from several Caribbean Islands into MBIA in Grenada. There are also international flight connections from Trinidad, St. Lucia, Barbados and Antigua. Conviasa Airlines offers air service twice a week from Margarita and Porlamar into Grenada. Daily flights are offered by SVG Air to and from Lauriston Airport in Carriacou.

British Airways flies to Grenada on Tuesday via Gatwick Airport in London. There is one stop in Antigua and the total time for travel is 10 hours and 35 minutes. American Airlines and Delta Airlines also offer transportation to Grenada from the UK. Virgin Atlantic Airways offers air travel to and from the United Kingdom into Grenada by collaborating with international airlines such as Air Jamaica.

Delta Air Lines will begin scheduled flights starting June 5 from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (aka JFK) into St. George’s MBIA. The air travel will leave JFK in New York at 1:15 in the morning and lands at 6:05 in the morning in Grenada. The flight is non-stop. The flight back to NY departs Grenada at 7:15 in the morning and lands at 12:35 that afternoon in New York. Delta Airlines uses the 737-800 airplane for this service, which offers 144 Coach Class seats and 16 First Class seats for its passengers.

Cargo Facilities include aircraft maintenance, bonded warehouse, mechanical handling, deep freeze storeroom, refrigerated storage, x-ray gear, health officials, animal quarantine, express/courier center, heavy/very large cargo and ramp side stockroom facilities.

Runway

The Runway System features two runways (10 and 28) on a single strip, which is an asphalt surface. They are equipped for night operations with systems to adequately light the airfield. Their elevation is 12 meters and they are 2743 meters long and 45 meters wide.

With an annual capacity of 1,200,00 the airport passenger facilities consist of 200 impermanent parking spaces and 200 parking spaces for extended periods of times, 22 check-in desks, auto exchange machine, Bureau de Change, cafeterias, restaurants, VIP lounge, bars, shops, gift shops, newsagent and tobacconist, taxi service and rank, travel agent and first aid. The minimum connection times for international-to-international flights are 60 minutes and the same for domestic-to-international. Domestic-to-domestic flights have a minimum connection time of 30 minutes.

Additional Information – Airline counters have re-aligned. The terminal building has been extended to the eat in order to accommodate additional counters and space for airline check-ins. X-ray equipment has been installed for proper bagging checking. Already-present generator systems have been upgraded and the terminal building has received CCTV installation.

Airport Prefix: IATA airport code is GND; ICAO airport code is TGPY
Number of Terminals: One

Car Parking: There are 200 temporary and 200 long-term parking spaces. In addition, near the terminal building are a number of disabled spaces.

Disabled Facilities: The terminal features disabled ramps and toilets. In addition, there are disabled parking spaces and wheelchairs available.

Air Navigation Equipment

The equipment used for air navigation that is installed at the Maurice Bishop International Airport includes DVOR/DME, NDB – PAPIS, ICAO simple approach lighting system (300 meters) and runway lights.

Meteorological Services

The National Meteorological Services are located at the airport offering observation of the Grenada weather, climatologically services and pilot documentation and briefing.

Crash, Fire and Rescues

The airport runs at a Category 9 class for Crash, Fire and Rescues with a restricted capacity for marine rescue.

Central Generating System

This is where the electrical generating gear is housed. In case of regular power failure, the central generating system serves as the backup.

Executive Hanger

With its own apron and taxiway, the executive hanger can be found just west of the air terminal building. It is currently being used for Amerijet Int’l Inc.’s cargo hub operation.

Car Parking

With the capacity to hold about 200 cars, the parking lot for the airport is located northwest of the air terminal building. The terminal is easily accessible from the parking lot.

Fuel Tank Farm

Offering AV Gas and AV Jet fuel, the farm is ran by Chevron West Indies Ltd. The farm has a storage capacity of 10’000AG for AVGAS fuel and 100’000AG for AVJET fuel.

Air Terminal Building

Comprised of five gates for boarding, first class and VIP facilities and two departure areas, the air terminal building is just over 89,000 square feet and forms the main building of the airport.

Shopping Facilities

MBIA boasts numerous shops within the public concourse and department lounge offering perfume, liquor, crystal, jewelry, craft and mo9re. There are also cafeteria and restaurant facilities available.

Catering Facilities

Goddard Caterers Ltd. of Grenada provides the airline catering.

Security

The airport security unit has state-of-the-art x-ray scanners to screen passengers and their baggage. There are also manually operated devices for screening and CCTV is on hand. Security officials are at the airport full-time, thanks to the Authority, and they work with officers of the Police Force of Royal Grenada.

Primary Airlines Services

Schedule services are AmericanEagle, Air Jamaica, Condor, American Airlines, British Airways, LIAT, Conviasa, Virgin Atlantic, Saint Vincent Grenada and Monarch Airlines.
Charter Services are Air Canada, Air Transat, Caribbean Airways and Sky Services.
Cargo Services is Amerijet Int’l.
Air Couriers are DHL and FedEx.

The visitor center is open weekdays from 08:00 to 16:00 and admission is free. To get to Annandale Falls, you will want to start at turn L at St. George and continue for 1.2 km (or 0.7 miles) past the yellow Methodist church.