Oceans at Cane Bay

09/10/2026

There’s more to St. Croix than beaches. 🌿

Tucked into 16 lush acres, SGVBG Botanical Garden is one of our favorite places to discover a different side of the island.

Here, more than 1,000 Caribbean and tropical plants grow among the buildings and ruins of historic Estate St. George — land with a history stretching from an Indigenous settlement dating to around 100 A.D. to an 18th-century Danish sugar plantation.

But it was the trees that stopped us in our tracks.

The towering kapok, with its enormous buttress roots, is almost impossible to capture in a photograph. And nearby is another remarkable specimen: an African baobab more than 150 years old. That’s the one we’re standing beside in the last photo.

St. George is beautiful, fascinating and wonderfully peaceful — the kind of place that rewards wandering slowly and looking a little closer.

Come for the beaches. Make time to discover the island beyond them. OceansAtCaneBay

07/10/2026

Driving on St. Croix is part of the adventure. 🌴

Yes, we drive on the left. Yes, most of the cars have the steering wheel on the left, too. And yes, it feels a little strange at first.

But give it a day and you’ll be navigating the island like a local — potholes, scenic detours and all.

If you’re planning a trip to St. Croix, we put together everything we wish first-time visitors knew before getting behind the wheel.

🚙 Life in the Left Lane: Driving on St. Croix

Read it in the Oceans Journal ↓

There’s even a wonderful book about island life called Life in the Left Lane — a title that captures St. Croix remarkably well. Yes, we drive on the left. But getting around the island also has a rhythm, etiquette and personality all its own.

03/10/2026

This is Oceans.

A private place to swim, slow down, and settle into island life.

Welcome to Oceans at Cane Bay. 🌊

26/09/2026

Golden hour at Ama is one of our favorite ways to begin an evening on St. Croix.

Just down the North Shore from Oceans, Ama sits right at the water’s edge — close enough that the waves become part of dinner.

We like to arrive before sunset, order a cocktail and settle in. The menu changes, the seafood is excellent, and somewhere between the first drink and dessert, daylight disappears over the Caribbean.

It’s the kind of dinner we never particularly want to end.

Our tip: Go before sunset. Sit in the grotto. Have a drink. Don’t rush.

📍 Ama at Cane Bay

21/09/2026

When a guest tells us Oceans is even better in person than it looks in the photos, that might be our favorite compliment of all.

Thank you, Amy. 💙

17/09/2026

You can’t spend much time on St. Croix without encountering a Mocko Jumbie.

Towering above the crowd on stilts, Mocko Jumbies are one of the most recognizable traditions of the Virgin Islands. Their roots reach back to West African masquerade traditions, where stilt walkers were associated with spirits and protection from evil.

Today, you’ll see them at festivals, parades and celebrations across St. Croix — dancing on stilts that can put them more than 10 feet above the ground. Watching them move so effortlessly is part of the magic.

They’re colorful, joyful and unmistakably Crucian — and no matter how many times we see them, we still stop to watch.

13/09/2026

Some St. Croix days are for exploring. Others are for going absolutely nowhere.

Morning coffee in the pool. Maybe a swim.

Maybe a book. Eventually, we might decide what to do with the rest of the day.

Or maybe not.

We highly recommend leaving a little room in your St. Croix itinerary for nothing at all. 🌴

08/09/2026

One of our favorite ways to spend a few hours on St. Croix is simply wandering Christiansted.

The colorful historic buildings and green shutters may catch your eye first, but it’s the little things we love most — music drifting through the streets, unexpected art tucked around a corner, shops and galleries in centuries-old buildings, and, because this is St. Croix, a rooster confidently going about his business in the middle of it all. 🐓

We’ve spent a lot of time in Christiansted over the years, and somehow there’s always something we haven’t noticed before.

No itinerary required. Just wander. ❤️

26/07/2026

Cane Bay dreaming…

02/06/2026

Big news!

It’s about to be easier than ever to catch in paradise. 🌴

United's new nonstop flight from Newark to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, begins Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026.

See you on STX! 🇻🇮

https://www.visitusvi.com/press-release/united-airlines-announces-new-nonstop-service-linking-st-croix-us-virgin-islands-to-newark-new-york/