Union Island
Largest island in the grenadines.
Union is the largest island in the southern part of St. Vincent’s Grenadines. With its dramatically mountainous outline, Union stands out from afar. Clifton, the main harbor, is protected by a reef which shows off its brilliant kaleidoscopic colors and patterns as you sail in.
Union has always been a very genuine Grenadine Island, the commercial center of the southern Grenadines with an excellent harbor and, until recently, it had the largest airport. Everyone you meet is cheerful and genuinely happy to talk to visitors. The town is clean and picturesque with a couple of bars which provide perfect street-side viewing points and over half a dozen good restaurants. The market, with many colorful stalls, has been rearranged round a pleasant green square.
Union Island bar
Clifton, the main anchorage, has always been spectacular, open to the east and protected by a barrier reef. The waters colors are brilliant green and turquoise and the water very clear. Union also has two other excellent anchorages. Chatham Bay in on the lee side of the island is a magnificent bay with a long beautiful beach backed by steep hills. It feels wild and far away, but this will not last too long as roads have been build on the hill tops and houses are likely to be built.
