Cooper Island Access
Quart-A-Nancy Point, Cooper Island can be reached only by boat. There is no regularly scheduled ferry service. Guests can book a charter transfer from Tortola to Cooper Island with our preferred Charter Captain at Caribbean Images Tours Ltd when you do the house booking. Fees are $300 one-way for up to 4 people from either Road Town or Trellis Bay directly to our Private Dock. Additional charges may apply for larger groups. They can pick you up at the Road Town Ferry Dock, or the dock in Trellis Bay (just a short walk from the airport) and deliver you to our private jetty at Quart-A-Nancy Point, Cooper Island. Please contact us directly at info@cooperisland-bvi.com to reserve your transfer. Caribbean Image Tours also offers exclusive Day Trips around the BVIs at a cost of $800 + fuel to Quart-A-Nancy Point guests. This can also be arranged and paid when you book the house.
Guests can also arrange alternative transportation themselves; examples include, Sail Caribbean Divers and I&I Boat Charters. Alternatively, guests can rent a boat and use our private mooring (see for example Island Time Boat Rentals). A good summary of how to get to the BVI can be found here.
House Access
Our rental house at Quart-A-Nancy Point is approximately 50ft vertical above the Cooper Island shoreline at the Jetty. It is a strenuous climb up the hill on an approximately 200ft paved driveway at a 17 degree slope, followed by a climb up 15 paved steps through our landscaped front yard and an additional approximately 15 paved steps to get to the house. Guests with health problems will have extreme difficulty with this climb, so the house isn’t recommended for the elderly or infirm. This rental house is not handicapped accessible. Also, while part of the property around the house is fenced for your safety, guests should be careful not to approach any cliff edge as these are unstable and may cause falls and injuries.
Groceries and Provisioning
There are no grocery stores on Cooper Island. Guests will need to buy provisions for their entire stay in Road Town on Tortola prior to their arrival on Cooper Island. There are several (yacht) provisioning services in Road Town or guests can provision themselves at one of the groceries on Tortola. Some direct provisioning links are:
Rite Way
Bobby’s Marketplace
“Deep Blue Charters” runs a boat to Cooper Island most days and can provide provisions and necessities on a limited basis on request (cash only). Please contact them at deepbluecharters@hotmail.com or 284-541-1397 to tell them what you need and tell them you are staying at Quart-A-Nancy Point.
Cooper Island Beach Club Access
One of the attractive things about Quart-A-Nancy Point is its private setting. At the same time, the presence of the Cooper Island Beach Club (CIBC) on the island provides a great place to be social and/or get lunch and dinner if desired. We provide a small inflatable dinghy with outboard motor for Guests’ convenience, authorized for use only within Manchioneel Bay. Its principal purpose is for transportation to and from the Cooper Island Beach Club. This can be used to go to lunch or dinner at the CIBC restaurant (reservations required for dinner). You can tie up at one of their docks. Remember to take a flashlight if you are going for dinner. Maximum capacity is 6 people. The dinghy is used at guests’ personal risk. If you need assistance operating, please contact our property manager.
Unfortunately, given the house’s location and the geography of Cooper Island, any other access from Quart-A-Nancy Point to CIBC is difficult. The CIBC can be reached on land by an approximately 15 minute rugged scramble across the jumbled rocky coast or an approximately 500m swim. Guests who choose either of these routes do so at their own risk and we absolutely recommend against attempting either after dark.