🚶 Walk
Gorda Peak Trail
A shaded half-hour climb through dry forest to a wooden tower with the whole archipelago below.
Typical duration
90 min
Price
Free; no gate or ranger station
From port
6.5 km / 4 mi
Transfer time
15 min
Indoor / Outdoor
outdoor
Queue risk
low
🕐 Best time to visit
Early morning, before the heat and while the air is clearest
Gorda Peak National Park covers the wooded ridge in the middle of the island, and the summit at around 400 metres is the high point of Virgin Gorda. Two marked trailheads leave the North Sound road; the upper one is the short version, a shaded climb of twenty-five to thirty minutes through dry tropical forest with orchids, hermit crabs and the endemic Virgin Gorda gecko underfoot. At the top a wooden lookout tower lifts you above the canopy for a view over the whole archipelago, from Tortola round to Anegada. There is no gate and no fee, but there is also no water, so carry your own.
Getting there from the port
Fifteen minutes by taxi up the ridge road to the upper trailhead, then climb