Among the uninhabited islands are the Tobago Cays which consist of 5
islands with sheltered lagoons and coral reefs and is a marine park.

There is also Young Island which is not considered part of the
Grenadines; it is a small private island just 200 yards off the
shore of Kingstown the capital. It is said that the Carib Chief gave
the island to the British Governor, Sir William Young, in exchange
for a horse.
The main island of St Vincent is dominated by the 4,000 foot active
La Soufriere volcano. This volcano which has erupted twice in the
recent past gives St Vincent much of its character. The rich
volcanic soil has resulted in a mountainous interior that is heavily
forested and dotted with waterfalls. As a result hiking, especially
to the peak of La Soufriere is one of the activities undertaken by
visitors to the island. The
volcanic soil has also given rise to a combination of black sand
beaches, yellow sand beaches and white sand beaches.

Were you intrigued by the scenes from the movie, Pirates of the
Caribbean - Curse of the Black Pearl? Well St Vincent was the
location for that movie and at Wallilabou
and Black Point you can wander among the film sets used in the
movie.
St Vincent is also home to the Garifuna people. It is said that in
the 17th century a slave ship from Biafra in Nigeria was shipwrecked
near to St Vincent and the indigenous Kalinago people (known by some
as the Caribs) on St Vincent rescued some of the slaves. The
inter-marriage of the Kalinago with the Aficans and the interweaving
of the two cultures created a black Carib race called the Garifuna
which means cassava eating people. The Garifuna fiercely resisted
the Europeans and fought the British to a standstill in the First
Carib War. In the Second Carib War the Garifuna only surrendered in
1796 when their leader, Satuye,
was killed. Unfortunately
for the Garifuna the British deported 5.000 to the island of Roatan
off the coast of Honduras. The British however allowed those who
were less African looking to remain on the island of St Vincent.
Today the Indigenous
Garifuna and Kalinago communities are located on the Windward coast
north of the Rabacca River at Orange Hill, Overland, Sandy Bay,
Point, Owia and Fancy.