There are also a number of private charter yachts available. Antigua is one of those places where you will see more shades of blue, green and in-between than you thought possible. The ocean has provided for generations of Antiguan fishermen and several dive operators now share its richness with visitors. Antiguan sites are concentrated in the West and South. Southern sites include steep rock walls with submerged boulders and coral encrustation rather than true reef, whereas the Western sites include wrecks and coral knolls rising from the sandy bottom.
Some hotels also have Dive outfits as part of their watersports programs.
When sugar production finally ceased in the early 1980's unused land was overtaken by a species of thorny African Acacia locally known as 'cassie'. The National Park land in the dramatic Southern hills mostly escaped the 'cassie' and is the largest area of reasonably untouched forest. This area receives more rain than anywhere else on the relatively dry island and small fruit farms abound in the green hills. Mill towers at Betty's Hope estate Practically all of the flat land was cleared of its original forest to make way for sugar production and scores of stone windmill towers remain, Betty's Hope being a fully restored example. Fig Tree Drive and several companies guide jeep and hiking tours here and to other areas of the Island.