Lovango Resort + Beach Club: Best of the US Virgin Islands
Lovango Resort + Beach Club is a private-island beach club and resort in the US Virgin Islands, 10 min by boat from St. Thomas & St. John. Day passes from $150.
What Is Lovango Resort + Beach Club?
Lovango Resort and Beach Club is a private-island beach club and luxury resort on Lovango Cay — the first newly constructed resort development in the US Virgin Islands in three decades (USVI Government). It opened in phases: a waterfront restaurant in 2020, then the pool and beach club, then overnight accommodations by December 2021. Today the island packs a lot onto a small footprint: a 70-foot infinity pool, an adults-only plunge pool, two waterfront restaurants, snorkeling over its own reefs, hiking trails, a private beach, and overnight lodging on the far side. The whole place runs off-grid on solar and wind with its own reverse-osmosis water — a genuinely self-contained cay, not a strip of hotel beach.
Lovango Resort and Beach Club is a private-island beach club and luxury resort on Lovango Cay in the US Virgin Islands, billed as the territory’s first newly built resort in 30 years. It pairs a day beach club — infinity pool, snorkeling, and waterfront dining — with overnight glamping tents, treehouses, and villas, running off-grid on solar and wind power (USVI Government; Lovango).
Where Is Lovango Cay?
Lovango Cay sits in Pillsbury Sound, almost exactly halfway between Red Hook on St. Thomas and Cruz Bay on St. John — roughly 10 minutes by boat from either (Lovango). That central position is the whole point: it’s not a detour, it’s a natural midpoint on the water between the territory’s two main islands. The cay has two faces. The developed south side holds the beach club, pool, restaurants, and docks; the quieter north side is secluded, reserved for overnight guests, with trails and a private beach. For a charter guest, it reads as a polished day stop with a wilder island wrapped around the back — one of the more distinctive US Virgin Islands charter destinations precisely because you arrive by water.
How Do You Get to Lovango by Yacht?
Lovango takes boats directly: it offers moorings with daytime tender service for vessels up to 65 feet, and a designated anchorage area for larger yachts (Lovango). Guests and tenders come and go from a dedicated dock, and the resort monitors VHF Channel 71 for arriving boaters. On a crewed charter, the logistics are the crew’s job, not yours. They reserve a mooring in advance — online, by phone, or by hailing VHF 71 — pick it up on arrival, and tender you in to the beach club. Larger yachts use the anchorage off the cay and tender in the same way. It slots neatly into a week of the top US Virgin Islands to visit by yacht — from Magens Bay on St. Thomas to the boat-only tables at Lime Out and Pizza Pi.
A crewed yacht can stop at Lovango Cay directly: boats up to 65 feet pick up a mooring with daytime tender service, and larger yachts use the anchorage off the cay. The crew reserves a mooring online or by hailing VHF Channel 71, then tenders guests to the dock (Lovango).
There’s an even simpler option for boaters who just want lunch. Lovango runs a touch-and-go service with no mooring fee and no reservation: you place an order, they text when it’s ready, you hail VHF 71 on arrival, and pick it up at the dock (Lovango). It’s the kind of low-friction stop that makes the island easy to fold into a day’s sail.
For a quick stop, Lovango runs a touch-and-go lunch service with no mooring fee and no reservation required: order ahead, hail VHF 71 on arrival, and pick up your food at the dock. It’s an easy, low-friction way for a crewed yacht to grab gourmet lunch mid-sail across Pillsbury Sound (Lovango).
What’s a Day at the Beach Club Like?
A day pass at Lovango starts around $150 per person for a beach lounge chair and rises to $245 for a cabana, and it bundles in umbrellas, towels, snorkel gear, showers, and food-and-drink service (Lovango, 2025–26 season). Reservations are required, and for ferry guests they include a set departure time — but for boaters, your yacht is your ride.
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| Day-pass tier | Minimum party | Price per person |
|---|---|---|
| Beach lounge chair | 1 | $150 |
| Beach cabana | 2 | $245 |
| Poolside cabana | 4 (seats up to 6) | $245 |
Source: Lovango (lovangovi.com), 2025–26 season. Confirm current pricing before booking.
The day itself is built around the water: the 70-foot infinity pool that spills toward the sea, snorkeling straight off the beach, and two waterfront restaurants serving contemporary coastal-Caribbean plates for lunch and dinner. It’s polished but barefoot — the “rosé-all-day” end of a charter, not a formal one.
A day pass at Lovango’s beach club starts around $150 per person for a lounge chair and $245 for a cabana, including umbrellas, towels, snorkel gear, and food-and-drink service. The day centers on a 70-foot infinity pool, snorkeling off the beach, and two waterfront restaurants. Reservations are required; prices reflect the 2025–26 season (Lovango).
Can You Stay Overnight at Lovango?
Lovango also has overnight lodging on its secluded north side — luxury glamping tents, treehouses, villas, and cottages, first added to the island in December 2021 (Lovango). It’s the off-grid, castaway-with-thread-count side of the cay, with trails and a private beach kept for overnight guests. The tents are canvas and lean into the open-air feel rather than full climate control, so the resort itself points warm-season guests toward the treehouses and villas. For most charter guests, though, Lovango is a day stop — you’re sleeping aboard your own yacht, which is arguably the best cabin on the island anyway. Pair the two and you get a private-island afternoon bookended by nights at anchor in your own quiet cove.
When Should You Visit Lovango?
Lovango runs seasonally, opening around mid-December and closing in mid-July, so it’s a plan-ahead stop rather than a year-round one — always confirm current dates before you build it into an itinerary (Lovango). The good news is that its open months line up almost perfectly with when you’d most want to be sailing the Virgin Islands. The Caribbean charter high season runs roughly December through April, on the dry, breezy side of the calendar. That’s because the Atlantic hurricane season officially spans June 1 to November 30 (NOAA), which is also when Lovango winds down for the year. Plan a winter or early-spring charter and the island is both open and at its best.
Lovango Resort and Beach Club operates seasonally, typically opening in mid-December and closing in mid-July before reopening the following winter — it is not open year-round. Its season aligns with the Caribbean’s December-to-April charter high season, so confirm current dates before booking (Lovango).
Fold it into the wider run of Caribbean crewed charter destinations, pair it with a sunset dinner ashore at ZoZo’s on St. John, and if you’re deciding between territories, our take on how a USVI charter compares to the BVI is a useful starting point. When you’re ready to plan, start a yacht search at Vital Charters, or tell our brokers you want Lovango on the route.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Lovango Resort + Beach Club?
Lovango Resort and Beach Club is a private-island retreat on Lovango Cay in the US Virgin Islands, between St. Thomas and St. John. By day it’s a beach club with an infinity pool, snorkeling, and waterfront dining; it also has overnight glamping tents, treehouses, and villas. It’s billed as the territory’s first newly built resort in 30 years.
Where is Lovango Cay?
Lovango Cay is a small private island in Pillsbury Sound, roughly halfway between Red Hook on St. Thomas and Cruz Bay on St. John — about 10 minutes by boat from either. It’s reached only by water, by the resort’s ferry or by private boat.
Can you visit Lovango by private boat or yacht?
Yes — it’s built for it. Boats up to 65 feet can reserve a mooring with daytime tender service; larger yachts use a designated anchorage off the cay. Crews reserve online or by hailing VHF Channel 71. There’s also a touch-and-go lunch service with no mooring fee and no reservation required.
How much is a day pass at Lovango?
Day passes start around $150 per person for a beach lounge chair and $245 per person for a cabana, and include umbrellas, towels, snorkel gear, and food-and-drink service. Reservations are required. Prices reflect the 2025–26 season, so confirm current rates before booking.
Is Lovango open year-round?
No. Lovango operates seasonally, opening around mid-December and closing in mid-July, then reopening the following winter. Its season overlaps the Caribbean charter high season of roughly December through April. Always confirm current opening dates before planning a visit.
Can you stay overnight at Lovango?
Yes. The secluded north side of the cay has luxury glamping tents, treehouses, villas, and cottages, with trails and a private beach for overnight guests. The canvas tents favor an open-air feel over full climate control, so the resort recommends its treehouses and villas for warmer months. Many charter guests visit for the day and sleep aboard their yacht.
Jason Acosta is co-founder and principal broker at Vital Charters.
The USVI’s polished beach club, reached by tender
Lovango is a boat-in beach club on its own cay between St. Thomas and St. John. On a crewed charter the crew picks up a mooring or anchors nearby and tenders you in for the pool, lunch, and snorkeling — then you leave on your own schedule.
