City overview
Barbados is the easternmost island in the Caribbean, best known for its calm west-coast beaches, British-inflected culture and rum heritage. Jewish life on the island runs entirely through Chabad of Barbados, led by Rabbi Eli and Sterna Chaikin since 2018 from Porters, St. James, just north of Holetown on the west coast. There are no kosher restaurants anywhere on the island — kosher food comes through Chabad's takeout and catering service, which delivers island-wide, and through packaged kosher-certified goods in the larger supermarkets. Chabad holds a minyan on Shabbat during the winter high season and hosts sit-down Shabbat meals open to visitors by reservation. There is no eruv anywhere in Barbados, and no mikvah currently in operation, though one is being built.
Barbados Wildlife Reserve
Barbados
A mahogany woodland where green monkeys, tortoises, deer and birds roam largely free along walking paths.
Time needed
1 to 2 hours
Hours
Open daily 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Tips
Time your visit for the 11:00 AM or 2:00 PM feeding, when most of the animals appear at once. Paths are uneven — not suitable for strollers.
Phone
+1 246-422-8826Neighborhood
Benny Hall, St. Peter
Activity providers
Kosher map of Barbados
Pick a place on the map or search an address or hotel to see what is kosher around it.