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Welcome to the Special Saba Features section of our website. We will feature articles and stories with a particularly Saban flavour over the coming weeks and months.
We are very proud to present our new video showing the unique magic of Saba. See what awaits you! Click below for our high-defintion video.
 Saba Promotional video - flash format
Will Johnson's series of fascinating historical accounts.
Rebecca Levenstone: First page : Second page
The Mussenden family : Full story
Hosting Jackie Kennedy: Full story
Schooner Trade with New York: Full story
(Adobe .pdf files).  If don't have Adobe Acrobat you can download it here. Articles courtesy of the Daily Herald.
You can now travel the length of Saba from the airport to Fort Bay in 4 minutes thanks to Jumbie Design's (A.K.A. Malachy's) short film. More>>
You can now travel the length of Saba from the airport to Fort Bay ,in 4 minutes thanks to Jumbie Design's (A.K.A. Malachy's) short film. More>>
Scientists discover an underwater mountain yielding some of the richest diversity of marine life in the Caribbean. Courtesy of BBC NewsOnline. More>>
By Nuchhi R. Currier for the United Nations Chronicle, June 2005
Christopher Columbus sighted her in 1493; the Spaniards ruled her for 150 years and the British, French and Dutch played tug-of-war with her from the 17th century until Holland finally took possession of her in 1816. A tiny, isolated island forming the inner arch of the Lesser Antilles, Saba is one of the northern-most islands formed five million years ago by tips of volcanoes, separating the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean.
In the process of being nominated by the Government of the Netherlands for inclusion in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List, it is also being supported by CARIMOS - Organization of Wider Caribbean on Mountains and Sites. Also having won the distinction of being of "outstanding universal value" by the global workshop on Marine World Heritage sites, Saba (the island) and Saba Bank (the underwater marine ecosystem) are well poised to win the nomination. More>>
By Dave Levenstone, May 2005.
It is well known that on Saturdays and holidays Commissioner Will Johnson likes to spend time working in his vegetable garden. So last Saturday we decided to take a look
and see if there was anything there to brag about. More>> (Adobe .pdf file) If don't have Adobe Acrobat you can download it here.
By Will Johnson, March 2005.
Saba was first settled by pirates from St. Kitts, after the Spanish attacked that island in 1629.
They named the villages they established on Saba Middle Island and Palmetto Point after the area where they had lived on St. Kitts. Three hundred years later, goat paths and step roads were all they had to show for their having lived here. More>> (Adobe .pdf file) If don't have Adobe Acrobat you can download it here.
Saba orchids are about to become a collector's item with the establishment of an Orchid Research Center on the island. More>>
Recreational diving on Saba developed in the early 1980s with the first dive operation, Saba Scuba Safari, established by American scuba enthusiasts. Diving is now an island tourist attraction and supports three dive operations, Saba Deep, Sea Saba, and Saba Divers. Of the 21,346 tourists in 2003, almost over 20% came for the diving experience in the Saba Marine Park, established in 1987. More>>
Anoles are a group of lizards that biologists call the genus Anolis. The scientific name of "Anolis" comes from the popular name of "anole" for these lizards. Anole is an Ancient African name, meaning "little devil", that is given to small lizards in western Africa. The name was brought to the western hemisphere by African people long ago. Thus, Anolis is one of the few scientific names that comes from an African language. More>>
Orchid specialist Stewart Chipka of Naples, Florida, spent two weeks on Saba in January 2003, creating a scientific map of the location of wild orchids on the island. He located nine species representing three genera and expects to track down many more when he returns in May for a follow-up study. More>>
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