We went went here as couples of the cruise ship. We bought the excursion from the ship"nvcl escape" 80$/person, we left ship at 7 am ferry picks you up at the dock site, 30 minutes on boat then you will take mini bus for another 10 min, when your u get off u have chance to use the bathroom but there will be way too many people in line and u have about 2 hours at the site so use the bathroom before u go on the excursion, now at that site before u enter the trail on the right side there is a really nice bar with a pool and spectacular view of the water and the mountains make sure u visit that bar either before or after u see the baths, then u start walking through woody path downhill and uphill so wear comfortable shoes, best is to wear water shoes, then at the end of the trail u come to a beach called the devils bay, nice snorkel site, also had a bar to buy beer or snack, beer is 5$ each then u go through the rocks called caves, if u have bad back or can't vent or can't squeeze through little openings then stay at the beach, older people in our group had great difficulty going through the rocks, very narrow in some areas, I can totally see someone getting hurt and if u do good luck getting to the hospital, the paths go in a large circle and ends up at the same beach u started,
Before u start the caves u will see set of lockers use then if u have bags because it is difficult to go through caves with bags as u will need both hands to hold on to rocks and ropes to climb,
Honestly if I go back I'll stay at the beach and snorkel and skip the caves but to each their own

The Baths draw tourists, boaters and day trippers like metal shavings to a magnet. Every visitor to Virgin Gorda--regardless of how they arrive--should go there at least once.

Easy to see why. The Baths feature the largest concentration of large (truck and/or house-sized) volcanic boulders on Virgin Gorda, piled and strewn on the beach and surrounding hills among palm trees and vegetation, as well as in the water. Since these boulders are apparently only found on Virgin Gorda (and only at the south end of the island), the appeal is understandable. All in one place you've got a picture-perfect locale with great rock climbing, fabulous snorkeling and nearby tourist amenities (restaurants/bars up the hill at the pedestrian entrance.) Plus, nearby Devils Bay boasts a lovely sand beach and slightly more sedate snorkeling within the confines of (somewhat) sheltered body of water.

BVI have wisely made this a national park and have added a number of park-like features that make it more visitor-friendly: washrooms, showers, marked footpaths to Devils Bay and up the hill, and the obligatory native gift stand and drink bar. They also have prudently buoyed off the beach and surrounding area to provide a more secure place for snorkeling. BVI also charges an modest entrance fee (at least from the land side)

Alas, I do worry that the Baths have become a victim of the global word-of-mouth popularity. Between boaters, snorkelers, tourists and tour groups, it gets VERY crowded. The physical spaces--including the seaside approaches, the snorkeling areas and the Treasure-Island-like rock paths--are only so large and can only accommodate a certain crowd before it becomes a hot, irritating sandy mess full of impatient people. On any given day, by about 10:00, the seaside appproaches start to resemble the mooring area for the 6th fleet: wall-too-wall boats with motorized launches weaving in and out and trying to land near the small beach.

My advice? Get there very early (before 7:00 AM preferably, and emphatically before 9:00) and have a relative amount of peace to explore to delights of what nature has haphazardly thrown together to delight us mere humans.