Aye. I cooked up an RP-excuse to head out there by pretending my party heard a rumour about treasure out there in Beregost. First time I played BG1 I didn't meet Safana until waaaay late in the game...there really isn't any real excuse to head out there what with the situation in Nashkel, Bandit raids and whatnot. Next time I'll simply use an NPC-moving mod and also turn Safana into a Swashbuckler to make her more interesting!
Though Oxford_Guy's strategy is certainly feasible.
My rp excuse at some point is "got lost when returning the corpse of Brage"... Not the most creative idea, but the most likely reason to end up on the Lighthouse map. I think in my first ever BG run, I accidentally found the map when I thought exiting High Hedge to the west would give me a shorter travel time back to Baldur's Gate.
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Though Oxford_Guy's strategy is certainly feasible.