jet ski tour from Bolongo or Sugar Bay?

[kaykels]

Island Marketing has a jet ski tour from Bolongo bay and it states that we can use the beach, chairs and outdoor shower afterwards. It had a few bad reviews because the tour guide is 18 and not personable. IDK if that's always the case.

 

There is another tour company from Sugar Bay that offers the same jet ski tour, which actually looked like a slightly better itinerary. They say we can use the hotels facilities afterwards. Not sure if that includes the pool or not.

 

Has anybody done iether of these? Does anybody have any knowledge of the beach at Sugar Bay vs. Bolongo ? From some of the pics Sugar Bay looked rocky and a lot of sea grass but its so hard to tell from little tiny pictures.

 

Thanks for the advice!

[Ms411]

I looked at these before my cruise, and this is my impression of the differences between the 2.

 

Island Marketing says they stop somewhere and you snorkel (or beach?). The tour from Bolongo at the time I checked, didn't include a stop - you were escorted with a guide.

 

The beach at Bolongo has small rocks that you can't see in most pictures. When I was there last week, everybody had on water shoes.

 

Havent been to the beach at Wyndham, so don't know how rocky it is, but it's a small beach at the bottom of a rocky hill, so I think it's hard to take a picture of the beach without showing some rocks.

[kaykels]

Since I am not a huge fan of rocks I am leaning towards Sugar bay if we r truly allowed to use the pool. I'll post their reply when they get back to me

[Ms411]

Sugar Bay has a nice pool.

[kaykels]

How is the beach at Sugar Bay?

[Betsy's Mom]

Rocky and small :(.

B.

[kaykels]

sounds like that the story with both beaches :(

[Ms411]

You can rent jet skis at Sapphire Beach Marina, though it's not a tour. Also at Coki Beach you can rent. Both places charge approx $45 for half hour, and based on a conversation I had with someone who had just gotten off the ski, he said 30 minutes is good, because you expend a lot of energy trying to hold on if you go fast (which they did).

 

The jet skis don't leave from the sandy portion of the beach, because there are too many swimmers.

[kaykels]

Neither company got back to me so it looks like either a day at Sapphire, or maybe we will do a 1/2 day sail charter to St. John.

 

I'm not exactly broken hearted, the reviews seem less than stellar.

[Ms411]

Island Marketing never got back to me, either. I called the company at Bolongo and spoke to them.

 

You'll have a good time on the jet skis at Sapphire should you decide to go there.

[kaykels]

BTW I did hear back from Island Marketing. It ended up in my junk mail folder. They say its ok to use the beach, chairs and showers at the resort afterwards.

[Got2Cruise]

I have stayed at both resorts on a land vacation. The beach at Bolongo Bay is definitely nicer than Sugar Bay. The Pool at Sugar Bay is awesome. Yes Bolongo Bay has small rocks at the shoreline, but once you get past that, the water is very nice. Sugar Bay beach is very small.