Open Air Taxi's St Thomas

[StorkRN]

We are cruising the Eastern Caribbean with a stop in St.Thomas. I know there are taxi stands at majority of the ports. We are hoping to do a Paradise Point Tram Ride (i believe we can walk to this) and were talking about an Island Tour. A few years ago we were in St Thomas and did a tour on an open air bus. I believe we just walked off the ship and jumped on. Does anyone know if these open busses are still running? And, do you know the approximate cost & how long the tour is? Thanks!

[reney313]

You can probably post on the St. Thomas board under Ports of Call and get the most up to date information.

 

We were there last week and I did see the open air taxi's and it appeared you could just hop on. We took a ferry to St. John so I didn't use one of the taxi's on St. Thomas and am unsure of the prices. I remember reading it was around $6 though.

[steveru621]

Open air taxis are very much alive and well on St. Thomas. The prices for various destinations can be found at this site and others.

 

http://www.**********/stthomas/getting_around_stt/taxi_stt/

 

If you have a large group most individual drivers will negotiate a price.

 

8 of us took a taxi to Sapphire Beach from the port. The quoted price was $160 round trip, and we got it down to $140 without tip. The driver brought us there, waited the 2 1/2 hours, and drove us back. :cool:

 

Enjoy your cruise.