Excursions JEWEL Nov2014 Suggestions

[PompeySailor]

Hello All

 

We are looking at our Excursions for upcoming Cruise on Jewel in November, a really great Itinerary

Any positives negatives with the ones listed, or other recommendations for the Ports listed

 

Tortola Sun23 (TT13) Dolphin Encounter

St Kittts Mon24 (KT15) Caribbean Scenic Railway Tour

St Maarten Tue25 (SMD5) Adventure Snuba and Snorkel

Martinique Wed26 (MT11) Walking City Tour

Barbados Thu27 (BBA5) Barbados Beach Break



Thanks in advance

Happy Days!!

Edited June 18, 2014 by PompeySailor

[britty1]

Hello All

 

We are looking at our Excursions for upcoming Cruise on Jewel in November, a really great Itinerary

Any positives negatives with the ones listed, or other recommendations for the Ports listed

 

Tortola Sun23 (TT13) Dolphin Encounter

St Kittts Mon24 (KT15) Caribbean Scenic Railway Tour

St Maarten Tue25 (SMD5) Adventure Snuba and Snorkel

Martinique Wed26 (MT11) Walking City Tour

Barbados Thu27 (BBA5) Barbados Beach Break



Thanks in advance

Happy Days!!

 

In Barbados, although I have never taken the catermaran but know people who have. Calabasas with Gina is the way to go, delicious lunch, swim with turtles, etc. I understand that Gina does a great snorkeling adventure on the catermaran. :D

[PompeySailor]

In Barbados, although I have never taken the catermaran but know people who have. Calabasas with Gina is the way to go, delicious lunch, swim with turtles, etc. I understand that Gina does a great snorkeling adventure on the catermaran. :D

 

Thank you for the suggestion, will certainly look into this.

appreciated:)

[erniesband]

We'll be doing a B2B in January on Jewel and have done 18 Southern cruises from San Juan. Here's some things we've done over the years and would recommend. None of these are excursions booked through the ship, all independent operators.

 

Martinique – We did a taxi tour of the island, found an English speaking taxi driver right at the port. The cost was around $40pp.We went to a Rum factory, stopped at the church everyone goes to, traveled through the rainforest and saw Mt Pele.

 

Tortola - a trip to the Baths, we did it on our own with Speedy's Ferry.

 

St Martin - shoppers paradise Front Street in Phillipsburg

Orient Beach to people watch.

Maho Beach to watch the planes come in.

Bernard's Tour comes highly recommended

 

St Kitts - highly recommend a tour by Thenford Grey hits all the highlights

www dot thenfordgrey dot com

If you're looking for something different try Javin's Tour

myislandstours.shutterfly.com He takes you to Black Rock, hiking in the rainforest, snorkeling at a wreck, and the beach.

 

Barbados - most popular thing is swimming with the turtles, go with

Calabaza - http://www.calabazasailingcruises.com or

Silvermoon - silvermoonbarbados.com

If you like chocolate there's a small factory that gives tours

http://www.agapey.com

For history Glory Tours has some interesting tours.

 

And don't forget to give yourself some time to explore San Juan. Come in a few days early, see Old San Juan, the forts and El Yunque.

Edited June 18, 2014 by erniesband

[PompeySailor]

We'll be doing a B2B in January on Jewel and have done 18 Southern cruises from San Juan. Here's some things we've done over the years and would recommend. None of these are excursions booked through the ship, all independent operators.

 

Martinique – We did a taxi tour of the island, found an English speaking taxi driver right at the port. The cost was around $40pp.We went to a Rum factory, stopped at the church everyone goes to, traveled through the rainforest and saw Mt Pele.

 

Tortola - a trip to the Baths, we did it on our own with Speedy's Ferry.

 

St Martin - shoppers paradise Front Street in Phillipsburg

Orient Beach to people watch.

Maho Beach to watch the planes come in.

Bernard's Tour comes highly recommended

 

St Kitts - highly recommend a tour by Thenford Grey hits all the highlights

www dot thenfordgrey dot com

If you're looking for something different try Javin's Tour

myislandstours.shutterfly.com He takes you to Black Rock, hiking in the rainforest, snorkeling at a wreck, and the beach.

 

Barbados - most popular thing is swimming with the turtles, go with

Calabaza - http://www.calabazasailingcruises.com or

Silvermoon - silvermoonbarbados.com

If you like chocolate there's a small factory that gives tours

http://www.agapey.com

For history Glory Tours has some interesting tours.

 

And don't forget to give yourself some time to explore San Juan. Come in a few days early, see Old San Juan, the forts and El Yunque.

 

Thank you very much for the detailed information for the Southern Itinerary

Will look into the turtle excursion for sure

Appreciated

Happy Days!

[tidygirl]

We did the Jewell in Apr. in Tortola we loved the Baths (in fact so much we are booked next April and taking our adult kids back!)

Barbados- Did the 4x4 beach safari and the cave (DH thought the cave was boring) when we go back may just do the 4X4 booked on our own for a tour of the island

So there's a lot of options just depends what kind of activities you like.

[MIcruiser99]

 

Martinique – We did a taxi tour of the island, found an English speaking taxi driver right at the port. The cost was around $40pp.We went to a Rum factory, stopped at the church everyone goes to, traveled through the rainforest and saw Mt Pele.

We have not been to Martinique but this is what we were planning on doing, also!

 

Tortola - a trip to the Baths, we did it on our own with Speedy's Ferry.

We did this, and loved it.

 

St Martin -Bernard's Tour comes highly recommended

We used Bernard, and enjoyed sightseeing all over the island.

 

St Kitts - We did the zipline here. We didn't feel like we wanted to spend the time in a train on such a beautiful island.

 

Barbados - Beautiful beaches, so we usually spend out time there. I did see some good reviews of the chocolate factory so we might try that this trip.

 

We don't usually do the ship's excursions, either.

[PompeySailor]

We don't usually do the ship's excursions, either.

 

Thanks for the valuable information

Happy Cruising:)

[PompeySailor]

We did the Jewell in Apr. in Tortola we loved the Baths (in fact so much we are booked next April and taking our adult kids back!)

Barbados- Did the 4x4 beach safari and the cave (DH thought the cave was boring) when we go back may just do the 4X4 booked on our own for a tour of the island

So there's a lot of options just depends what kind of activities you like.

 

Thanks for your feedback, have a ways to go, so want to explore all options, and people's experience is priceless.

Thanks again

Happy Days!

[OTownNick]

Tortola I recommend Patouche Tour.. Snorkeling stops and the Baths, but to me, the highlight was visiting Cooper Island where we ate lunch. Absolutely beautiful.

 

Captain Alan's in St Maarten. Take the semi-private 6-hr tour. Amazing time. We did it twice and would do it again.

 

Barbados- best tour we ever took EVER was the Goodtimes Charter. I don't think it can get any better than this tour. They limit the number to 15 and it's a huge 4 BR, 2BA catamaran. They include transportation to/from, a full premium bar all day, and a delicious home made lunch on board, including flying fish.

 

St Kitts- Thenford Grey is awesome.

 

Martinique- we did a tour through RCL to rum distillery and st Pierre. Very nice.

Edited June 19, 2014 by OTownNick

[PompeySailor]

Tortola I recommend Patouche Tour.. Snorkeling stops and the Baths, but to me, the highlight was visiting Cooper Island where we ate lunch. Absolutely beautiful.

 

Captain Alan's in St Maarten. Take the semi-private 6-hr tour. Amazing time. We did it twice and would do it again.

 

Barbados- best tour we ever took EVER was the Goodtimes Charter. I don't think it can get any better than this tour. They limit the number to 15 and it's a huge 4 BR, 2BA catamaran. They include transportation to/from, a full premium bar all day, and a delicious home made lunch on board, including flying fish.

 

St Kitts- Thenford Grey is awesome.

 

Martinique- we did a tour through RCL to rum distillery and st Pierre. Very nice.

 

Thank you, will be looking at the Barbados recommendation, we have a party of 5 so it's a balance of pleasing all or some in all ports:)

Appreciated for the feedback

Happy Days!