See the pitons and nice beach?

[GLCAS]

There are going to be 4 ships in the day we are in St. Lucia! So I think Reduit Beach is out....:( That seems to be where the ships take paxs. We would like to see the Pitons and spend some time on a beach not too far from port. Any suggestions?? I realize that this seems to be a slow thread but we leave in 2 months, so it should be ok. We don't want to end up on a beach with wall to wall people. Help.........

[davidnsteph]

Not sure which cruise line you are sailing on. But, we did such an excursion last February while on the Emerald Princess. We took a catamaran cruise to the Pitons. They were stunning. They reminded us of the steep, rocky peaks in French Polynesia. We also stopped at a black sand beach, named "Anse Cochon" (Bay of Pigs), where we could swim for about 40 minutes.

 

Enjoy St. Lucia.

 

DavidnSteph

[GLCAS]

We will be on the CB. Sounds like a fun day. I will check the excursions with Princess. Thanks.

[DANofNORTH]

The following is from the Princess St. Lucia site;

 

"Catamaran Cruise To The PitonsTour ID: SLU-104A trip to St. Lucia isn’t complete without seeing the island’s most notable landmark, the Pitons — a...Available: Sep 15, 2008 - May 20, 2009

 

Sailboat Cruise; Scenic Cruise; Snack Included; SwimAdult: Starting from $59 Child: 12 & under reduced"

 

We are doing a private tour with Spencer Ambrose and are going to spend some extra time snorkelling by the Pitons.

 

Hope this helps.

[sailingaway12]

GLCAS have you considered looking up serenity's website? We did a tour with them but it did not include the pitons. Instead we did the zipline and fun at the beach. Like you rightly said the cruise ship takes their pax at Reduit beach so instead we went across to pigeon island which was well worth the price. We didn't for one moment feel like a herd of cows. We had the chance to hike up too Fort Rodney and Serenity oganized a local lunch for us right at the beach where we then relaxed on our beach chairs. We will never forget this tour it was just fantastic. Our ambassador for the day was Sherma. She too was excellent. They have a tour which takes you to the volcano then a beach I think they beach break is either at Pigeon island or Anse chocon (?SP)All the best and do enjoy St.Lucia was is amazing.

[Cruisin'NJMama]

You mentioned that there were going to be 4 ships in port. Where did you find that information?

[GLCAS]

There used to be a site called port times. It has since closed down. I think I read that there is a new one but I don`t know where. Sorry.

[Cruisin'NJMama]

Thanks for your reply. Does any one know where I can find out how many ships will be in St. Lucia on April 15th?

[GLCAS]

YOu are best to go onto the main boards, (Princess or Carnival, etc) there is more activity there, to ask your question. :)

[HAM]

http://www.cruisett.com/ships.php?shipID=66&date=5

[Cruisin'NJMama]

This is a great site - thanks. I did find an error though. It said that we were docking the same day as another Royal Caribbean ship and I went to RC's website and found that they were wrong (thankfully) - otherwise there would have been 5000+ people visiting Barbados at the same time! I was happy that it listed the ships so that I can check it out! ;)

[HAM]

Glad to help.