St. Maarteen ATV Excursion

[Lovelytee706]

Hi,

 

Has anyone ever taken the ATV excursion in St. Maarteen with the company Island Marketing? I'm really looking forward to booking this excursion but would like some feedback/ reviews if possible.

 

Thanks!!

[grellis]

I am interested to find out as well, as we are booked on 8/20/10 for this. It seems to be the excursion my daughters are most looking forward to!:)

[JOROSAM]

We did this tour in 2008, it was a blast. You each have your own ATV and follow in a line all around the island. You are both on road and off road. The guides were great and always concerned for our safety. They worked as a team to head off any problems with traffic (ie: blocking intersections so the group did not get separated). We had a brief stop at a beach area, with a restaurant and some shopping. It was a lot of fun and would highly recomend it.

[Lovelytee706]

Jorosam, thanks so much for your reply. It looks like a lot of fun and I know my group will really enjoy this next month!

[murcor]

We just did this in Jan. You book with Island Marketing and they sub-contract out to an ATV touring company. This is the company we had.

 

Sparkle ATV Tours sparklecarrental.com

 

The owner picked us up at the airport and took us to the rental shop.

 

A gentleman by the name of Dusty was our guide. We got our helmets (not sure if they would be approved in Canada )

 

I agree with JOROSAM. It was a blast. You each have your own ATV and follow in a line all around the island. You are both on road and off road. The guides were great and always concerned for our safety. We had a brief stop at a beach area, with a restaurant and some shopping. It was a lot of fun and would highly recomend it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[murcor]

 

 

 

 

Great way to see the Island ( we did french and Dutch side )

 

Dusty our guide does approx 2 tours day. He knew almost everyone at every house, on every street..... waving and tooting his horn. Soon we were all waving and beeping our horns :D

 

We lucked out and it was only our family of 4 on this morning tour. We could stay as long or as short as each stop as we wanted. As long as we were back when our tour was over.

[TakeMeAway1001]

I put ATV/Island Marketing in the search function and came up with these hits, hope some of them are helpful :)

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/search.php?searchid=16517860

[Lovelytee706]

Murcor, thanks for sharing your pictures. Looks like you had a lot of fun!

 

Takemeaway.. thanks for the link.

[workinmom3]

Looks like a lot of fun. I have a couple of questions. How long was your stop at Orient Beach & which beach club did you stop at? Also, how long was the excursion? My son is 15 & about 6' tall...would he fit comfortably on the back of the 2-person ATV?

 

Thanks in advance.

[murcor]

Looks like a lot of fun. I have a couple of questions. How long was your stop at Orient Beach & which beach club did you stop at? Also, how long was the excursion? My son is 15 & about 6' tall...would he fit comfortably on the back of the 2-person ATV?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

We were at the beach for almost 1 hour. I think we got that long because we were the only ones in the group so some of our sightseeing stops were quicker than usual.

 

As for your son, depends on what size the driver is. My dh is 6 ft tall and sat on back sometimes, but the driver was small :) There is multiple stops so you can always stretch legs or switch drivers.

 

[64Chevy]

 

Great way to see the Island ( we did french and Dutch side )

 

Dusty our guide does approx 2 tours day. He knew almost everyone at every house, on every street..... waving and tooting his horn. Soon we were all waving and beeping our horns :D

 

We lucked out and it was only our family of 4 on this morning tour. We could stay as long or as short as each stop as we wanted. As long as we were back when our tour was over.

We are looking at taking this tour in April with Island Marketing. I have read on several forums that there are "steep hills" that you climb. Can you provide a little information on this?? Thanks :)