Administrators Rare LauraS Posted July 27, 2005 Administrators #1 Share Posted July 27, 2005 [/url] "Tortola and the British Virgin Islands have a reputation among seasoned travelers as the creme de la creme of the Caribbean"...Read more about Tortola Laura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORMANZ Posted January 7, 2007 #2 Share Posted January 7, 2007 more than st. barts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpgd Posted January 9, 2007 #3 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I was loking for a cruise ship that goes to tortola on 2007 departing from Puerto Rico and no one do. No from Royal Caribbean or Carniva. Why?:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpgd Posted January 9, 2007 #4 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I try to book a cruise departing from Puerto Rico and no cruise from Royal Caribbean or Carnival go to Tortola no more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpgd Posted January 9, 2007 #5 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I try to book a cruise departing from Puerto Rico and no cruise from Royal Caribbean or Carnival go to Tortola no more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boop_57 Posted February 5, 2007 #6 Share Posted February 5, 2007 The Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas will go to Tortola on the cruise from San Juan on 5/5/2007. It's a repositioning cruise, where the ship will end in Baltimore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*oceanlvr* Posted February 27, 2007 #7 Share Posted February 27, 2007 My husband will be diving in Tortola (long-held wish to dive the wreck of the Rhone), so I will be looking for something I can safely do alone. Not having been to Tortola before, does anyone have any suggestions about that? I could do a ship's excursion, but would I be safe hiring a taxi or....? Anyone done "stuff" alone? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRESE Posted March 20, 2007 #8 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Oceanlvr, When will you be in Tortola? We are a party of 6 going there on May 8th. Let me know, you can certainly join us on our snorkeliing excursion. (we are booked through Carnival) TRESE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie51 Posted March 29, 2007 #9 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Is there anything close enough to walk to on Tortola? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*oceanlvr* Posted March 29, 2007 #10 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Hi Susie - as I recall, just a variety of local shops. But taxis are readily available to the beaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*oceanlvr* Posted March 29, 2007 #11 Share Posted March 29, 2007 Trese - thanks for the kind offer. We are back from our trip. As it turned out we had to tender into the port which delayed us and my DH was unable to do his planned dive. But we joined a group of other people and took a taxi over to Cane Garden Bay. The snorkeling was mixed. We saw huge schools of teeny fish, a couple of schools of larger fish and really not much else. Many diving pelicans though which was neat to watch as they were close enough to us to be visible under the water. However, other people from our taxi ride and on the same beach, saw a tarpon that was larger than they were and one saw a nurse shark. Other CCrs had described CGB as being "some of the best" snorkeling they had experienced but that was not our experience. On the other hand, other pax went to Brewers Bay and found an uncrowded beach which sounded nice, and they had good snorkeling - showed us a photo of a huge tarpon. Perhaps it was the same one from CGB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClimberMom Posted April 20, 2007 #12 Share Posted April 20, 2007 The Crown Princess has an itinerary going to Tortola out of San Juan, PR in the fall/winter of '07. They have substituted Tortola for the St. Maarten stop. Check out Princess' website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackN Posted April 26, 2007 #13 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Has anyone taken this ship excursion. It is a little pricey. You get to swim with the dophins for 20-30 minutes. Do they get to pull you with thier fins or do you get be pushed? Thanks for any input. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogNamedBill Posted August 7, 2007 #14 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Hi Jack, I am coming to this same "discussion" for the same answers. I will be in Tortola on March 2008 and found myself looking at the same excursion. The best thing to do is check out their website - which is where I found the most information. It's www.dolphindiscovery.com. Hope I'm not too late and I hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marabella2004 Posted November 24, 2007 #15 Share Posted November 24, 2007 I was loking for a cruise ship that goes to tortola on 2007 departing from Puerto Rico and no one do. No from Royal Caribbean or Carniva. Why?:( We are cruising on the Crown Princess on 12/1 out of San Juan, stopping in Tortola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2b41 Posted December 30, 2007 #16 Share Posted December 30, 2007 We are doing a 10 night on MSC Lirica in Feb08, from Ft. Lauderdale, and it also docks in TORTOLA...we are hopefully going to get to the Baths in Virgin GORDA...I have read so much on them I am really looking forward to it...that is one of the reasons we chose this cruise this time..it includes some ports we havent been to...variety for us makes it nice! I love new places!! Carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolfinmusic Posted February 29, 2008 #17 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Other CCrs had described CGB as being "some of the best" snorkeling they had experienced but that was not our experience. On the other hand, other pax went to Brewers Bay and found an uncrowded beach which sounded nice, and they had good snorkeling - showed us a photo of a huge tarpon. Perhaps it was the same one from CGB! We went to Brewer's Bay back in 2003 on our first cruise - there was only a handful of people there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davrol Posted April 11, 2008 #18 Share Posted April 11, 2008 We went to Brewer's Bay back in 2003 on our first cruise - there was only a handful of people there. Brewer's bay is a quiet part of the island. Most visitor head over the ridge to Cane Garden Bay and Long Bay. Tortola does have some great beaches. Here is good image gallery of Tortola: http://www.paradise-islands.org/tortola.htm and some decent maps and info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolfinmusic Posted April 11, 2008 #19 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Thanks for the website, Davrol! We are trying to figure out what to do in Tortola for our upcoming cruise in September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manmachine Posted May 28, 2008 #20 Share Posted May 28, 2008 At least, there is one date on March 28th that will visit... fyi. I was loking for a cruise ship that goes to tortola on 2007 departing from Puerto Rico and no one do. No from Royal Caribbean or Carniva. Why?:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrusinCyndi Posted May 31, 2008 #21 Share Posted May 31, 2008 DH and myself are sailing on the Carnival Miracle on 06/02/08 (3 days) and are going to do the Dolphin Royal Swim..since the ship has so little time in port, we figured this would be a good excursion to go on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m2you Posted January 9, 2009 #22 Share Posted January 9, 2009 (edited) We are siously thinking of taking advantage of the NCL promotion going on and are wondering how crowded is Tortola and the Virgin Islands during February? Our maiden cruise was wonderful even with the threat of 2 major hurricaines but as we live in upstate NY the thought of warm climates in February would be a true retreat. Michele Edited January 9, 2009 by m2you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smilestr82u Posted April 22, 2009 #23 Share Posted April 22, 2009 (edited) My family and I are about to go on a cruise that will port in Tortola. We are looking for a beach that is nearby within walking distance if at all possible, any suggestions? :) Jessica Edited April 22, 2009 by Smilestr82u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBX-Cruisers Posted April 23, 2009 #24 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Can't help with suggesting beaches although we did see several pretty ones on our tour. I highly recommend the island tour on this beautiful island and rather than purchase one from the ship, go on land where you can get one of the locals and there are many choices (the further up the street you walk the cheaper the tour suddenly becomes and $15-$20 pp is typical). This was probably the best island tour we ever took but be prepared for those twisting (putting it mildly) roads! You may want to consider this alternative and beach on one of the other islands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burrma Posted July 27, 2009 #25 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Can anyone give me names of a good one? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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