Any Eastern Caribbean Excursion Suggestions?

[farjar]

We're sailing on the Lirica Feb. 11th going to San Juan, St. Maarten, Grenada, Barbados, St. Lucia, Tortola & Samana. Any suggestions as to what to do or any excursions to take while docked at these locations would be sincerely appreciated.

[nlb1050]

Just back from same iten. We did ship excursions in San Juan - Rain Forest, very nice, St Marten - Island tour, very nice, Greneda - Spice of your Life, best of the 3 we took.

 

In Barbados we took a taxi to Malibu Dist and Beach. $5 to get in and use the beach for the day, this includes beach chairs and umbrella. For $10 you get the beach for the day and a tour of the distillary, a walk thru with a moviem then sample taste of 3 rums ( a full shot of each) and a coupon for a free drink at thier bar. If you want a day at the beach and not be bothered by vendors this is a nice one.

 

In St Lucia we took a taxi with 3 others from our ship and had a grat tour of the island with senic stops, a trip to the volcano- with a tour in it and a stop at the falls - very beautiful. The cost is $140 for 1 to 4 people but if Lirica is only ship in you can bargina bit. We got the tour for $30 pp and it was definitely more than worth it. It lasted a bit over 4 hours

 

In Tortola we took the open air van tour of the island. Some great stops for photo ops, a stop at Sky World, beautiful views. Our driver made sure to take us past a wall tha twas painted by a local with a pictural history of how life used to be absolutely beautiful. $20 pp for about 2 1/2 hours.

 

We took the tender to Cayo Levittio in stead of Sanama. It was supposed to cost $19 pp but the charge was dropped completely. the island was very nice, water good temp and clear, beach chairs were $2 for the day even though the cost sheet stated $5. The buffet is put on by the hotel on the island and we only saw a couple of passengers eating, $15 pp for regular buffet $20 for seafood buffet. (who knows what they will do when you go).

 

I hope you enjoy the cruise as much as we did.

[ZIPPY5150]

Fajar,

My wife and I are going on 2/11 also. We should get together and do some of these tours. We have taken many cruises together and find that hiring a taxi on your own is uasually a better deal. We've done that in many ports and have had a great time every time. Please go to the thread I started "2/11/07 Lirica anyone" and post a reply. I will set up a meet and mingle before the curise date.