St Croix Island Tour

Beautiful beaches very relaxing,
Transportation very expensive, food is expensive, from one to another restaurant prices varies, not too much choices, by 9 pm the restaurants are closed, certain areas are sketchy to walk alone, you have to be very careful, felt unsafe. But we were in gated community that made our stay much safer.

We’d hoped the experience would have been better. The effects of the covid epidemic are still very visible. Very poor country with lots of signs of poverty. They only receive 1 cruise ship per week..not enough to help rebuild the economy. Very few sign of US Government help. The only new vehicle were US Government vehicles.
Friendly locals. No desire to return.

The entire tour was a tremendously wonderful experience! Mr Joseph was very informative, polite, and made the tour well worth every minute. I highly recommend anyone that chooses to take the tour to look up Mr Ames Joseph to be your tour guide. He made sure my wife and I saw every inch of the island and gave great information on each part!

Mr. Joseph was a delight! he was very informative and friendly, he took us where we wanted to go as well as gave us a tour and history of the island. I feel like I know everything about Saint Croix and will be returning.

Mr. Joseph is a fantastic driver and guide. He made our celebration of our 50th anniversary a memorable experience. We give this tour the highest recommendation possible!

Beautiful island, lots of places to hike. Beautiful water. Many of the local shops were closed which made it a bit monotonous on days we wanted to just check out some local shops and buy souvenirs.
Restaurants are on the expensive side, plan accordingly. Get a map, rent a car, be prepared to drive on the left side of the road.
Nice place to just relax.

We chartered a private tour of buck island with snorkeling for our group of 12 on the “inconceivable”. Our captains for the day were Cailith and Audrey.
1 of the families on board were uncomfortable swimming in the ocean and snorkeling, which made them )& us) quite nervous. However, Cailith and Audrey were incredibly kind and patient. When we arrived to Buck Island, Audrey took the experienced swimmers on the snorkel trail while Cailith stayed behind with some of us who wanted to snorkel but at a slower pace.
Our next stop to beach required us to swim a short distance to shore and back. Again, they were ready to help and ensured the group was able to get to the shore with plenty of time to enjoy and back safely with their help.
It can’t be easy being responsible for 12 people’s safety and yet ensuring they have a fun and memorable excursion. They checked both boxes and how!!
They kept the music going and after the snorkeling, served our lunch and rum punch to celebrate.
Would recommend them whole heartedly… they were more affordable than their competitors for a private charter .
The boat itself is beautiful and had all the amenities we needed!!
We also did a private parasailing tour with Caribbean Sea Adventures the following day which was excellent as well… will post seperate review.
Happy Sailing!

Not worth the cost! Not what was promised!
We were picked up in a van with a taxi sign on top, no seatbelts inside and the tire pressure and engine lights were on. The driver Joseph was a friend of mr. Joseph who couldn’t make it. He asked where we wanted to go. This was supposed to be an historical tour which included entry tickets and a 1 hour lunch it was supposed to last 4 hours. The only place we went was to see beer drinking pigs and we paid for it. When my husband asked when the tour of hotels would end he said we could have him as day. So we said we wanted to make a coffee stop and he gave us 1/2 hour. At that point we decided we had had enough so when he picked us up we asked to be returned to our car.
What a waste of time that could have been spent on the beach. No history no entrance to anything no entrance tickets to anything.

Our guide was very nice but I wouldn’t really call this a tour. She kept saying she would take us wherever we wanted to go but we didn’t really know where to go. It was our first time on the island. The company says they will contact you to map out your tour a week ahead but they didn’t. They sent a message the day before and not having great service- I didn’t even get the message until we were on the tour.
I booked the tour and told where we needed to be picked up. The day of the tour, the company called and wanted us to pay $40 at pick up, $40 at drop off and a 20% gratuity. That would have been $140 more than what the tour already cost. We paid an extra $40 at pick up and a $60 tip. The total was $320 plus the $100 extra for three people.
The same time (4.5 hours) of this tour on St Thomas was $40 per person plus a tip. St. John- private tour 4 hours, 3 people $226 + 60. Both of these tours were excellent guided tours!
Basically the driver was just that, a driver who shared some of what she knew. Compared to the other tours that were a third of the cost, this one was really a waste of money.
Again the driver was extremely nice but I would not recommend this tour to anyone and it is way over priced.

Guide was no more than a Taxi driver. Did not tell us much of anything. Great Explorations ran this tour and it was well below our expectations. They refused to give our money back!

The St George Botanical gardens and Touring the Island of St Croix we’re amazing . Sweeney , our guide showed us around the island and gave us a glimpse into all St Croix has to offer

My husband and I enjoy the comprehensive tour of the Island. Victor was informative, with a good sense of humor. He never rushed us though the highlighted stops like Fredricksted and Cruzan Rum distillery. Sometimes we just stopped to appreciate the wonderful views along our way. The tour was supposed to be 3 hours, but we were out more than four. Victor even let us stop on the way back to our resort for grocery supplies. Highly recommend this tour.