Barbados Island Tour, Monkey Watching & Swimming with Turtles
Description
Are you ready for a fun day in Barbados? This full day lunch inclusive tour starts its day with the monkey at the Barbados Wildlife Reserve after the monkeys have had their mid morning snack and swung through the trees its time for us to make our way to the scenic views of Cherry Tree Hill before stopping for a great Barbadian Lunch with some of our favorites dishes available on the menu for you to enjoy. After lunch we will make a quick stop in Bathsheba a surfers paradise before we start making our way to the calm waters of Carlisle Bay where you will take a cruise on Tranquility Cruises to swim with the turtles & Snorkel at a shipwreck. End off your day with a splash as you slide down Tranquility's waterslide into the welcoming waters in Carlisle Bay. The boat trip to swim with the turtles and snorkel at a shipwreck in the exquisite Carlisle Bay is 1 hour 30 min long
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Itinerary
Visit Barbados Wildlife Reserve and watch the monkeys at play.
Cherry Tree Hill is eight hundred and fifty (850) ft above sea level and is a part of St. Nicholas Abbey plantation. Actually due to the size of the St. Nicholas Abbey property, Cherry Tree Hill actually borders, St.Peter and St. Andrew. Many years ago, the drive on either side to get to it was flanked by cherry trees, thus the reason for its name; however these were replaced with mahogany trees which now line the road. The trees were planted in celebration of the signing of The Treaty of Paris in 1763
Bathsheba is located on the Eastern coastline of Barbados. It is said that this area was named after the wife of King David whose name was “Bathsheba”. Legend has it that she bathed in milk to keep her skin beautiful and soft, and the rolling surf waters of Bathsheba’s “Soup Bowl” resembled Bathsheba’s bath. The area is popular with surfers. It is a popular area for locals and visitors alike and is dotted with several seaside cottages.
Carlisle Bay is named after the Earl of Carlisle who stole Barbados away from Sir William Courteen in the Great Barbados Robbery. This time coincides with your snorkel excursion Today Carlisle Bay has the whitest sand in Barbados & the most brilliant turquoise sea. The Carlisle Bay Marine Park has 6 shipwrecks in close proximity. The great diversity of brilliantly coloured marine life include, turtles, star fish, sand dollars, rays and more.
Join us aboard Tranquility Cruises for 1 hour and 30 minutes for a snorkel cruise to swim the turtles and snorkel at a shipwreck in Carlisle Bay
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Pickup Locations & Times
PLEASE READ ALLL OF THE BELLOW INFORMATION AS IT GREATLY IMPACTS YOUR EXCURSION. We offer pick-ups at close to 300 locations across Barbados, a combination of Hotels, condominiums and villas. Please note that we only pick up from Hotels and Villas along the south and west coast. This Tour does not pick up at the cruise port If your tour is NOT a private tour, you may have up to 4 other pick-up points beside your own pick up at your accommodation. Most of the time these pick-ups are done within a 5k distance of but occasionally they are within 8km. Some tours the picks ups are along the route to the first attraction so they may be more spread out across a wider section of the island. Pick-ups are arranged in such manner, so they do not take up a lot of your day. Because we are unaware of where these pick-ups will be at the time of your booking, we will give you a wide window of time for your pick-up. On the afternoon before your tour, we will contact you by email to provide you with a more accurate pick-up time within the window provided to you at this time. YOUR PICK-UP WINDOW IS: 8:30am-10:40am PLEASE NOTE !! If you do not enter or select a pick up location your tour will be cancelled as without this information we can not collect you for the tour. PLEASE submit the name of your hotel or accommodation at the time of booking!
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Important Information
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Infant meals not included
- Please bring towels and swimwear for this excursion
- We require a minimum of 2 persons to run this tour if the minimum has not been met you will be contacted at least 36 hours before to cancel the tours and you will be given an alternate date or refunded
- PLEASE NOTE !! If you do not enter or select a pick up location your tour will be cancelled as without this information we can not collect you for the tour. PLEASE submit the name of your hotel or accommodation at the time of booking. If your accommodation is not listed please select the closest hotel to your accommodation. Once your booking is made please then contact us through the message center to advise us of the location you are staying. Please be mindful we only pick up from coastal areas along the South and West Coast unless you are booked on a private tour or your booking is 10 or more persons. In such cases we can make exceptions.
- If you suffer from motion sickness, we recommend taking precautions before the start of the tour. Please also advise your tour guide. Whilst we can sympathize and will try to make you as comfortable as possible our island roads can be bumpy at windy. We must also ensure we take care of all our customers and ensure the cleanliness of the vehicle. If you are ill on board, you will be required to reimburse the driver before the end of the tour for the cleaning fee of between US seventy five and one hundred and fifty dollars. Thank you for your kind understanding. This is not applicable to the boat portion of your tour.
- The Monkeys at the reserve are wild you can not hand feed them and though we see them most days 99.99% they are not gauranteed
- The Wildlife seen while snorkeling varies from day to day. We see turtles most days but it is not gauranteed.
- This activity is not suitable for non swimmers.
Reviews(350)
Yeah, absolutely love the tour. Klein was amazing and I think you should sell the T-shirts because we’d love one as a souvenir..
Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and called us by name. All of the experiences were great! My only complaint (nothing to do with the guide) is that the windows on the tour bus are small and it's sometimes difficult to see the sites being pointed out or get pictures.
Omar was an excellent tour guide and very personable. Great historical knowledge of the island. Snorkeling was also done very professionally.
The snorkeling crew was amazing! And our tour guide was very nice on our adventure. Highly recommend!
The experience was very nice. I was a little disappointed because we just watched the monkeys. We couldn’t feed them and the turtle that we was shown was so far at the bottom of the ocean it looked like moving sand.
Our day-long tour was excellent and made even better by our driver, tour guide and schedule manager extraordinaire. . . Gyne. From an ultra prompt pick up to a ling drive to the north of the island, Gyne kept us both safe and informed. The wildlife sanctuary was terrific and the feeding of the green monkeys was a show-stopper. Next was a terrific lunch on Bethsheba beach and then the catamaran sailing and snorkeling adventure in Carlisle Bay. Through it all Gwyn's love of his island home was evident and quite sincere. 5 stars for his service and efficiency.
We had the BEST excursion in Barbados—truly one of the highlights of our trip! 🌴☀️ Winston, our driver, was absolutely amazing. He had such a positive attitude and shared so much interesting information throughout the tour, which made the whole experience even better. We got to see monkeys being fed and explore a wildlife exhibit, which was such a cool and unique experience. Then we stopped in Bathsheba for lunch (you could choose chicken or fish), and not only was the food delicious, but the view was unreal. To top it all off, we ended at Carlisle Bay where we swam with sea turtles and snorkeled around an old shipwreck—something I’ll never forget! 🐢 Overall, it was an incredible way to see multiple parts of the island in one day. The pickup and drop-off at our Airbnb made everything so easy and stress-free too. Highly recommend this excursion if you’re visiting Barbados!
Great day out and so interesting to see the island , learn about history, cultural, politics etc. Tour guides were amazing and kept the whole trip very entertaining.
Had an amazing trip today with Steven. He was great and gave us a lively tour answering all our questions. It’s great to be with people who love what they do and where they live. We saw wildlife and monkey s being fed, great fish lunch at Bathsheba beach and a boat tour complete with snorkeling with turtles and over shipwrecks . Great day!
Our leader Quamme was brilliant! He is super knowledgeable and passionate about his country. He was very friendly and happy to answer any questions. The snorkeling, however, felt very disconnected and was disappointing. It was very short and the location they took us to was very murky.
