St Lucia Customize Private Island Tour
Description
Spend 5 to 6 hours touring the beautiful Island of St Lucia on a private customized tour, where you can experience everything local the island has to offer. Here are some options you can choose from as places you can visit. (NB. Please select the most important places of your interest to indicate to your Driver / Tour Guide). Visit the Caribbean's only "drive-in" volcano, the twin peak pitons and the most beautiful bay in the whole Caribbean (Marigot Bay). View the Governor General Mansion, local fishing villages, and the largest banana plantation on the island. Enjoy beach time, waterfalls, free rum tasting, shopping, the Botanical Gardens, Tet Paul Nature Trail, Morne Coubaril and much more! During the tour a limited amount of refreshments will be provided for your convenience and the tour can be customized to anything clients wish to visit that is along the way.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Meeting with driver/tour guide
Driving through the Castries market with a brief history given by the guide about the market
Driving through the area with the Derek Walcott square and Cathedral, and viewing other historical places in the area with history given by the guide.
Elevated view of the city area and the extreme northern part of the island, inclusive the cruise port, the airport, etc. Then a view of the governor general house.
This is where you have a view of the old barracks from the time of war, which was transformed into our community college and also seeing our national plant called "The Calabash Tree".
An elevated view of one of the most beautiful bays in the entire caribbean and also where they filmed part of the original movie "Dr Doolittle", and where the British won the French for the island.
Stopping by one of the largest banana plantation on the island, with a full explanation of the process the bananas go through and the history about the banana plantation.
Driving through the village to see what a typical caribbean village looks like and stopping to get an elevated view of the village.
Stopping in the area for free rum sampling of about 20 different types of local rum made on the island and sampling of other local products and spices made on the island also, ie. banana ketchup (which taste like honey mustard), banana bbq sauce, garlic sauce and many others,
Driving through the local fishing village, also getting a history about the village from the guide and stopping to get an elevated view of the village.
Driving on the outskirts of the rainforest reserve and stopping to get the first beautiful view of the twin peak pitons.
Stopping to get an elevated view of the town of Soufriere, which was first conquered by the Frensch in the time of war. From that view, there is the view of the pitons and the volcano a distance away., we will also be driving through the town and being given the history of the town by driver/guide.
Clients will be doing a tour of the volcano area, see the boiling sulphur water and doing the mudbath.
Clients will be doing a tour of the Botanical gardens, where they will be seeing all the different kind of plants the island has and in there you get to see the Diamond waterfall, where part of the movie "Romance in the stone" will filmed.
This where clients will be enjoying a fresh bath from the cool waterfall which is flowing from the rainforest area.
Clients will be going to the Still Beach restaurant at the bay area to have a buffet style local lunch, with the view of the beach and the piton right in front. After lunch clients will be heading back to where they were originally picked up.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We do pickups from private homes, villas, vacation rentals, Sapphire Beach Villa, Secrets St Lucia, etc. Pickup times can be changed by you but we always advise all client to start early to avoid all the crowds. FOR CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS: We do advise to start tour early so we can avoid the rush get back to the cruise ship and for cruise ship who are arriving after our pickup time we do monitor the time your cruise ship arrives and our driver/tour guide will give you enough time to get out of the cruise ship to commence your tour.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
- Dress code is smart casual
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Provide Hotel Information For Pickup
Reviews(687)
We did the 6-hour tour. Pick up was at 8:30am. It took about 2 hours to get to the south side with the morning rush hour traffic. The south part of the island has most of the excursions, such as ATV, zipping, chocolate factory, and waterfalls. We were able to visit the Toraille Waterfall, stop to see views of the Pitons, stop at a cocoa plantation, and then have lunch at the Mango Tree Restaurant. Then we drove about 1 1/2 hours back to the Windjammer. The roads are very winding, so not good for anyone who gets carsick. There were plenty of opportunities to buy souvenirs along the way and nice scenic areas to take pictures.
Herman was a great guide who took us to all the places we wanted to see. Never in a rush and ample of time at all destinations. Highly recommend
We did a custom tour and it worked great. Kernel did a wonderful job and was very knowledgeable. We were highly satisfied.
Really good tour guide with flexible schedule. You can be assured of a very informative and enjoyable experience.
Justina was fantastic as was the gentleman who arranged for the reservation and took payment. Justina arrived on time understanding our desires and immediately launched into a tour that included history lessons, descriptions of the area, it's buildings, people, agriculture, etc. She knew exactly where to stop at locations for us to take pictures without needing to be asked. And at the local attractions, explained what to expect, the best way to enjoy it, and how to purchase tickets. We would have missed so much without her and instead of avoiding crowds would have been forced into large groups with time limits set for us.
Use motion sickness medication before starting the trip due to the drive, continuous risky curves. The driver, Justine, was very good and we enjoyed talking with her. The vehicle was very comfortable.
It was amazing! Our tour guide (Herman) was the best! Even though we were running late he still stopped for the photo opportunities. He was knowledgeable and so patient.
This was perfect! We wanted to get out of our resort and see some of the tourist attractions. We spent 4 hours driving around the island with our amazing guide, Justina. The itinerary was super customizable and we told her what we’d like to do and she offered some suggestions too.
Our private tour around St. Lucia was absolutely incredible—hands down the best decision we made! From the moment we met our guide, Javan, we knew we were in for something special. He was not only knowledgeable and professional, but also genuinely funny and welcoming. He treated us like family from the very beginning, which made the entire experience feel personal and unforgettable. Javan brought the island to life with his stories, insights, and great energy. He made every stop enjoyable, and honestly, we didn’t want the tour to end. It never felt rushed—just pure fun from start t If you’re considering a private tour of St. Lucia, do yourself a favor and request Javan. He was absolutely EXCELLENT!!
Great way to see the island. But it’s a long long drive each way. Volcano was super cool and loved the short hike. Waterfall was very crowded and touristy. Our guide was very nice, but not all that knowledgeable about the things we were seeing. Loved the stops at the roadside market and at the overlooks.
