East End Private Day Trip Experience Tour

The East End Tour with Hida was fantastic. Hida stopped many times, from Freeport to the East End, to show/explain various sites. The terrain changes as you drive further east. You do see the effect the natural disasters have had on pockets of wooded area. The stop at the pristine beach for a swim in the Atlantic was so refreshing. 👍👍 If you are looking for a coastal tour of Grand Bahama, I recommend Hida’s East Side Tour! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

it was ok. thougth it could be better, but went to see a few different places that i liked.

We booked this experience expecting to spend time a good amount at the caves and beach but in actuality we spent 10 mins at the caves and less than 10 at the beach. Viator emailed me before the tour and I responded saying we were not too interested in shopping. First stop beer store, we didn’t get out. Second stop rum distillery which was cool. Third stop straw market where we felt strong armed into buying crap and food, we had just eaten before we got off the boat. Fourth stop another market full of the same crap. We did go in and see an art gallery that was good. The entire time the guide is saying how the island never recovered from hurricane Dorian, it felt like she was doing what she could to get us to spend more and more money at her friends or acquaintances vendor stalls. We spend over $800 for the tour and another $450 on junk. It was definitely high pressure sales stuff that you either have to be a complete jerk and ignore everybody or buy something small from everyone. We finally told the lady we were done shopping and wanted to see the caves and beach, this obviously made her upset because she started driving pretty erratic. It was drizzling off and on all day but nothing that should have dampened our experience. We finally got to the caves and beaches at 2:15pm, 35 minutes away from the ships harbor and all aboard time was 3pm. I told her I don’t think we have time she kept insisting we did. After walking really slowly to the caves and then speed walking to the beach we rushed back to the car to speed away. This is 3:10 when we leave the caves/beach, only then did she realize she messed up and needed to hurry. Her driving got even more crazy speeding past people she even once passed somebody on the left in someone’s front yard. I phoned a buddy on the cruise ship to let them know we were late by quite a bit, luckily he was able to talk to guest relations and phoned down to the gangway to hold it for us. Just for an idea how fast she was going, we left at 3:10pm, we were 35 minutes away from the ships harbor according to my gps and we pulled in at 3:35pm. If you want to go on a tour where you don’t get to do what you want this is the one for you. Oh and she was 10 mins late for the pickup at the beginning. Just an overall mess of a tour.

What a Great tour guide! The water was beautiful, and the guide was so gracious in answering all our questions. There was even stops for photos and to enjoy the water.

My family had a wonderful New Year's Day on the Island with Hida. We toured the East End with her. She told us a lot about the history, culture and the great places to visit. At our last stop, Gold Rock Beach (which is so stunning), we had a delightful picnic lunch that Hida brought for us. She self baked the Bahamian bread that we made sandwiches with. She also surprised my oldest son with a birthday cake so that we could sing HBD to him. Hida added these thoughtful touches which made it extra special for us. My son had a lovely birthday! Hida, thank you so much for making our day so special and memorable!

Hida was very informative about the islands, took great pride in every effort to ensure her guests had a wonderful time/tour.

Did a lot of research and found Hida. We wanted something custom and private. We wanted to see as much of the island in a limited amount of time. Hida didn’t disappoint. We told her some of our must do’s, and asked her for some of hers. This tour is a little pricey, but all of the Bahamas excursions are. Plus this is private.

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In February 2024, our family of 5 (4 adults and a toddler) spent our cruise day at Grand Bahama with Hida. We booked a tour with her in advance because we wanted a private experience that was personalized to our interest. Hida was wonderful from beginning to end. She communicated well, provided great information about the island, her transportation was clean and comfortable, and our activities for the day were exactly what we were looking for. After picking us up from the port, she gave us a tour of the island, we did some shopping at the Port Lucaya Marketplace, and then spent the rest of the afternoon at Banana Bay Restaurant and Lucaya Beach. On the way back to the port she took us to the Bahamian Brewery so that we could bring some local Sands back home with us. Thank you Hida for a wonderful experience!

I wanted to book a stay over air onb at hidas place - she told me she is a tour guide and helps me to do the things I want, after weeks she called me to tell me that she will charge extra money for the stay because of the air conditioning (before was 300 then 430). Im from Europe so I believed her that maybe it's extra hot at the moment but this was the first trick - when she picked me up from the airport she brought me to friends so l can buy stuff from them but I never asked for that she also stopped at many other places to do her stuff...I wanted to make vacation not help her with her life. The next day she gave me breakfast what was included in my price but this was old and not fresh: the eggs were green and blue and stinky like the cheese or anything else what she wanted to give me. After this she brang me to „swimming with the pigs" and wanted 150$ from me - the price there is 70$ - and she told me I already have a discount ... so l told her want rent a car and do my things on my own because I understood what she was doing On the last night she told me she has to extra charge the transport to the airport because I didn't invited her to a drink on the last night to say thank you...I was shocked and told her that I will not pay this because it was included in the price and I don't have to invite her and pay her drinks I payed enough (a normal hotel was cheaper after her extra charging for air conditioning). So she only wants your money and always try to extra charge everything, she don't ask you to help her she expect it from you like install new curtains in her house or carry her bags, she puts you in groups with her tour even if you didn't ask and wants 200$ per day - SO BE CAREFUL AND DONT BOOK THIS TOURS AND NEVER SLEEP IN HER MESSY HOUSE!

This is our second adventure with Hida and it won’t be our last! This experience was absolutely amazing. We learned so much about the history of the island. Hida is such a wealth of information. It was such a relaxing and beautiful day that we will never forget. You can’t go wrong with one of her adventures as she makes them all amazing. We truly can’t wait to be back and on another adventure with her.