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USD $45.00
St Maarten Shore Excursion: Beaches and Shopping in Marigot
Philipsburg, Netherlands Antilles
On this 5-6 hour tour, visit some of St Maarten's most famous beaches, including Maho Beach, Orient Beach and Oyster Bay. You'll have the chance to explore both the Dutch and French side's of the island with your guide. In addition to the beach stops for swimming and photo shots, you'll also have time for shopping in Marigot.
Your first stop of the day will be at a location overlooking Oyster Bay. Next you will get to meet Calvin the Sea Urchin Man and some of his watery friends. On to Orient Beach for 2 hours of sunshine, sand, and sea. Sit back and enjoy the sun and ocean breeze or take a refreshing dip in the crystal clear waters.
After Orient Beach, head to the town of Marigot for an hour of shopping. While in Marigot, do not forget to visit the different bars, restaurants, shops, local flea market and Sarafina's! for those fabulous French Pastries.
Next up is the world famous Maho Beach. Stand on the beach as some of the largest commercial aircraft come in for a landing just feet away right over your head! Plus, hang on for a jet blast as they take off.
With the excitement of Maho Beach behind you, your next stop will be Cole Bay Hill overlooking Simpson Beach and Indigo Bay, an opportunity for a beautiful photo. Then up to 'The Hill', where you will find great views of Phillipsburg. With a wonderful day on the island behind, you have a final choice, to be dropped off in Phillipsburg or continue on to the cruise dock for departure. And remember a complimentary drink will be offered to you on stops!
We booked this group excursion and ended up being the only 2 so it was private! Driver was knowledgeable and very friendly. So much so we treated him to lunch. The airport time was a little rushed and we didnt see any large planes. There is still a lot of hurricane damage but the beaches are beautiful. We didnt feel rushed and we got to see just about everything. I highly recommend this trip.
Review by: yduong00, February 2018
Paul was our guide for this excursion. He was very nice and knowledgeable. There was a lot of damages from the hurricane but it did not take away the beauty of this island. We enjoyed the Maho Beach experience, sight seeings, and local foods. We went to Friar Beach instead of Orient Beach. We stayed here for about 2 hours before heading back. The beach was nice, quite, and clean.
Review by: Rachel B, February 2018
Maynard the driver was very friendly and informative. We got to see the whole island and learnt a lot.
Review by: Jason M, January 2018
Was on Oasis of the Seas coming into SM. At cruise port, lots of other excursions leaving, so look to the far left and you will see a little white tent and guard and some tour operators. This is where we found our guide. Since our ship came into SM late, we were the only people on the tour my family of five with wife/I and three teens. Oasis was one of the first ships back to SM after the hurricanes. Got to say that the French side of SM is still largely destroyed. We were not allowed on Orient Beach due to the rubble, and the French town was largely closed. We highly enjoyed the Maho Beach with the airplanes coming in, and the beaches and shops at Phillipsburg. Our tour guide did a great job giving us the history of the island. He was amazing.
Review by: Wendy H, October 2017
Excellent
Review by: Kristi K, July 2017
My sister and I ended up being the only ones on the tour which meant we received a personalized tour of St. Maarten/Ste. Martin. It was great! We spent as long as we wanted at Orient and Maho beaches and had plenty of time to browse the shops in Marigot. Our guide was excellent and we really felt taken care of all day. Loved it!
Review by: Kurt M, May 2017
We had a good tour with our driver, Paul! The other people canceled so it ended up being a private tour for my wife and I. The tour offered a great view of the entire island with plenty of time at Orient beach. The only thing I would change about this tour would be a little bit more time exploring Marigot, as we only had time for a very quick lunch before heading back out. Note: The tour advertises a stop to visit the sea urchin man but he has recently passed away. Instead of this, we stopped to visit the iguanas instead! Great tour!
Review by: JODIE M, April 2017
Paul was AWESOME! The other family that was supposed to be on our tour was running late but he didn't make us wait. He had another tour guide wait for them which was great. He took us all over the Island and answered any questions we had. We have an 8 year old so he made sure to do things to entertain her. He made sure to take us to a calmer beach so she could swim and he cleaned the sand from our shoes while he waited. He really went the extra mile to please us. He provided a cooler full of drinks and informed us that it was expensive at certain places to help us save money. Paul made the most of our time and helped us enjoy the island to the fullest the whole entire day. Everyone on the island knows Paul and I'm sure it because he is so AWESOME! I hope to see him again one day :- I absolutely recommend this tour! The Martin Family
Review by: Mr, April 2017
Great tour. It was nice having the shuttle to ourselves, so we can ask questions of the history of St Maarten. Orient beach was ok-too much seaweed washed ashore and the water was kinda cold and waves a little rough. I liked the boardwalk and the shops and restaurants.
Review by: sherylholton, March 2017
Diedrix and his wife were wonderful tour guides. They knew all the great photo stops and were really sweet. We enjoyed everything the tour provided. The only drawbacks were from the island itself and were less noticeable due to our great guide.
Review by: marc.meirovitz, February 2017
After years of outstanding experience with Viator, our luck ran out. The directions to the tour's meeting place at the EDC parking lot were inaccurate. Only found this hidden lot with the help of police and taxi drivers. The driver was a half hour late and a full hour late starting the tour. It was very difficult to understand through his thick accent. While we had a nice two hours at Orient Beach, Viator failed to tell us about the 30.00 fee for two chairs, excluding towels. After a very good lunch in Marigot, the driver inexplicably left that town without giving us any time to shop. A beach and shopping excursion, but without the shopping. In the driver's defense, the traffic in St. Maarten makes it impossible to do both a beach visit and shopping in the same day. After a stop at the airport beach, we sweated-out rush hour gridlock and had to run to make our ship's boarding time. This excursion was supposed to be the highlight of our cruise. It was instead a huge disappointment.
Review by: karenosellsazhms, February 2017
We found our tour Agents, waiting for us, very easy to find. We ending up being the only two people on our tour! Our driver and our guide, were both from the area, and drove us all over the island, stopping so we could take photos. We had fun watching the airplanes fly over the beach with all the people in the water and on the sand! We were able to have lunch and plenty of time to shop! After touring for about 4 hours, they offered to take us to Orient Beach, for another stop, but we were too tired and ready to go back to the ship! We would highly recommend this company and tour with them again!
Review by: Patrick T, February 2017
The ex. trip was a decent circumnavigation of the island, despite the occasional rain shower. It was a good exploratory tour that could help with deciding future trips. Our driver was Paul, who was very talkative and seemed to enjoy sharing the various amenities that the island has received over the years. He made plenty of stops at various overlooks for the passengers to get out and take pictures. For many stops, he also offered to help take pictures i.e., family shots, etc.. Throughout the trip, he regaled us with miscellaneous historical and cultural tidbits.
Review by: William E, January 2017
We had an experienced driver/guide who showed us the beauty of St. Maarten, offering us plenty of time to see and explore the sites. The excursion more than lived up to its description on their website.
Review by: Darlene T, January 2017
We took this as a shore excursion. It was just my family and I so essentially a private tour. It sure beat sharing a motor coach with 50 others. The guide was great and the beaches beautiful.
Review by: Pedro fidel R, January 2017
The company that provided the service was very formal and accomdating, our guide Ronald was great!
Review by: Karen C, December 2016
My husband was sick this day and I guess some other people changed there excursions so myself and a friend had the trip to ourselves. Our tour guide was Douce and he was amazing. He took us to so many places and shared so much history. He gave us the time we needed at each place and even made a few extra stops on the way since there were only the two of us. It was clear that he wanted to make sure that we had a great day. I would definatley recommend this excursion and Douce.
Review by: kristen a, October 2016
Amazing Tour! Paul was awesome! He told us a lot about the area and should us sights only a local would know. He was talkative and knowledgable. shopping in Marigot was not great. But the sights he showed us and the beach was awesome!!
Review by: tiamellomt, October 2016
i lovedddd this excursion!!! all i remember was beautiful orient beach!! we spent about 2 hours there at the beach where the water was clearrr. i had such a great time, then we went to marigot for about an hour. lots of nice shopping and eating places. i wish we had stayed a bit longer in marigot. maho beach was nice but the beach was very rocky so we didn't really do anything but watch planes come in, which was cool but after that i was ready to leave lol.
Review by: Alan B, June 2016
We had a private tour with a local guide. He was fantastic his knowledge was excellent and the tour very informative.If wanted to spend more time in one area and less in another that was fine,it helped as there were only the two of us on the tour.Highly recommend.
Review by: Michael D, May 2016
Great tour! Our guide Douse did an awesome job!!
Review by: christia, April 2016
This ended up being a private tour as the other people didn and #39;t show!! Deuce was our guide and he was engaging and informative. Great humor throughout tour. Shopping was non existent - Easter Monday. Wished they would have noted that when booking. ( that and #39;s the 4 stars). Beach was really windy.
Review by: charles d, March 2016
Diederick is fantastic! He is full of information and even moved our beach location and time due to high winds. Everything was great, Maho Beach, holding Sea Urchins, Lizards, shopping, photo stops and lounging at the beach. Best excursion we had by far.
Review by: Scott R, March 2016
Paul was a fabulous guide and was very knowledgeable and proud of his island paradise. We stopped at Rosemary's for lunch and Rosemary took the time to come out and visit with us and provided us with a spectacular meal! We would not hesitate to recommend this excursion.
Review by: Nelia S, February 2016
Our guide Junior was great !! We loved the drive from Phillipsburg cruis port to Marigot. We saw Orient Beach, Bikini Beach. I had some traditional food in Marigot and did some shopping at the market. I loved feeding bananas to the iguanas ! We then drove back to Phillipsburg and spent about 2 hours at Maho beach watching the planes which is quite an experience. It was just my husband and I on the tour which gave us a lot of flexibility on how we broke up the day.
Review by: Bruce E, January 2016
Tour was very good. Our driver, Paul was very knowledgeable and kept everyone on schedule.
Review by: Cynthia C, January 2016
This trip was awesome. Very one on one with the tour guide and he told us many unknown facts about the island. I loved it because we were not in a big bus but a van and could get to places a bus could not go. Worth every penny
Review by: Bonnie S, December 2015
This was a great day! Our guide, Paul, was an enthusiastic wealth of information and clearly loved his job and his island. There were 4 of us and we ended up having a private, personal tour! He even took us to a local restaurant, had the owner save us a table while he took us shopping for some guava-berry liquor that I had promised a friend I'd bring back for her! Then after lunch, we were close to a local market and he helped us find the perfect Tshirt! This was a fantastic day and entry to St. Maarten. I'd highly recommend Paul and Viator if you visiting this beautiful island.
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