by SAW06
We took a carnival excursion of tour of the island, we visited both sides of the island, stopped at a market on the French side. Once back to the port we took the water shuttle downtown to the beach for a few hours. Overall a nice day
by pauletta
We've been here several times you can see alot of the damage from the storms but it's still a beautiful place our excursion was canceled due to a strike on one side so we walked around an shopped
by MommaVal
Went to Maho beach. Luckily we were able to rent chairs & umbrellas right near the restaurant, all the way down the beach to the right (when facing the water. Good food, good service. Crowded, island still is disarray from hurricane almost 2 years ago.
Visited: Mar 31, 2019
by csmruss
Take the $7 water taxi to town and walk around the town to shop or hit the beach off main street.
Visited: May 11, 2019
by pjwhswcsw
We went ziplining. We had a great time. We had lunch at the Lazy Lizard afterwards. It had a great view of the beach.
Visited: Jun 10, 2019
by Teacher44
First, I want to suggest that you review the excursion we took. We did the Jeep excursion. We were met at the port and loaded into buses. We were told we were going to meet the jeeps. We were hauled around one side of the island at an aggressive fast pace (when we were not caught in traffic or taking detours). We stopped at photo op stops, but I’m really not sure why we stopped there when we passed much more beautiful places. After about an hour or more we were taken to a beach that was a nude/topless beach and we had kids on the excursion. Which I found totally unacceptable. Not to mention that we were not even at a pretty beach. We were told if we wanted to eat to order as soon as we got there to have enough time. After our time was up, we all loaded up to leave and the jeeps were not there. We ended up waiting almost an hour for a jeeps. We were told that we would have to drive very aggressively and not to let cars between us. We were then led across the island at a high rate of speed and hardly got to see anything. We made a stop at a questionable area of town. That time could be better spent somewhere else. The trip ended up at Maho beach. Which for me, I got to check off something on my bucket list. The only thing I felt very rushed. I forgot to mention that the burger at the beach was $25. So, we basically spent the day with no food. This is a trip I honestly feel like Carnival needs to re-evaluate! I feel that for the most-part, Carnival should refund anybody who went on that trip. With the exception of Maho Beach, it was a really bad experience.
Visited: Jun 08, 2019
by dianelgreer
booked a tour through priceline. excellent personal service with a small group 5 people
Visited: Jan 20, 2019
by rchebrolu
Beach experience was fabulous. We did shopping, swimming, good food. They maintained nice washrooms, had massage. You get an umbrella and chairs to relax. Fish fry was good.
Visited: Mar 24, 2019
by car0258
Island is getting back to business. We were here last year and the difference is big.
Visited: Sep 29, 2019
by Tea4two321
My dad and I did the helmut diving tour! It was awesome. The boat ride there was fun and easy. You arrive at a floating platform and after your safety talk you descend a ladder into the water. Once you are are shoulder deep they place the helmut on your head and you continue your descent. You have a diver with you at all times as you go down the ladder. You have to “clear your ears” every single step down (atleast I did) or the pressure builds up and can become quite painful. If you can pop your ear by yawning, swallowing, etc. then you should be fine. My ears are particularly sensitive to elevation changes and I was able to get all the way to the bottom with no pain. It’s a bit disconcerting, knowing you are under water (25 feet down), but breathing is easy and walking around, holding the handrails makes seeing the underwater objects a piece of cake. Be aware water comes up into the helmut but never got more than just under my chin. Once you walk around the whole thing then you head back up the ladder. Once you are back up top you are offered a punch or a rum punch and you can either hang out on the dock or swim around with noodles and snorkel gear. The water felt really quite cold going in (72 degree water in January), but once I was used to it, it felt great and after the dive I was swam around and the water was perfect. On the way back we had the choice of getting off the taxi boat at the cruise port or continuing onto the town to do some shopping. If you do the shopping you will need to find your own way back to port via taxi, water taxi or walking.
Visited: Jan 06, 2019
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