Fort Charlotte and Botanical Gardens Tour: Discover History and Relax at Beautiful Beach
4.6
19 Ratings
Kingstown
Experience the ultimate half-day tour which concludes with a leisurely visit to a stunning beach. This tour offers you an opportunity to view some of the most historical structures in Kingstown (The Capital City), Fort Charlotte, and the Botanical Gardens.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Kingstown Ferry Terminal - Our tour starts at the Kingstown cruise ship terminal. We will take you through our capital city Kingstown. As we drive through you will be shown and given information about some of the most historical buildings such as The Central Police Station, The Financial Complex, The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and also our Cenotaph.
- Kingstown Market - We will be driving through our bustling market square where a lot of vendors and farmers selling their local produces.
- Kingstown Methodist Church - As we continue on through our capital city Kingstown, we will be driving on the street of the church or “back street” as it is locally called. Here you will be shown and given a brief history about the Methodist church as well as the Anglican and the Roman Catholic church.
- Fort Charlotte - Then we will journey on to Fort Charlotte. Fort Charlotte is a British-colonial era fort, built on a hill over-looking the harbour and enjoys a panoramic view of the Leeward side of the island, including Kingstown, Young Island, Bequia and also the famous island Mustique.
- Botanical Gardens - After our stop at Fort Charlotte, we will then join the Leeward high, which has been renamed to the Nelson Mandela Highway. In passing you will get to see The Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, The Victoria Park - a small stadium which is also referred to as Carnival City during the Carnival season and then we make our way to The Botanical Gardens which is the oldest garden of it’s kind in the western hemisphere
- Paradise Beach Hotel - Then on to our Final site is on the windward side of St. Vincent and will be the beautiful picturesque Villa beach.
It also has an amazing view of the Young Island Resort where Johnny Depp and some of his crew members stayed while they were filming The Pirates of the Caribbean. Villa beach also has nice bars and restaurants and good toilet facilities.
Here you can swim/snorkel so please walk with your swimming gears. (optional)
What's Included
- Cruise Ship Pick-up and Drop-off
- Professional Local Tour Guide
- Free Bottled Water
- Photo Taking
- Hotel Pickup and Drop-off
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Free Rum Punch
- Electronic Device Charger
- Free Natural Juice
What's Not Included
- $2US entrance fee to the Botanical Gardens
- Hotel pickup & drop-off (For pickup outside of Kingstown areas, an additional charge may be applied)
Additional Information
- 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
- This tour includes 1 hour at the beach to swim/snorkel. You can walk with your swimming gears (optional)
- Also please provide your email address
Location
Kingstown
As soon as you exit the terminal building, carry on walking straight ahead towards gate 3, someone from our team will be displaying a sign with our company's logo.
If you are not a cruise ship passenger, please provide the name and address of your hotel or contact us to discuss the pick up.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(19 Ratings)
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Joshimar_s
Apr 23, 2023
A wonderful Sunday Trip - I usually like to just relax in a hotel however my wife insisted on a tour and chose this one. I'm happy she did...it was a great day. Wayne was our tour guide and went out of his way to make us not only comfortable but see as much of the island that we could. We were the only ones on the tour so it was customized. He even stopped for us to get a bite which we greatly appreciated. I highly recommend this company and look forward to them expanding. If you are considering this company, give them a chance. You won't regret it.
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Carol
Apr 10, 2023
Excellent tour - Really enjoyed the tour. We were met by Wayne at the cruise terminal and he took us on the tour, giving us lots of interesting information, but also giving us enough time on our own to enjoy the sights.
Everything was well organised and on schedule, and we felt very comfortable throughout the tour.
Would definitely recommend Wayne and his team.
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Tim_b
Apr 9, 2023
Recommended Family Tour - Our guide was very friendly and informative throughout and listened to the views of our family and the couple on our trip as to how much time we spent at each location. The beach in particular was a highlight with plentiful inexpensive sunbeds available, great views of an island used in filming Pirates of the Caribbean. There were inexpensive water taxis available if we wished to visit the island.
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James_v
Mar 27, 2023
Interesting tour with Great host. - Our tour guide (Shakira?) was professional, intelligent, knowledgeable and fun to be with. The stops and were nice, and her information made them very interesting. Please tell her Thanks from us!!!
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Lynda_b
Mar 3, 2023
Memorable - Amazing tour with Wayne who was friendly , knowledgeable and nothing was too much trouble . Nice itinerary the highlight being the beach trip where we took a boat across to the Young Island Resort. Highly recommend
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Nancy_k
Mar 3, 2023
Our guide Norris was... - Our guide Norris was great. He was on time at the cruise terminal and was attentive to our needs. This excursion was the best we had during our 12 day cruise
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Paul
Jan 13, 2023
Fabulous personal tour experience - Instead of a RCL shore excursion where they pack 20+ into a recycled Japanese minibus, I opted for Topdawg. Was best excursion decision of my 12 day cruise. St Vincent is a tiny one-small-cruise-ship-at-a-time port, but there are several dozen independent mini-van tour operators hungry for customers at the end of the pier. Strangely very few advertise on TripAdvisor. Topdawg had 3 couples with reservations my visit day with 2 pristine Toyota minivans awaiting us. No spur-of-moment customers appeared, so wife and I got a solo tour with 2 couples in other minivan. Fabulous personal tour experience! If you’re cruising to St Vincent, book Topdawg or if they’re booked, l’m sure you can catch any of the many independent minivan tour option for a cheaper and superior tour than the cruise line options. Not all Windward Island ports offer such a multitude of independent operators, but in St Vincent it’s safe to skip the cruise ship options. Go Topdawg—you won’t be sorry.
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Compass583476
Dec 31, 2022
Excellent, informative tour - Excellent, informative tour. Jerron was brilliant with explanations and taking us around in the most interesting to see places.
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Dbigpack
Feb 1, 2020
Kingston, Fort Charlotte, Botanical Gardens And Beach Tour - The excursion went very smooth from the pickup at the cruise pier to the drop off back at the pier. Our driver was very informative and did a great job explaining the sites. The Botanical Garden is a real gem. It was on of the best I've been in.
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Geoham95
Feb 13, 2024
Good trip but fort shut! - Overall good trip let down by fort shut, driver took us as far as he could for some great views. Garden guide very good and Rum excellent. 5 star if fort open I think.
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