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Kingstown Botanical Gardens Fort Charlotte Beach Tour
4.4
8 Ratings
Kingstown
Enjoy the perfect half-day tour that concludes with a relaxing visit to a stunning beach. You’ll have the opportunity to explore some of the most historic buildings in Kingstown (the capital city), Fort Charlotte, and the Botanical Gardens.
Enjoy the perfect half-day tour that concludes with a relaxing visit to a stunning beach. You’ll have the opportunity to explore some of the most historic buildings in Kingstown (the capital city), Fort Charlotte, and the Botanical Gardens.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Kingstown Ferry Terminal - Our tour begins at the Kingstown cruise ship terminal. We’ll guide you through the capital city, Kingstown, highlighting historical landmarks such as The Central Police Station, The Financial Complex, The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, and the Cenotaph.
- Kingstown Market - We’ll drive through the bustling market…
- Kingstown Ferry Terminal - Our tour begins at the Kingstown cruise ship terminal. We’ll guide you through the capital city, Kingstown, highlighting historical landmarks such as The Central Police Station, The Financial Complex, The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, and the Cenotaph.
- Kingstown Market - We’ll drive through the bustling market square, where numerous vendors and farmers sell their local produce.
- Kingstown Methodist Church - Continuing through Kingstown, we’ll travel along the street of the church, locally known as “back street.” Here, you’ll receive a brief history of the Methodist church, as well as the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches.
- Fort Charlotte - Next, we’ll head to Fort Charlotte, a British-colonial era fort situated on a hill overlooking the harbor. It offers a panoramic view of the Leeward side of the island, including Kingstown, Young Island, Bequia, and the famous Mustique island.
- Botanical Gardens - After visiting Fort Charlotte, we’ll join the Leeward highway, now renamed the Nelson Mandela Highway. Along the way, you’ll see The Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, Victoria Park—a small stadium also known as Carnival City during the Carnival season—and then we’ll arrive at The Botanical Gardens, the oldest garden of its kind in the western hemisphere.
- Paradise Beach Hotel - Our final stop is on the windward side of St. Vincent at the picturesque Villa beach. It offers a stunning view of the Young Island Resort, where Johnny Depp and some crew members stayed while filming The Pirates of the Caribbean. Villa beach also features nice bars, restaurants, and good toilet facilities. You can swim or snorkel here, so please bring your swimming gear (optional).
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Bottled water
- Rum Punch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Bottled water
- Rum Punch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
- $5US entrance fee to the Botanical Gardens
- $5US entrance fee to the Botanical Gardens
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)
- 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)
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.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.4
(8 Ratings)
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Nigelrandrews
Jan 11, 2025
Perfect St Vincent tour - Excellent tour. Driver went out of his way to make everything perfect for us and was extremely helpful with our wheelchair. The tour was excellent value for money and he showed us so much in the time allotted. Highly recommended!
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Martyk58
Jan 9, 2025
Great tour of the Island - Win was our fantastic driver. We saw the cruise ship port, a new hotel, Fort Charlotte which was amazing. The Fort has a working lighthouse and 2 men were working inside the light house. We stoped at some pretty lookout spots to admire the views of the water and the mountains, and other islands. The tour of the botanical gardens was nice. We saw and smelled lemon grass, coriander, mint, the flower used to make Chanel 5 and other spices. The cannonball tree and the tree used to make black piano keys was pretty cool. We hired a guide to take us through the gardens and we were glad we did. At the end of the tour we stopped at a street cafe for to-go rice and fish or chicken, and of course a local beer. It was a great tour.
Review provided by Viator
Arianqueen
Dec 5, 2024
Great island tour - Easy booking, great pick up at the port Kevin and Javan provided us with a great tour of the island, very informative. Lovely friendly guys. Would definitely recommend
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Cdwahl
Mar 12, 2020
Kingstown Botanical Gardens Tour with Top Dawg Taxi & Tours - We booked this through Trip Advisor. Very good tour with a very personable guide. Wayne, Top Dawg Taxi owner, was prompt and picked us up at our hotel for the half day tour. He pointed out many local buildings and gave us a good narrative on St Vincent. We had stops at Fort Charlotte and many photo stops along the way. Arriving at the Botanical Gardens we toured the garden with a guide that provided very detailed information about the plants and trees. He also related the history of the garden and St Vincent / Kingstown.
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Andrewt309
Jan 28, 2020
Good service in dire times - Booked this tour online for a one day visit on a Caribbean cruise to St Vincent saving 20% on similar activity supplied by the cruise ship but due to weather conditions we were unable to dock and therefore unable to participate on the tour.
Fast full refund with no mucking about means if you are cruise passenger you have no hesitation in booking ahead knowing they are playing fair and saving you money.
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Christine_h
Jun 15, 2024
A good overview - Our driver Dwyane was excellent. The botanical gardens were great. The different lookouts amazing. Probably could have had a little bit more history but overall a good 2 hours.
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Kaypyer
Feb 7, 2020
St Vincent from cruise ship - Even though the cruise ship Ventura was a day late arriving on the island this company went the extra mile and accepted our reservation and we paid them direct as Viator cancelled the first date.The tour was excellent,the island spectacular,the weather changeable but hot and sunny .All places visited were lovely and there was ample time at each stop.The pirates of the Caribbean was fun.The driver Garren was a gentleman and gave us time to enjoy the day
We recommend Topdawg Taxis
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S23vqmelissac
Dec 11, 2024
Not as advertised at all. Great staff. - This tour was absolutely nothing like what was advertised and what I purchased based on that advertising.
There was no stop at the market or the Methodist church - why advertise that and then not offer it?
The gardens were amazing and the highlight of the trip.
We also did not go to the Fort, apparently because it is closed for repair after Hurricane Baryl - but other people on our boat were able to see it so I am unsure why we could not - they told us it was open and they had no trouble getting in.
The beach was a bust and a waste of time. You get accosted the second you get on the beach to pay $20 USD for a chair, and if you don’t, there is no place to put your things while you swim. The staff will rudely tell you that the tour company pays for you to walk from the parking lot to the beach and that is it - everything else costs.
The two shining stars of the day were Pavan and our driver (whose name I forget but who was also lovely). They were amazing.
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