Feb 23, 2025
Fun tour of St Maarten. - perfect way to see the highlights of St Maarten. our guide, Raj was very knowledgeable and fun. plenty stops for pics, shopping and lunch. would definitely recommend.
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Feb 21, 2025
Great tour in a nice air conditioned vehicle. - Our guide was excellent. Show up promptly at our resort in a nice comfortable vehicle. Took us to some great hidden spots. Highly recommend for anyone who wants to explore SXM for the first time.
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Feb 19, 2025
St Maarten personal tour - Travel vendor was very gracious and understanding of the individual needs of 12 people traveling. Knowledgeable of all regions of the island
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Feb 18, 2025
Amazing Shopping Adventure! - We had a great shopping experience, stoping all over the island, with some beautiful photo ops along the way… Everything was timed perfect and we were able to detour when needed for bathroom breaks. A++ worth every penny!!! Thank you very much.
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Feb 18, 2025
Best Tour Around - Raj was an amazing tour guide and a fun guy to spend time with. He was thoughtful and attentive to our interests and took us to perfect places we never would have known about! We visited several beautiful spots for walks and pictures, visited a local chocolate store, had lunch at a fabulous waterfront restaurant, spent time on the beach at a relaxing beach bar at a calm water spot, stopped at an atm and store for supplies for our stay. It was truly a perfect way to spend our first day on St. Maarten!
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Feb 17, 2025
Harris was our guide and... - Harris was our guide and he was great. He is from the area so he knew the history and places to go to that we would never have found. He drove us around the entire island. We stopped at a local place for a wonderful lunch of fresh fish, etc. We asked him to stop in town at the end so one of us could do some shopping. He knew the owners and since we had done our homework beforehand, we know he helped us get even better deals. Very pleasant personality and a great person.
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Feb 16, 2025
Our driver/guide was... - Our driver/guide was friendly (I am not remembering his name though) and very knowledgeable about both sides of the island. Saw Fort Amsterdam and Fort St. Louis (getting in some exercise doing so), explored Marigot, and had some incredible food at Cynthia’s. Just what we hoped for when booking.
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Feb 16, 2025
Horace is the Best!!! - The BEST way to see the island, beaches and culture of both sides! Highly recommend this! Horace was so much fun to hang with for this tour!!!!
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Feb 15, 2025
Mama Gucci Rocks! - We were met by our tour guide/driver outside the cruise port. Mama Gucci was fantastic! She has an impeccably well maintained and clean van and took us all around the island. She not only showed us all the sights of this beautiful island she told us about the history and the differences between the French and Dutch sides of the island. She was friendly and very informative. It was a great tour and Mama Gucci is the best!
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Feb 15, 2025
Best day-trip for St Maarten and totally customizable - Book it! - We had Raj as our guide for a half day tour of the island. Raj is fantastic! We learned a LOT about the local culture while visiting the following spots:
1 - Juggie's burger stand. Honestly one of the best burgers we've ever tasted! The beef is seasoned with some secret spices, you do not want to miss this! 100% local.
2 - Bell's lookout point. Nice view of the surrounding residences, marina's, etc.
3 - Topper's Rhum Distillery. We walked out of here sideways, and it was a fun experience! Make 100% sure to buy one of the rhum cakes, they are fantastic.
4 - Maho beach. Get in the water and follow Raj's advice to line yourself up with the yellow marker on the runway. The planes follow this line, so you'll be sure to get a photo or video with the landing plane right over your head.
5 - The Lolos in Grand Case. Many local places to eat here and we had a fantastic seafood meal from Cynthia's.
6 - Orient Beach at the Pirate Hideout. It was too windy to hop in the water, but make sure to ask for "the pink drink" at the Hideout. The staff are absolute characters as well, you'll have a great time!
Tips:
Bring swim suits, TOWELS, sunblock, and some small bills (USD) or euro. Some of the bathroom facilities require a dollar or so to access, and you'll want to have some cash on hand for tipping.
To get to the pick-up from the cruise port:
Follow the street signs for "EDC". Its about a 3-min walk past the bars and shops.
When you get to the large roundabout, go left. You'll see a large rectangular parking lot, and to the right is a busy vehicle entry/exit security stand. That large lot is NOT where you need to be. Go all the way to the LEFT of that lot, and you'll see a separate tiny gravel/dirt parking lot with a very small 2-person guard station. That is where you need to go. Tell the people in that little booth you are looking for Sunita and/or Raj. NOTE: when we returned to this lot, and after Raj had left, the security guards would not allow us to walk OUT of the parking lot unless we showed them our Royal Caribbean "SeaPass" cards. I have no idea why, and I could not tell if they were actually serious. This COULD be a scam. If one of us didn't have our SeaPass card from the cruise ship, I am guessing the next step would be they would want money from us to pass. I am still not sure on this one. You have to have your card from the ship to disembark and re-embark anyways, so make sure you dont lose it!
Overall this was the best day we had along our 7-day cruise on RC. Raj is entertaining and full of interesting information. If we're ever back in St Maarten, we'll definitely look Raj up to take us around to some different spots! Thanks Raj !
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