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FUN DAY St.Maarten Island Sightseeing Tour with Beach

Philipsburg, St Maarten

St Maarten Island Sightseeing Tour including Orient Bay

5 to 6 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

See the best of St. Maarten during this sightseeing tour from Philipsburg. Explore the Dutch and French sides as you visit key towns like Orient Bay Beach, where you can relax on the beach, the French capital of Marigot, the famous Maho Beach where you can watch planes land and take off, and much more. Enjoy complimentary beverages throughout the tour as you admire the idyllic scenery of the island.

Take a tour of the French and Dutch sides of St. Maarten
Visit Oyster Bay, Marigot, Maho Beach, Simpson Bay, and Cole Bay Hill
Spend some time swimming and relaxing at Orient Bay Beach
Enjoy complimentary beer, water, soda, and rum punch throughout the tour

What's Included

Beverages
Unlimited beer, wine and soft drinks
Driver/guide
Air-conditioned vehicle
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Lunch
Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

Philipsburg, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, St Martin / St Maarten

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

Confirm time with the local provider in advance of your experience.

Opening hours

1/1/2021 - 12/31/2027
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

WHEN BOOKING PLEASE PROVIDE SHIP NAME OR LOCATION YOU ARE STAYING ON ISLAND!! Directions: Tour departs from the EDC parking (Sand Bank) at Philipsburg cruise port or from hotel lobby if staying on island If Staying at Air bnb please message the address location. Dates: Daily Return point: Returns to original departure point if you have more guests then the allowed number of 15 please contact us via email please see how to find us on the cruise port EDC Parking area . Please see the video below on how to get to us from your cruise ship: 9:00 AM LOCAL TIME tour starts

What To Expect

Oyster Pond

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Coralita Beach

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Orient Bay Beach

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Fort Louis

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Maho Beach

Admission Ticket Free

Cole Bay

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Infant seats available
Not wheelchair accessible
Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate

Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
Hotel or Airbnb passengers must provide location for pickup
If you would like to make this tour private and not shared please email us.
if you decide to walk back to the ship, it takes between 12 and 15 minutes, or a taxi may take you for approximately $3.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 100 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

Traveler Photos

Featured review

Sheena_F

Freddie was an awesome tour guide and we had the best day in St. Martin!! He was friendly and. knowledgeable. I would definitely recommend him and will use him again when we visit St. Martin in the future!

Reviews

4.5

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Enjoyable Day in St Maarten

Bridgit_P, May 2024

Riccardo did a great job, providing plenty of info about the island as he drove us to various locations. We had a good time and he got us back to the cruise port in plenty of time for us to wander through the port before heading back to the ship.

Itinerary great, not so much for the guide

Christine_S, Apr 2024

Was a great agenda but wasnt the best guide. They waited over 45 mins for other people who never showed! We also could not hear the guide nor understand much of what he said. Very nice gentleman but for the cost, it was disappointing.

Great experience

Hayden_D, Apr 2024

Great day out with Freddie showing us the best of St Maarten French and Dutch. Swim at Orient beach was great and lunch at Marigot perfect. The best was last at Maho beach for the crazy spectacle of Aircraft takeoff and landing .

Island tour

aaron_r, Apr 2024

Our tour turned into a personal tour due to wait time at the port. The driver was flexible with places we wanted to see & length of time. We was able to see a lot in 5 hours. The only issue experienced was tour states unlimited drinks but nothing was offered

All day tour

Gloria_G, Apr 2024

You really get to see both side of the island. The beach time in both stop could be a little longer. Loved the beach. Thank you great day.

Great Excursion!!

Rosemary_P, Apr 2024

LOVED everything about this excursion!! Freddie the tour guide was amazing and everything we did/saw was wonderful. Would definitely recommend this tour!

Maho Beach

Erena_W, Apr 2024

The Maho Beach was fantastic , love how the airplanes flew across the beach. Will come back again for sure.

Recommended

Karen_M, Apr 2024

So much fun! Quinten and Morgan were so wonderful!!! Plenty of time at each stop. Would have liked time to go to pitons.

Awesome tour of the island!

Rachel_P, Apr 2024

Our driver Freddie was awesome! Very knowledgeable of the island. The stops were perfect. Had a great time!

Wonderful

Kenya_F, Mar 2024

Our tour guide Freddie was superb! He was very friendly and so knowledgeable! I highly recommend this tour!

The rest of the tour was average. Not a lot of meaningful narration, plus Ricardo was difficult to understand.

Kandbgerrans, Mar 2024

Seeing the planes fly over the beach was amazing! Such a nice spot at the restaurant to enjoy the view. Plus we had a few good photo ops along the way on the rest of the tour.

Fun Day In St Martin

Mark_I, Feb 2024

It was an amazing day- lots of fun. The guide was very knowledgeable and entertaining. The cooler was full of soft drinks, water, beer and one of the nicest rum punch’s that I have had. Lots of stops and lots of restrooms along the path. In Margot the guide recommended a restaurant that was amazing. Would highly recommend

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thanks Mark! Glad you had an awesome time! We hope to see you and friends again in the future!!

Very disappointed with JoJunie tours

Christine_R, Feb 2024

We arrived 16 minutes early, Finallyapproached a JoJunie representative and he told us they oversold the tour! How long would we have waited?! He put us on a Presidental tour. Franklin was wonderful and saved our day! The tour itself was very nice and informative! Will not use JoJunie again!

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Hi, we are not sure how this happened but we also partner with Presidential as well. I would like to get to the bottom of this as i personally was not present and we would like to extend a good gesture to you in the future if you can contact us.

Very informative and fun day.

Bernadette_R, Jan 2024

Got to see what the French side is like as well as what beaches and resorts are available by our knowledgeable guide, Freddy. A true joy he was.

Good for cruise ship travelers.

Virginia_M, Jan 2024

This was my third time in St. Maarten. I saw more than I ever had previously. The time spent at each location was perfect. I was glad I did not have to deal with the traffic.

Terrible, don’t waste your money

Jason_P, Jan 2024

Internery sold to me was not what was offered, no Fort Louis, no stop on oyster pond and nonstop on coke bay… But I do know all about the fuel stations on the island and where they are, currently run by Sol but was a shell… not sure how this was useful, even pointing out that a roundabout was coming up on the left- oh and only one little drink of rum , no more offered, driver must be keeping it for himself lol

Excellent one day tour of whole island

Andraz_C, Jan 2024

Riccardo was a very good guide. The tour takes you around the whole island, with 2 longer and quite some short memorable stops. I would definitely recommend it and would choise this tour again!

Fun day land tour

Mary_F, Jan 2024

Visiting Orient Beach and Marigot was a highlight. Hearing the history of the island by Freddy was interesting. Seeing the beautiful ocean as we drove the hills was breathtaking

Very good tour option!

Martalina_P, Jan 2024

The tour was nice and explicist. Our tour guide was fantastic, but can't remember his name. He tooked us all around the island to see both sides the french and the dutch. Additionally we visited to 2 or 3 beaches. The planes flying so low by the aiport beach were so exiciting and so much fun. I highly recomd this tour!

Nice experience

Kirsti_K, Jan 2024

Lovely beach. Nice guide. Got just right amount of time in each place. Traffic jam was a surprise, but we were back as promised.

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