Your St. Thomas excursion will start just a 1-2 minute walk from your cruise pier.
Your guided excursion starts off with shopping in downtown Charlotte Amalie where you can get some incredible deals in this duty-free destination. You are free to browse Main Street and along the Waterfront for everything ranging from watches, electronics, jewelry, souvenirs, or maybe even your favorite liquor.
At the appointed meeting time, your guide will start the sightseeing portion of your excursion. Have fun as the rockin' music prepares you to see this tropical paradise. You will travel to the highest point on the island, Mountain Top at 1,547ft above sea level. You will make stops along the way up for some great photo ops.
At the summit, you will see down over Magen's Bay Beach, one of the top 10 rated beaches in the world.
Your sightseeing portion will be about 2 hours and then it's time to hit the beach. You will visit Magen's Bay Beach where you will be dropped off, here you will have about 2 hours to relax, swim, and rent jet skis, parasailing, and snorkel gear (at extra cost). There are numerous places for food, drinks, chairs, shade, etc on the beach. The bus will come back around to pick up the guests at the beach at the end of the stay.
Looping back around the island, you will pass by the East End of St. Thomas to see the Red Hook ferry dock and 2 of the marinas - you will get a feel of how local life is. Total excursion time varies from 5 to 7 hours depending on your start time and ship time in port.
SPECIAL NOTE: If your cruise ship will leave port at 2.00 pm or earlier, you will not be able to do this excursion. In that case, please take a look at this excursion:
St. Thomas Island Combo Sightseeing and Shopping Excursion.