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Three hours door to doorTasting is 18 and overTransport includedGuided

St Kitts Rum and Plantation Tour

Three hours out to Wingfield Estate at Old Road, where there is a working rum distillery with a date of 1681 behind it and the remains of a seventeenth century sugar mill in the grounds. You walk the property, then sit down and taste three rums: a white, an estate rum and a rum cream. US$139 a person, 18 and over for the tasting, with the drive out and back in the price.

Fairview Great House
Fairview Great House. Photo giggel, CC BY 3.0.
Rum barrels
Rum barrels. Stock photo.
The view from Romney Manor
The view from Romney Manor. Photo giggel, CC BY 3.0.

Transport and guide included

An air-conditioned vehicle and a guide who stays with your group, with collection at Port Zante or your hotel.

Rain moves it under cover

The distillery and the tasting are both under cover, and only the ruins walk gets cut short.

Refund if the tasting cannot run

If the property cannot run it on your date, we tell you as soon as we know and refund you whole, with no credit note and no fee.

What do you see and drink on the St Kitts rum tour?

The estate sits above Old Road on the Caribbean side, about twenty five minutes out of Basseterre along the coast road, in the ground between the village and the rainforest.

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    Sugar estate ruins on the north east coast
    Sugar estate ruins on the north east coast. Photo David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0.

    The ruins

    Stone walls and arches of a sugar works that was running in the seventeenth century, with the old mill structure still standing and the aqueduct channel that fed it. Trees have grown up through parts of it. You walk through the middle of all of it on grass and uneven stone.

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    Barrels in a cellar
    Barrels in a cellar. Stock photo.

    The distillery

    The 1681 date on this site is the oldest rum date anyone on this island will quote you. The distilling now is a small operation you can stand next to and watch.

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    A rum on ice
    A rum on ice. Stock photo.

    The tasting

    Sitting down, three pours, in order. The white rum first, which tells you what the still is doing. The estate rum next, darker, with time in wood behind it. The rum cream last, which is the one that goes home in luggage.

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    Romney Manor gardens
    Romney Manor gardens. Photo giggel, CC BY 3.0.

    The petroglyphs

    Your guide will walk you to the Wingfield petroglyphs if the group wants them, carvings cut into rock on the estate by the people who were here before any of the sugar was.

How long is the rum distillery tour, and does it fit a cruise day?

Roughly an hour of the three is on the road and the rest is on the estate. Ships are alongside Basseterre from about 8am to 5pm or 6pm, and three hours works on any call that is not a half day stop. Plan around the tasting: leave yourself an hour between the last pour and your all aboard, and go in the morning if your group intends to do the tasting properly.

  1. PickupCollected at Port Zante or your hotel
  2. ArrivalAbout twenty five minutes along the coast road to Old Road
  3. On the estateThe sugar works ruins, then the distillery
  4. TastingThree pours sitting down: white, estate rum, rum cream
  5. 3 hoursBack where you were collected

How much does the St Kitts rum distillery tour cost?

US$139 a person, 18 and over, with the vehicle, guide, property tour and tasting in it. A non-drinking guest can come on the property tour and walk the ruins with the group without the tasting. Tell us on the form and we price that seat when we confirm. There is no charge to walk into Wingfield Estate itself. A cruise line sells its own Old Road rum tour at US$129.99 an adult and US$99.99 a child, and an online agency sells a rum tasting day tour at US$110. We are above both, and the difference pays for the full three hours, the vehicle, a guide who stays with your group and the walk through the ruins.

Included

  • Air-conditioned vehicle with a guide
  • The property tour
  • The tasting of three rums
  • Bottled water
  • Collection and return at Port Zante or your hotel

Not included

  • Lunch
  • Bottles to take home, sold on the property at the property's price
PriceWhat is in it
Per person, 18 and overUS$139Air-conditioned vehicle with a guide, the property tour, the tasting of three rums, bottled water, and collection and return at Port Zante or your hotel
Non-drinking guestAskThe property tour and the walk round the ruins with the group, and no tasting. Tell us on the form and we price that seat when we confirm

What to bring

  • Closed shoes. The ruins are grass, loose stone and tree root, and the ground is soft for a day after rain.
  • Photo ID if you look anywhere near 18. The pours are checked and nobody is going to argue about it with you.
  • Cash or a card for bottles. Rum cream and the aged bottles are what people buy, and the price is the property's, which we do not set or mark up.
  • A hat. Parts of the walk are in rainforest shade and parts are open ground in full sun.
  • Something to eat beforehand. Three rums on an empty stomach at eleven in the morning is a decision people regret by the pier.

Is it right for you?

  • Under 18s cannot taste. They can come, walk the property and see the ruins with the group, which is the non-drinking seat on the form.
  • Anyone driving afterwards should skip it, including anyone who has hired a car for the day. There is no sober option on the tasting end of this tour.
  • Anyone who cannot manage uneven ground. The ruins are the better half of the property and they are stone and grass with no made path.
  • If you are pregnant, or you take medication that rum is a bad idea with, book the non-drinking seat.

Questions people ask

Are you cheaper than the cruise line?
No. One cruise line sells its Old Road rum tour at US$129.99 an adult and US$99.99 a child, an online agency sells a rum tasting day tour at US$110, and we are US$139. The gate price for the sixty minute distillery tour and tasting was US$75 as at 30 September 2026, so none of the three of us is selling rum at cost. Our US$139 holds three hours instead of the tasting hour, a vehicle and a guide who stay with your group, and the walk through the ruins. If the cheapest version is what you want, read the next answer.
Can we just turn up and do it ourselves?
Yes, and on your own it is cheaper. Wingfield Estate is free to walk into, and the distillery sells its sixty minute tour and tasting at the gate for US$75. The taxi fare from Basseterre to Caribelle Batik, the same stretch of coast, is US$45 or EC$122 for one to four people for up to an hour and a half, and after the first 15 free minutes a driver may charge US$5 or EC$13 for each 15 minutes of waiting. An hour inside the distillery is 45 chargeable minutes, so US$15 of waiting. That is US$135 done yourself against our US$139 for one person, and US$210 against our US$278 for two, because the gate charges a head and the taxi does not. Our price buys the three hours, the ruins walk and a guide who is yours for all of it. If that gap is not worth it for your party, take the taxi.
Is 18 the real limit?
Yes, and the property enforces it on the pour. Bring ID.
How much rum is in the St Kitts rum tasting?
Three pours, a white, an estate rum and a rum cream, as tasting measures poured for comparison.
Can we buy bottles and take them on the ship?
You can buy them on the property. What your ship lets you carry aboard is your line's rule, and most of them hold the bottle until the last night.
What if it rains or our ship is late?
A wet morning moves the tour under cover. The distillery and the tasting are both under cover, and the ruins walk gets cut short or dropped if the ground is running with water. If your ship docks late, the driver waits and the pickup goes off the real arrival time. If your call is cancelled or your ship skips St Kitts, you pay nothing and any money taken comes back in full.

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Send a request. Pay only once it is confirmed.

Tell us your date, how many drinking and non-drinking guests, where to collect you, your ship name if you are on one, and anything we should know about allergies. We confirm the slot with the property and come back inside one working day, then send a payment link. Nothing is charged before the tour is confirmed.

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