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Private, your party onlyLunch includedEntry fees paidFive to five and a half hours

St Kitts Full Day Private Island Tour

The route the four hour tour takes, Romney Manor, Brimstone Hill, Black Rocks and Timothy Hill, with the clock taken off it and real time at every stop. Five to five and a half hours, US$659 for up to four people, from US$165 each with four sharing, with the entry fees, lunch and a drink in it. The vehicle carries your party only, and it suits a guest staying on the island with a whole day to give it.

Brimstone Hill Fortress
Brimstone Hill Fortress. Photo xiquinhosilva, CC BY 4.0.
Frigate Bay
Frigate Bay. Photo Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The view from Romney Manor
The view from Romney Manor. Photo giggel, CC BY 3.0.

Lunch and entry fees paid

Brimstone Hill, Romney Manor and a sit-down lunch with a drink are all in the price.

Rain does not stop it

The vehicle is covered, and on a wet morning your driver can run the route the other way round and reach the fortress in the afternoon.

Cancel more than 24 hours out

You pay nothing, and if your flight or ship falls through you get the whole amount back with no fee.

What does the full day island tour buy you?

The extra hour and a half goes mostly on Brimstone Hill and the back of the Romney Manor garden, with a sit-down lunch on the route. Mount Liamuiga stands over the whole route at 3,792 ft, and your guide will point out the crater rim on the days the cloud lifts off it.

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    The saman tree at Romney Manor
    The saman tree at Romney Manor. Photo Fred Hsu on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

    Romney Manor

    The saman tree reckoned at over 350 years old is the one everybody photographs, and the paths behind it, with the mountain coming down into the property, are where people end up staying. Inside the house you can watch a batik piece go from wax to dye to the line, which takes longer than the ten minutes a rushed stop allows.

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    Brimstone Hill Fortress
    Brimstone Hill Fortress. Photo xiquinhosilva, CC BY 4.0.

    Brimstone Hill

    The four hour tour gives you the Citadel and the view. Five hours gives you the lower bastions as well, the cannon sitting in the embrasures, and twenty minutes to be up there without somebody counting heads.

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    Black Rocks
    Black Rocks. Photo NoTalkMan, CC0.

    Black Rocks

    On the Atlantic side, lava off Mount Liamuiga that ran into the sea and set there. Nobody swims on that coast. On a full day you get down onto the viewing point and along it, instead of looking at the Atlantic through a window.

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    A rum punch
    A rum punch. Stock photo.

    Lunch

    You sit down at a local place on the route, you eat St Kitts food, and the vehicle waits with the engine off. The fish is usually the thing to have, and a vegetarian main is in the price.

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    The view from Timothy Hill
    The view from Timothy Hill. Photo giggel, CC BY 3.0.

    Timothy Hill

    It closes the day, late enough in the afternoon that the light is off the water and down the peninsula, Caribbean on one hand and Atlantic on the other.

How long is the private island tour, and do you have to be on a ship?

Cruise calls sit alongside Basseterre from about 8am to 5pm or 6pm, which is why nearly everything else sold on this island is cut to three or four hours. A guest in a hotel at Frigate Bay has no all aboard to run for, so the stops get the length they deserve. It still works on a ship day if your call is a long one and you dock early, and we will tell you plainly when your window is too tight. An 8:30am start gets you to Brimstone Hill shortly after the gate opens at 9:30am, the coolest and emptiest hour on that hill.

  1. StartCollected at your hotel, villa or Port Zante
  2. MorningRomney Manor and Brimstone Hill, with time at each
  3. MiddayBlack Rocks and a sit-down lunch on the route
  4. AfternoonTimothy Hill as the light comes off the water
  5. 5 to 5.5 hoursBack where you were collected

How much does the St Kitts private island tour cost?

US$659 covers up to four people, so two or three of you pay the same US$659 as four. Children 3 to 12 count inside the four and get a child portion at lunch. Anyone under 3 goes free. A fifth or sixth person adds US$145 an adult or US$89 a child 3 to 12. If we have another booking on your date we will offer to pair you and bring the price down, and the form asks whether you are willing to share.

Included

  • Private air-conditioned vehicle with a driver and guide for the day
  • Brimstone Hill admission
  • Romney Manor admission
  • A sit-down lunch with a drink, with a vegetarian main if you need one
  • Bottled water
  • Collection and return at your hotel, villa or Port Zante
  • An accessible vehicle with notice, at no extra charge

Not included

  • Drinks past the one at lunch
  • Anything you buy at Caribelle Batik
  • Anything you buy at the fortress shop
  • A car seat, so bring one if you want it
PartyTotalPer personAgency rate at US$139 each
1 personUS$659US$659US$139
2 peopleUS$659US$330US$278
3 peopleUS$659US$220US$417
4 peopleUS$659US$165US$556
5 peopleUS$804US$161US$695
6 peopleUS$949US$158US$834

What to bring

  • Closed shoes with a grip. Brimstone Hill is cobbled and steep, with steps and no handrail in places, and it is the one stop that punishes sandals.
  • Sun cover for the fortress. It is open rock with barely any shade and you will be on it before lunch.
  • A light layer. On the rainforest side a shower comes through most afternoons and is gone inside twenty minutes.
  • Small notes. Caribelle Batik takes cards and the roadside fruit stalls do not. US dollars are fine everywhere.
  • Your own bottle if you drink a lot of water. We carry bottled water, and five hours in this heat goes through more than you expect.

Is it right for you?

  • Anyone who needs a short day should skip this one. Five hours is five hours, and there is walking at three of the four stops.
  • Anyone who cannot do steps on uneven stone will see Brimstone Hill from the lower levels. The Citadel is cobbles and flights of steps with nothing to hold onto.
  • If you use a wheelchair, book it and say so on the form. An accessible vehicle can be arranged with notice at no extra charge, and before you pay we will tell you which stops you will get into, which have made paths, and which you will see from the road.
  • Five or more changes the vehicle and the price, so say so when you book.

Questions people ask

What would a taxi charge for a day like this?
The taxi fare for the full island tour, Historical Basseterre to Timothy Hill at four to four and a half hours, is US$100 or EC$270 for one to four people, or US$25 a head for five or more. Four people arranging it themselves pay that US$100, plus US$18 a head in entry fees, plus about US$25 a head for lunch, so roughly US$272 against our US$659. Then there is the clock. Waiting is US$5 or EC$13 for every 15 minutes after the first 15, and five hours with an hour at the fortress and an hour at lunch is eight of those on top. We are dearer either way. The difference buys a vehicle that is yours for the day, a guide for the whole of it, and nobody counting quarter hours while you eat.
Is it genuinely private?
Yes. Your party and your driver, nobody else in the vehicle, and the route is yours to change on the day.
Can we swap a stop for a beach?
Yes, and plenty of people put an hour at the South East Peninsula in place of Black Rocks. The beaches here have no lifeguards and no warning flags, and Canada's government travel advice says rescue services may not meet the standards you are used to, so your guide comes down to the water with the group.
Is the lunch any good, and what if we do not eat meat?
It is a local kitchen on the route and the fish is usually the thing to have. A vegetarian main is in the price. Tell us about allergies on the form and we hand that to the kitchen when we book.
How many people fit in the vehicle?
A family or a small group, with a larger vehicle for a party taking the whole day. Give us your numbers on the form and we size it to them.
Can we start early?
Yes. An 8:30am start gets you to Brimstone Hill shortly after the gate opens at 9:30am, which is the coolest and emptiest hour on that hill.

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