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Barbados Island Tour: Visit Historic Sites, Enjoy Scenic Views, and Encounter Wildlife
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130 Ratings
Barbados Wildlife Reserve
Embark on a captivating Barbados Island Tour to explore historic sites, admire scenic views, and encounter wildlife in their natural habitat.
Embark on a captivating Barbados Island Tour to explore historic sites, admire scenic views, and encounter wildlife in their natural habitat.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Barbados Wildlife Reserve - Discover the exceptional experience of the wildlife reserve as you observe the native Green Monkeys of Barbados playfully interacting with visitors during their feeding time.
- Flower Forest - The Flower Forest is one of Barbados’ most stunning gardens, having won numerous botanical awards. It features a diverse…
- Barbados Wildlife Reserve - Discover the exceptional experience of the wildlife reserve as you observe the native Green Monkeys of Barbados playfully interacting with visitors during their feeding time.
- Flower Forest - The Flower Forest is one of Barbados’ most stunning gardens, having won numerous botanical awards. It features a diverse array of tropical flowers.
- St. John’s Church - St. John’s Church is one of Barbados’ oldest colonial churches, rich in history and culture. The venue also provides a breathtaking view of the island’s eastern side.
- Earthworks Pottery - Explore locally crafted antiques and collectible pottery items. At this location, you can watch potters demonstrate the creation of their works.
- Bathsheba Beach - Bathsheba is the most picturesque beach in Barbados, serving as the postcard hub of the island. It is a favorite spot for surfers and film crews.
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Lunch included
- Round-trip shared transfer
- Beverages provided
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Professional guide
- Lunch included
- Round-trip shared transfer
- Beverages provided
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
Additional Information
This Barbados Island Tour includes a visit to Earth Works Pottery, located in the central parish of St. Thomas within a middle to upper-class neighborhood. Journey through the countryside to the historic St. John’s Church. Continue to the Flower Forest Garden for a stroll through a vast collection of plants and trees. Lunch will be served in the…
This Barbados Island Tour includes a visit to Earth Works Pottery, located in the central parish of St. Thomas within a middle to upper-class neighborhood. Journey through the countryside to the historic St. John’s Church. Continue to the Flower Forest Garden for a stroll through a vast collection of plants and trees. Lunch will be served in the peaceful ambiance of the Flower Forest restaurant or Sand Dunes restaurant, where you can savor the flavors of Caribbean cuisine. The tour proceeds to Bathsheba, the island’s surfing capital, offering a stunning view of the rock formations. Then, travel along the rugged east coast to the final stop at The Barbados Wildlife Reserve to observe green monkeys and other animals in their natural environment.
Location
Barbados Wildlife Reserve
Farley Hill,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(130 Ratings)
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Paulissa_k
Dec 25, 2024
This was such a fun... - This was such a fun experience! I highly recommend if you ever visit Barbados. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and had a bubbly personality!
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Sharon_a
Dec 24, 2024
Serenity - The flower garden evoked feelings of what the Garden of Eden may have been like . Great company and host .
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Valerie_m
Dec 10, 2024
Great time had by all!!! - Cindy our tour person/driver was exceptional. She communicated the day, checked in and ensured all was well.
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Darren
Dec 10, 2024
Excellent day out - A informative and knowledgeable guide we learnt so much about the Island and got to see some amazing places we wouldn’t have thought of visiting.
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Midstravelor
Dec 4, 2024
Excellent full tour of island - Throughly recommend this tour, saw so much of the island, good lunch, a bit tiring but worth the effort.
Had a great full day.
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Martin_s
Nov 27, 2024
Good tour - Ricky was an interesting and informative guide, minibus was cool and comfortable, even on the extremely poor Barbadian roads! Lunch was tasty with several choices. A good tour for a whistle-stop look around the island
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Kathleen_d
Nov 26, 2024
A well-spent day in Barbados - Without a doubt, it was Ricky who made this a memorable tour. He is knowledgeable, funny, and kind. The tour provides something of interest to everyone. The pottery factory was like a little art gallery and a perfect place to pick up a souvenir or gift while supporting a local business. The flower forest is a plant lover's delight, while the monkeys are quite entertaining. I did pity the caged macaws, the only downside of the day for me. St. John's Church provides history, beauty, and a stunning view. I will take a look at The Outer Banks series that was partially filmed at Bathsheba Beach after visiting there. Many thanks to Ricky for sharing a bit of his island home with us!
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Kevin_b
Dec 5, 2024
Tour guide was good, sites were so-so. - We took this tour from our cruise ship in November 2024. The operator did a good job communicating with us and the pick up and drop off went well. The actual sites that are visited are just so-so, but that is really not the operators fault. We stopped at Earth Works Pottery and got to see up close the making and painting of the pottery. We stopped at Barbados Wildlife Reserve where we got to see a lot of monkeys, which was cool, but the other part of the sanctuary was only turtles, chickens, a few peacocks. Lunch was quite good at a nice restuarant. The stop at the Flower Forest Garden was nice with paths and plants. The stop at St. John's church was ok and the stop at Bathsheba beach was nice.
The worst part of the tour was that everyone sat in the same seats of the mini-bus/van all day. Since we were the last pick up of the tour, we got to sit in the back seat all day. The roads are very bad, so it was very bumpy and uncomfortable. Also, the bus didn't have, or the guide Ricky didn't use any microphone so while on the bus it was very difficult to hear anything he was saying.
Suggestion is to either rotate seating, get better suspension, and install a sound system.
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Arthur
Dec 20, 2024
Some Great Stops, but Poorly Paced Tour - This tour brought us to several beautiful and interesting stops in Barbados - Earthworks pottery shop, Flower Garden, Wildlife Reserve, Bathsheba Beach, with a stop at a restaurant for lunch. The attractions were cool to see - especially Earthworks - but our tour guide had us linger way too long at some of them. We were supposed to be at the Flower Garden, for example, for 40 minutes and it was actually an hour and ten minutes. Felt like that stop was a vehicle for us to buy stuff at that gift shop or order food there.
The Wildlife Reserve was awesome, and you got to be inches away from green monkeys. They were adorable, along with the tortoises, peacocks and iguanas. Where the tour fell apart was at lunch. While our guide took our food orders well in advance, it’s clear the restaurant didn’t start preparing our food until we arrived during the lunch rush. We sat there for nearly an hour while the food was being made and it killed the momentum of the day. The entire tour was supposed to be 6 hours and because of the slow pace, it took 7 and a half. This was simply too long and it needed to be disclosed in advance that it would take that length.
Beware of the many unpaved, rocky roads in Barbados seen on this tour. In the last hour or so of the tour, when it was obvious we were well behind schedule, the tour guide drove too fast and a bit recklessly, which after lunch on bumpy roads wasn’t appreciated.
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Susan_p
Dec 15, 2024
They did a fly by on most stops - Monkeys but we did not stay ling. Only 10 minutes with pottery. They need to reevaluate what they are selling to customers.
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