Barbados Island Tour, Monkey feeding & Swimming with the Turtles
Animal-lovers will love this opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the most special wildlife you will find in Barbados. Start your day at the Barbados Wildlife Reserve, feed the monkeys their mid-morning snack and watch them zip through the trees. After enjoying lunch and scenic views, swim with the turtles at Carlisle Bay and snorkel at a shipwreck.
What's included
- Local guide
- Lunch
- Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
- Boat Trip to Swim with the Turtles & Snorkel at a shipwreck
- Bottled water
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Use of Snorkelling equipment
- Visit to Wildlife Reserve for the Monkey feeding
- Scenic views of the East Coast, Bathsheba, Cherry Tree Hill & Morgan Lewis
- Entry/Admission - Barbados Wildlife Reserve
- Entry/Admission - Tranquility Cruises
- Gratuities
- Fuel Surcharge of between US$1.50 and US$5.00 payable on the day of tour in cash to the guide.
- Entry/Admission - Morgan Lewis Sugar Mill
Additional information
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Infant meals not included
- Please bring towels and swimwear for this excursion
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
Accessibility
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Infant seats available
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Barbados Wildlife Reserve, Farley Hill Barbados
Visit Barbados Wildlife Reserve for their morning feeding time and watch the monkeys at play.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Cherry Tree Hill, Barbados
Cherry Tree Hill is eight hundred and fifty (850) ft above sea level and is a part of St. Nicholas Abbey plantation. Actually due to the size of the St. Nicholas Abbey property, Cherry Tree Hill actually borders, St.Peter and St. Andrew. Many years ago, the drive on either side to get to it was flanked by cherry trees, thus the reason for its name; however these were replaced with mahogany trees which now line the road. The trees were planted in celebration of the signing of The Treaty of Paris in 1763
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Morgan Lewis Sugar Mill, Morgan Lewis Barbados
The Morgan Lewis Sugar Mill was built in 1727 it is one of the many Barbadian windmills once used to produce sugar, and one of the two last functioning sugar windmills in the world. The Morgan Lewis Mill ceased grinding sugarcane for commercial purposes in 1947 and was subsequently given to the Barbados National Trust.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Belleplaine, Barbados
Lunch at Sand Dunes, Famous for their fabulous flying fish, and macaroni & cheese pie along with many other options like grilled fish, baked chicken, beef stew, sweet potato, salad, pease and rice etc. Some of the best local cusine on the island.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Bathsheba Beach, Sandy Beach, Bathsheba Barbados
Bathsheba is located on the Eastern coastline of Barbados. It is said that this area was named after the wife of King David whose name was “Bathsheba”. Legend has it that she bathed in milk to keep her skin beautiful and soft, and the rolling surf waters of Bathsheba’s “Soup Bowl” resembled Bathsheba’s bath. The area is popular with surfers. It is a popular area for locals and visitors alike and is dotted with several seaside cottages.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Carlisle Bay, Bay Street, Bridgetown Barbados
Carlisle Bay is named after the Earl of Carlisle who stole Barbados away from Sir William Courteen in the Great Barbados Robbery. Today Carlisle Bay has the whitest sand in Barbados & the most brilliant turquoise sea. The Carlisle Bay Marine Park has 6 shipwrecks in close proximity. The great diversity of brilliantly coloured marine life include, turtles, star fish, sand dollars, rays and more.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Stop At: Tranquility Cruises, Bridgetown Barbados
Join us aboard Tranquility Cruises for 1 hour and 30 minutes for a snorkel cruise to swim the turtles and snorkel at a shipwreck in Carlisle Bay
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Cancellation policy
Languages spoken by guide
English
Departure and return
- Traveler pickup is offered.
- PLEASE READ ALLL OF THE BELLOW INFORMATION AS IT GREATLY IMPACTS YOUR EXCURSION. We offer pick-ups at close to 300 locations across Barbados, a combination of Hotels, condominiums and villas. If your tour is NOT a private tour, you may have up to 4 other pick-up points beside your own pick up at your accommodation. Most of the time these pick-ups are done within a 5k distance of but occasionally they are within 8km. Some tours the picks ups are along the route to the first attraction so they may be more spread out across a wider section of the island. Pick-ups are arranged in such manner, so they do not take up a lot of your day. Because we are unaware of where these pick-ups will be at the time of your booking, we will give you a wide window of time for your pick-up. On the afternoon before your tour, we will contact you by email to provide you with a more accurate pick-up time within the window provided to you at this time. YOUR PICK-UP WINDOW IS: 8:30am-10:40am
- Hotel pickup is offered. View the hotel list on our checkout page to see if yours is included among the pickup points.
- Returns to original departure point
Activities
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