Island Tour

My company is very small… I am bus driver and historical tour guide.   I have been studying the history of my beautiful Island for 25 years now, and I am constantly nabbing and absorbing any new historical books that might come my way.  In short… My tour is forever evolving.

My bus holds 14 (I cut my tours off at 10 persons) so it is very large and comfortable and the air conditioner has just been serviced.   My tours are relaxed, off the beaten track and full of history and stories.   I leave Dockyard and head to the other end of the Island – St. Georges (where it all began).   There are many short stops along the way.  Great for picture taking, and offered from a true historical sense as opposed to just a tourist ‘point and shoot.’

The tour is approximately 6 hours long.

It starts and ends in Dockyard
The price is $100 per person and this includes lunch, water along the way, entrance to Gibbs Hill and any other bits and pieces that we come to along the way.

I do need cash payment as I do not have a credit card machine.

I like to stop at one of two  local Diners to get take out.   Both  are famous for their fish sandwiches – typically served on raisin toast with tartar sauce… but they make good burgers and home made chicken burgers as well…..    We stop and eat lunch at my favourite bench – which is located in Flatts Village – a beautiful inlet where the water is so clear and blue it is almost unbelievable.

The tour will include (please note that nothing is carved in stone… often a conversation will start, and the next thing we know the bus has taken a sharp left between an oleander hedge to some hidden gem)…

Fort Scaur for the views and history !
Somerset Bridge – the world’s smallest drawbridge
Gibbs Hill Lighthouse
Warwick Long Bay
Jobson’s cove – to hunt for parrot fish and long tails
Flatts Inlet
The back roads of St. Georges
A stop at Building Bay and Alexandra Battery
The town of St. Georges ( a half hour stop)

Along the way, I make short stops and point out bits and pieces along the way.  The beauty of living on a 400 year old Island, is that every corner, nook and cranny is filled with memories and a whole lot of stories…
By the end of my tour, I like to think that everyone with me knows how we got here, why and what they are looking at.

I do not request a deposit.  I work on the honesty system.  You book the tour, and I pick you up.