Island tours, catamarans, diving, ATV, zipline, hikes, beach days and transfers. You send a request, we confirm the slot with the operator, then you pay. Nothing is charged for a slot that turns out not to exist.
Start here if you are on a ship
Ships are alongside at Port Zante from about 8am to 5pm or 6pm, so the usable day is nearer seven hours than nine. Four hours of excursion is comfortable and six is the ceiling. The sunset cruise leaves at 16:30, which is after all aboard on a standard call, and it is the one people book by mistake.
What fits a port day, and what to do if your ship is late, is on the cruise passengers page.
The excursions
Six of these price a vehicle rather than a person, because the government caps the taxi fare for a car of four and a per-head price on a driven tour cannot compete with that. Where you see a from price and a car price, the from figure is what it works out at with four of you sharing. The rest are per person. Children’s rates are on each page.
| Excursion | Price | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Full island tour | from US$97 a person, US$389 the car | 4 to 4.5 |
| Half island and beach tour | from US$70 a person, US$279 the car | 3 |
| Full day private island tour | from US$165 a person, US$659 the car | 5 to 5.5 |
| Basseterre heritage walking tour | US$55 | 1.5 to 2 |
| Brimstone Hill Fortress tour | from US$67 a person, US$269 the car | 2.5 |
| Rum and plantation tour | US$139 | 3 |
| Catamaran sail and snorkel | US$105 | 4 |
| Nevis day trip | US$145 | full day |
| Sunset catamaran cruise | US$89 | 2 |
| Private boat charter | US$929 the boat, up to 6 | 3.5 |
| Two tank certified dive | US$229 | a morning |
| Discover scuba, first dive | US$329 | 3 to 4 |
| Deep sea fishing | US$995 the boat | 4 |
| Kayak and snorkel | US$139 | 4 to 5 |
| Jet ski and watersports | from US$25 | from 15 minutes |
| ATV tour | US$159 the driver | 3 |
| Dune buggy tour | US$215 the buggy | 2.5 |
| 4×4 off-road safari | from US$150 a person, US$599 the truck | 3.5 |
| Rainforest hike | US$89 | 4 |
| Mount Liamuiga volcano hike | US$139 | 6 |
| Horseback riding | from US$89 | 1.5 |
| Beach day and beach clubs | from US$55 a person, US$219 the car | 4 to 6 |
| Airport and port transfers | statutory fare plus US$15 | one way |
| Private driver by the hour | US$75 an hour | 3 minimum |
Two and three people pay the car price on the six vehicle tours. We say so here rather than leaving you to find it at checkout.
What is in the price
Every excursion page lists what is included and what is not, and the entry fees are usually the thing people get wrong. So: Brimstone Hill admission is US$15 a head, Romney Manor and Caribelle Batik is US$3, and Wingfield Estate is free. Where those are in your tour price, the page says so.
Residents pay EC$10 at Brimstone Hill with a government ID. Tell us and we take it off.
What a taxi costs, for comparison
The government sets maximum taxi fares. There are no meters in St Kitts, and a driver may charge less than the maximum but never more.
A fare buys the whole car one way for one to four people, so four people travelling together pay one fare rather than four. From five people up it switches to a per-person rate. The ride back is a second fare, which is the single thing most visitors get wrong.
The full island route, four to four and a half hours, is capped at US$100 or EC$270 for one to four people. Basseterre to Cockleshell Bay is US$40 or EC$109. The full schedule for both the port and the airport is on the transfers page.
The schedule dates from January 2021 and no amendment has been found since, so it is five years old. Several travel sites still print a 50 percent night surcharge between 10pm and 6am, which the 2021 regulations replaced with a flat additional US$20 between 11pm and 5am.
Before you swim
The beaches here are not supervised. There are no lifeguards and no warning flags, and Canada’s government travel advice says rescue services may not be consistent with international standards. Swim where other people are swimming, keep children within reach, and ask the bar staff about the current that day. On every snorkel trip we sell, the crew are in the water with the group.
What we do
We sit between you and the operator. You book at a price you can see, we confirm the slot with a licensed local operator, and we tell you their name and a number when we confirm.
We do not sell the scenic railway. One company runs it, it publishes no direct price, and the cruise lines control the tickets. Buy that one through your ship.
Written by Khareem Cabey. Prices and fees last checked 30 October 2026.