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Taste of Barbados Full-Day Sightseeing tour


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From $165.00

29 reviews   (4.62)

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 7 hours

Departs: Barbados, Barbados

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Enjoy a taste of Barbados on this delightful full-day tour. Begin with a taste of nature with a visit to Anthony Hunte's masterpiece garden followed by the breathtaking Bathsheba. Next, taste the flavor of Barbados with local cuisine served up at the lunch stop a seaside restaurant. Follow up lunch you a taste of history with a visit to Cherry Tree Hill and St Nicholas Abbey. The final stop for the day will give you a taste of Barbados wildlife at the Barbados Wildlife Reserve.

Make your tour extra special by adding the Heritage Railway option. Visit the charming railway station and board a restored steam engine for a ride to a spectacular view for a memorable experience.


What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

Bottled water

Entrance fees to Hunte's Gardens Included.

Entrance fees to St Nicholas Abbey Included. Sugar Plantation House & Rum Distillery.

Entrance Fees to the Barbados Wildlife Reserve Included

Hotel & cruise port pickup and drop-off

Lunch

Photo opp at the Morgan Lewis Windmill (endangered historical site)

View the feeding of the animals at the Wildlife Reserve the best time to view the monkeys at play

Visit the coastal town of Bathsheba and view the mushroom rocks

What's Not Included

Fuel Surcharge of between US$1.50 and US$5.00 per person payable on the day of tour in cash.

Gratuities


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 2
  • CHILD: Age: 3 - 12
  • ADULT: Age: 13 - 93

Additional Info

  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Hunte's Gardens
Hunte's Garden is a picturesque and path offers many surprises, thanks to the superbly created series of mini-gardens embedded within the main large unit, combining vibrant colours and textures of rare exotic plants to offer the visitor a most uplifting and fulfilling experience. The owner and creator of this beauty, Anthony Hunte, is the heart and soul of this place. You may meet him in the garden or around his extraordinary house and you can be sure to be welcomed with fascinating & colorful stories.

Be sure to have your camera ready, as birds and animals love to visit this garden too!

Your exquisite experience is gloriously heightened by classical music subtly wafting in the air, adding an extra layer of delight to an amazing ambiance.

This magical garden has been featured in many Gardening publications and TV series.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Bathsheba Beach
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.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Cherry Tree Hill
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

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Morgan Lewis Sugar Mill
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

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

St. Nicholas Abbey
St Nicholas Abbey is located in Saint Peter, Barbados, and is a plantation house, museum and rum distillery Colonel Benjamin Berringer built the house in 1658. This house is one of only three genuine Jacobean mansions in the Western Hemisphere. It's similar to the English Jacobean-era manor houses of the first half of the seventeenth century, the period between the Tudor and Georgian styles, beginning in the reign of James I.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Barbados Wildlife Reserve
The Barbados Wildlife Reserve lies in an enclosed area under a canopy of mahogany trees with winding red brick pathways beneath. If you look closely at the bricks, you can still see the stamps of the manufacturing companies. The bricks were brought to Barbados by ships, which used them as ballast. During the 17th and 18th centuries, these red bricks were used to construct boiler furnaces in Barbados sugar factories. The large wheel in front of the snack bar was acquired from an old sugar factory and was once used to drive rollers for crushing the sugar cane.

The most popular animal at the Reserve is The Barbados Green Monkey. The monkey has brown and grey thick fur that has yellow and olive green flecks in it as an adult. In some lights, the monkey can appear green. This is why they are called green monkeys. Barbados Green Monkeys generally live in groups of fifteen to twenty. Within a family group, males gain their dominance by their size, strength and their ability to fight. Females, however, get their rank by the size of their families. Most infants are born during April and May.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Beautiful Barbados Tours & Excursions Ltd
Tour Operator

• Admission Ticket Free


Reviews

Fantastic experience!
Shivani_C, 26-08-2022
Learning about the history of the island from a very knowledgeable tour guide who made the 7 hour tour seem like it was 1 hour. She had a fantastic energy that made the entire experience worthwhile and learning about the island was quite fun.
The BEST island tour in Barbados!
Damaal W, 20-07-2022
This tour was one of the best experiences!! 10/10 and would highly recommend to anyone traveling to Barbados. Lisa our tour guide was amazing and extremely knowledgeable about the history of the island and each stop we made. She took good care of us making sure we were ok the entire trip she was on time and punctual.
Great day trip covering many parts of the Island at a comfortable pace
SueEssex_England, 20-07-2022
Thank you Lisa for giving us a fantastic days tour around the island.

Nothing was too much trouble for you and your local knowledge helped us to understand so much of both the Barbados of the past and also current day.

We loved every part of this day trip - especially the monkeys who were rather lively ........

Interestingly our daughter who is 18 found meeting the owner of Hunte's Gardens her hi light as he reminded her of her late Grand Father so it shows there really is something for everyone on this day out. .
Excellent Tour with Awesome Guide Lisa
G1278UGsophiel, 10-06-2022
We recently did the Taste of Barbados Tour with the lovely tour guide Lisa. We really enjoyed getting to see some of the sights of Barbados and we felt extremely looked after by Lisa who was very knowledgeable and made the trip extras enjoyable. Would definitely recommend
Fun and Interesting
101deborahe, 17-07-2022
Ryan our tour guide was funny and interesting. He loves to tell stories about the history and adds his own spin too. He kept us entertained. Well worth it. There are 365 churches on Barbados, and a place to buy rum within 350 feet of each! Fun fact. We did the island tour, 9:30am to 4:30pm with lunch by the caves. The cave tour was an additional $25, and we passed. We got to experience climate changes, see amazing views, and listen to stories. If you go to Barbados, this is a must.
Great variety of experiences.
Stephen_B, 02-11-2022
Our driver was called Winston from Beautiful Barbados tours; we found him very personable and knowledgeable about the island. This tour covers a wide variety of things to do and see on Barbados and every stop is a pleasure to experience. We would very much recommend this particular tour.