St. John's Antigua Stingray Snorkel and Sightseeing Excursion

Description

• Round-trip transportation from your St. John's cruise ship terminal!
  
• Air-conditioned, fully licensed, and insured transportation!
• English-speaking snorkel and sightseeing shore excursion guides!
• The snorkel set includes varied-sized fins, a sanitized snorkel, a silicone mask, and a vest!
  
• Boat ride to stingray encounter and snorkel with the Southern Stingrays!
  
• Complimentary lunch at Long Bay Beach!
• St. John's Antigua sightseeing!

This historical, entertaining, and interactive St. John's shore excursion gives you the opportunity to experience the island's best during your stop in St. John's, Antigua cruise port of call! Enjoy a fun encounter with playful, docile stingrays and visit the best island attractions!

Your Antigua stingray snorkel cruise excursion guide will meet you in a convenient location just a 3-minute walk from your cruise ship pier. You will be assisted in a comfortable and air-conditioned van, to begin the fun journey.

There is a panoramic, 45-minute ride to the open-air museum, Betty's Hope. It exhibits the history and artifacts of the 300-year-old sugar cane distillery that once stood on the grounds. Your excursion guide will provide interesting facts about the crystal sugar manufacturing process and its importance to the island's history and development.

Then you will travel to the fishing village of Seaton, where the shore camp of Stingray City is located. Keep watch for the local wild monkeys and parrots that are commonly around to welcome guests. A specialized stingray excursion guide will provide a brief explanation of the stingrays and the proper ways to approach them. There is nothing to fear...the stingrays have grown up with human interaction and greet visitors in the hope of receiving a fish handout from the guide. They are docile creatures.

There is a short boat ride to the sandbar where dozens of Southern Stingrays await. Some say that these stingrays are the puppy dogs of the ocean and that is because they will greet you rubbing up against your leg and begging for a treat. The qualified Stingray City staff will be in the water with you to help you interact with the stingrays; you can pose with them for funny pictures, swim, and snorkel with them, and may get the chance to feed them. Please bring your waterproof camera!

There is a little more than 1 hour to enjoy the experience. The stingray snorkel excursion staff will provide a snorkel mask and tube if you would like to snorkel as well; the sandbar is surrounded by coral, sponges, and loads of tropical fish. The water level is fairly shallow (approximately 4.5 feet) in most places so guests may stand or climb on the ocean platform in the middle of the sandbar and enjoy the crystal-clear water while soaking up the sun.

After this fantastic encounter, you will get back on the road to head to Devil's Bridge, where the power of the waves against the limestone coast has formed a natural waterway creating many blowholes. It is a spectacular show, the rough Atlantis ocean waves getting into the limestone caves and splashing around. It is the perfect picture background.

Your last shore excursion stop on this St. John's Antigua Stingray Snorkel Interaction and Sightseeing Excursion will be Long Bay Beach, just 10 minutes away. This beautiful beach offers a variety of water sports for rent, and small local stores to purchase souvenirs and handicrafts. Beach chairs and umbrellas are also available for rent. You will be treated to a delicious Antiguan lunch (chicken and vegetables) is included. Guests have approximately 1 hour at this stop.

At the end of your excursion, your shore excursion guide will take you back to your cruise ship terminal in St. John's, Antigua.

What is included?

• Round-trip transportation from your St. John's cruise ship terminal.
  
• Air-conditioned, fully licensed, and insured transportation.
• English-speaking snorkel and sightseeing shore excursion guides.
• The snorkel set includes varied-sized fins, a sanitized snorkel, a silicone mask, and a vest.
  
• Boat ride to stingray encounter and snorkel with the Southern Stingrays.
  
• Complimentary lunch at Long Bay Beach.
• St. John's Antigua sightseeing.

Excursion Notes

• We recommend you wear comfortable shoes and a swimsuit.
• Bring sun protection, a towel, a camera, cash for balance payment, tips, any additional purchases, etc.

Where we meet

For the St. John's Antigua Stingray Snorkel Interaction and Sightseeing Excursion, you will meet at a convenient location right next to your St. Johns Antigua cruise ship pier. All necessary details will be printed on your Electronic Shore Excursion Ticket.

Excursion Restrictions

• Parents should bring their own infant lifejackets. The excursion operator provides lifejacket sizes for approximately 3 years and older.
• There is limited child-size snorkel gear - guests may bring their own.
• This excursion is not wheelchair accessible.
• Guests should be comfortable in the water.
• Some restrictions for water sports may apply to pregnant women, people with high blood pressure, asthma, diabetes, and/or similar. Please consult a medical professional for more information about safe participation in this activity.
• Guests may not stay on the boat - it will be shuttling guests back and forth. Your group will be in the water but you may get on the floating platform if you wish.
• This St. John's Antigua Stingray Snorkel and Sightseeing Excursion may involve risks. We suggest you check with your elected person of choice to see if these possible risks might affect you.

Excursion FAQ

Cancellation

• Your ship arrives into port late and you cannot make it in time to the meeting location (we will verify with the tour operator).
• Your ship skips/misses the port.
• Weather conditions or equipment failure prevents the operator from running the excursion.
• A medical problem prevents you from safely participating in the excursion (we will verify with the excursion operator and the guest may send doctor's note). This applies to individuals only and not the remainder of the group.
  
• Cancellations/deposit refund requests that do not comply with the above may not be subject to refund.
• Refunds may be subject to a service charge fee as determined by the payment processor, please refer to Terms and Conditions for more information.