St.Martin - St. Maarten: Half-Day Easy Coastal Hike & Swim in Small Groups
4.9
36 Ratings
Philipsburg

During this half day Nature Tour for all ages we will explore and enjoy St Maarten and St Martin’s coastal beauty. The tour consists of three short hikes which can be considered easy to moderate level.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Coralita Beach - Nature Hike National Nature Reserve (East Coast St. Martin)
  • Pic Paradis - Pic Paradis, or Paradise Peak is the highest point on St Maarten and St Martin. We’ll drive up most of the way, and then the last 20 minutes we’ll hike up to the viewpoints, while passing impressive rock formations, and going through tropical forest and her flora and fauna along the way. Stunning views from East and West side of the island.
  • Happy Bay Beach - Happy Bay Coastal Trail (West Coast St.Martin). We will visit the secluded beach, Happy Bay, where you will have the opportunity to take a refreshing swim.
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Tea and coffee
  • Floating Noodles
  • Bottled water
  • Snacks
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Souveniers
  • Personal Expenses
  • Dock Maarten: Parking is available for the first hour at USD $2.00, each additional hour USD $1.00
Additional Information
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Dock Maarten
Juancho Yrausquin Boulevard
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Margarethf5430vt
Mar 22, 2024
Great way to see a beautiful island and learn about it at the same time. - Our guide Ellie was great! Knowledgeable about many aspects of the area. She actually provided some personalization by visiting a few areas specially because of my interest in birds. The homemade banana bread and lemon grass tea was the icing on the cake!
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Monica_a
Feb 11, 2024
Amazing views and great information! - Our tour guide, Werner, was fantastic! We learned so much from him about the history of the island, its flora and fauna, and geological formation. Loved the entire experience from the hiking to the lemongrass tea and banana cake! Highly recommend taking this tour!
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989ileneh
Feb 6, 2024
Great tour and hikes - We had a great tour with Werner of Seagrape Tours! Werner took us on 3 different hikes and shared lots of info about the history and culture of the island. He is super knowledgeable and a pleasure to spend time with. We would never have found these places to hike by ourselves! My husband is a bird watcher and Werner made sure he got to see lots of birds on our tour. He also makes delicious lemongrass iced tea and banana bread/cake! Thank you Werner!
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Nomad178621
Jan 7, 2024
Hiking / Swimming Tour: Wonderful Tour Guide and Experience - Thank you Rikke for the fantastic half day coastal hike and swim tour in January 2024. I highly recommend this tour to everyone. Rikke was very knowledgeable about all things, ranging from environmental protection management to birds, plants and the local lore, politics and Island history. We went on lovely walks and got to swim in beautiful Happy Bay just before we departed the Island. Our tour brought much depth to what we had already experienced. We will definitely do another Seagrape tour if we visit the island again. Thanks so much Rikke for a beautiful tour. I'll always remember the Seagrape tree:)
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Kazandsamstravels
Dec 22, 2023
Great walking, swimming and driving round the island tour recommend - We had an amazing half day tour with Werner in mid November, we were lucky enough to be the only ones on the tour and Werner was very knowledgeable and friendly, we loved the scenery of the island, the lemongrass tea was amazing and banana bread was fab reward after Pic Paradis. I would really recommend this tour to all, Werner really showed us around the island and we felt like we saw lots in our 4 hours but also had lovely walks and a swim. Will do one of their other tours if we visit the island again. Thanks so much for our great day.
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Bethany_b
Oct 31, 2023
Wonderful Tour! - This was a great tour to do some hiking, see some gorgeous views, learn a bit about St. Maarten's history, culture, and ecosystems, and end with a swim at a beautiful quiet beach with a wonderful guide. Perfect small group tour to be a little active and see some great sights away from the crowds!
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Emily_f
Jun 3, 2023
Hike to Happy Bay - We loved the hike . Beautiful scenery. Wear long pants to protect against bugs and brush rubbing against your legs.
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Suzanne_k
May 20, 2023
Mini hikes - Our tour guide Johnny was the best. He drove us up to Pic Paradise(thank goodness). We took three mini hikes through out the tour. All to a lookout point or beach. Very enjoyable!!! Johnny grew up on the island so he had all the answers to the various questions we had. Also the banana bread and lemongrass cold tea was a treat!!
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Panu_p
Apr 13, 2023
Great experience - knowledgeable guide! - It was cloudy and rainy while my cruise stopped at the island, and my guide for the day was very knowledgeable about alternate plans to still have a great time while missing the rains. My two kids and I had a great experience.
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Annekb_12
May 4, 2022
A morning well spent. - I was expecting an actual hike up Pic Paradis, we ended up driving up then walking the last short section to the "summit". Also unfortunately the water at Friar's Beach where we snorkeled was murky and even after swimming away from the beach area, at was not as clear as I had hoped. Also the location of the snorkeling did not have much to see. HOWEVER, Jonathon was excellent, extremely friendly and knowledgeable. We stopped at several places including the Nature Museum, and he drove us around the entire island, showing us many sights. Loved the lemongrass tea and the mugs it was served in along with the banana bread. We enjoyed our time on this tour.
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