Cosol tours

[chaching]

We just booked a day exploring St. Lucia with Cosol Tours. Highly recommended by TA #1. Great rate. They confirmed via email right away and told us what time and where to meet them when we arrive on the Celebrity Eclipse. It's a great tour and you get to see a banana plantation, fishing villages, marigot Bay, Soufriere and the Pitons and snorkeling on Jalousie Beach, a volcano and Toraille Waterfall plus the botanical gardens.

Looking forward to a great day in St. Lucia in January!

[cruisinjan]

We did that exact same tour when we were in St Lucia. It was a wonderful tour and
couldnt ask for more. Great tour for the $$. Enjoy your time in St Lucia

[monicajay]

Booked for November. Booked a year in advance. Weird eh?

[SWSSMH]

We did the same tour in April 2011, our tour guide was Yellowbird (Cosol's brother, if I remember correctly). It was a fantastic day, one of the best excursions we've done in the Caribbean. It's a full day with a fair bit of driving, but you get to see all the highlights. Snorkeling between the Pitons was a highlight (the snorkeling isn't anything special, but the location is). Yellowbird was entertaining and lots of fun & very informative. I don't know how they continue to provide the tour so cheaply with food and unlimited drinks being provided. Definitely a bargain and a wonderful tour.

[ctasher]

Originally Posted by chaching

We just booked a day exploring St. Lucia with Cosol Tours. Highly recommended by TA #1. Great rate. They confirmed via email right away and told us what time and where to meet them when we arrive on the Celebrity Eclipse. It's a great tour and you get to see a banana plantation, fishing villages, marigot Bay, Soufriere and the Pitons and snorkeling on Jalousie Beach, a volcano and Toraille Waterfall plus the botanical gardens.

Looking forward to a great day in St. Lucia in January!

How much do the tour cost?

[reedprincess]

Originally Posted by ctasher

How much do the tour cost?

It's right on his website, cosol-tours dot com. $65US pp, along with the full description of his tour. Enjoy!

[Herfnerd]

Just got back this past weekend from our Carnival Victory cruise and did Cosol's tour - had a GREAT time and worth every penny!

Baptist was our driver and come to find out, he used to be a CMPD officer and lived not far from us here in Charlotte!

Only issue was that we did not go to the botanical gardens - not sure what happened.

And if you are susceptible to motion sickness, take your Bonine. The roads are narrow, hilly and winding! Had a guy get car sick and missed most of the stops

[Putterdude]

Another commendation for Cosol, he is a great operator, we used him in January. Herfnerd has made an excellent point about the roads on St. Lucia.

[chelsea_gal]

We have just booked a tour with COSOL the tour seems highly recommended
so we are going to give them a go.
Will do a review when we get back
We are on the Celebrity Eclipse Holiday Cruise Dec 15

[figgy0223]

It's been recommended to me to do a Land & Sea package but from the description on Cosol's site I couldn't figure out if there is some boat time included in the island tour? Anyone know?

[reedprincess]

Originally Posted by figgy0223

It's been recommended to me to do a Land & Sea package but from the description on Cosol's site I couldn't figure out if there is some boat time included in the island tour? Anyone know?

Cosol's tour includes a short water taxi ride from the pier in Soufriere to the pier at Jalouise Beach - about 15 minutes one way (and back to the pier). You then return to the ship via land. You do not get the Sea tour up the West coast on the return to the ship.

[merinski]

Can you tell us how much time you have at the Sulpher springs & at the beach? I am conserned about the smell at the sulpher springs, we went to one in Dominica & it was a bubbling puddle & smelled so bad it made you sick Also I think I heard the roads are pretty bad & windy?
Thank you

[reedprincess]

Originally Posted by merinski

Can you tell us how much time you have at the Sulpher springs & at the beach? I am conserned about the smell at the sulpher springs, we went to one in Dominica & it was a bubbling puddle & smelled so bad it made you sick Also I think I heard the roads are pretty bad & windy?
Thank you

Usually, the volcano tour is about 30 minutes or so. The mud baths are extra and mostly, you don't have time for it on Cosol's tour. The smell is not as bad as Dominica as it gets a decent breeze through the area.
Yes, the roads are narrow and winding and mountainous in St. Lucia -again, though, not as bad as Dominica - our roads are somewhat wider and more navigable for 2 cars. If you get motion sickness, be prepared though.
Enjoy your visit.

[merinski]

Originally Posted by reedprincess

Usually, the volcano tour is about 30 minutes or so. The mud baths are extra and mostly, you don't have time for it on Cosol's tour. The smell is not as bad as Dominica as it gets a decent breeze through the area.
Yes, the roads are narrow and winding and mountainous in St. Lucia -again, though, not as bad as Dominica - our roads are somewhat wider and more navigable for 2 cars. If you get motion sickness, be prepared though.
Enjoy your visit.

Thank you! Do you know how much swimming time you have on the tour?

[reedprincess]

Originally Posted by merinski

Thank you! Do you know how much swimming time you have on the tour?

Usually, on Cosol's tour, swimming/beach time is around 45 minutes or so, maybe an hour. Enjoy.

[framerman]

Yes, you do get to see alot of St Lucia on this tour w/ Cosol. But you best be ok with lots of driving, I mean lots.............Time at the beach was short and very crowded. There were around 20 broken down chaises that were mostly occupied when we arrived and then to make it worst a ship sponsered snorkling tour showed up with another 25 people. This was the first "island" tour we had done in a long time. I don't think we are the type for 'island' land tours

[Cruiseoholic000]

Where do they pick you up, at the cruise terminal?

[reedprincess]

Originally Posted by Cruiseoholic000

Where do they pick you up, at the cruise terminal?

Yes, they pick you up at the docks. You have to exit the sevure area and enter the shopping areas and usually the tour operators are right near there. They will give you detailed instructions on what to look for once you book.
Enjoy.

[AdventureSmithZ]

Just back from our Victory cruise. We booked Cosol and had an awesome time!
Anyone on the fence, do it. You'll be glad you did. For the money, you can't beat it. You will see a ton of the island, be fed some very good food, served some great rum punch (love the spices they put in it) and be surrounded by some very friendly people.

[msakmom]

I agree. His tour is well worth the $$. We are going on our third tour with him in March and looking forward to it. Each time we've taken differnt people with us. He does a great job with customer service. He likes to make sure everyone is having a great time.