Open air tour bus times

[newsycruiser]

Our ship arrives in Tortola at 7:00 a.m., but we are not "crack of dawn" people. Are those open air tour buses still outside around 9:00 or 10:00 am?

[blue_water]

Yes, and there will be drivers available for private tours as well, their pricing schedule is here, scroll down to the hourly tour rates -

 

http://www.bvivacation.com/transportation/tortola-taxi-fares-rates.php

[newsycruiser]

Thanks for the excellent information. Do you have any idea how long those open air tour bus tours last??

[blue_water]

You can choose by the hour, the drivers are very helpful and can give you ideas on what to see that will interest you. A couple hours would cover many of the highlights, longer if you like history and old ruins, as well as the views and different bays. You can also get dropped at a beach or the Bananakeet for lunch and have the driver return. There is also a "rum tour" offered by Norwegian and othercruise kines that is highly rated on tripadvisor.

[LondonTowner]

In march we took one of the open jeep buses waiting at the cruise terminal. As soon as they have a few passengers they leave. We ar bot 'crack of dawn' people either, so we were probably there around 10.00.

 

I can't remember if we paid 15 or 25USD, but it wasn't too expensive. It was a half day tip which we enjoyed. Try the 'painkillers' at the beach bar at Cane Garden Beach. We got 4 for 4 USD, must have been happy hour.

[blue_water]

Taxi fare is $24 pp each way, $12pp for 2 ppl, and $8pp for 3 or more.