NCL Gem St. Lucia La Soufriere Volcano Excursion

[mistyw]

Would this NCL shore excursion be a good choice over a private tour company? We'd like to do the drive through tour and Mud Baths. Thanks!:o

[vince_g]

For our November cruise on BA we are doing the Soufriere Sail offered through shoreexcursionsgroup.com

 

I believe we paid $113 per. Check it out and compare.

[New2cruise1483]

Check into Spencer Ambrose tours. We did and Jalousie beach break with him last year and it was FABULOUS! Very attentive crew, and a smaller group than with a ship excursion.

[vince_g]

Check into Spencer Ambrose tours. We did and Jalousie beach break with him last year and it was FABULOUS! Very attentive crew, and a smaller group than with a ship excursion.

 

Thanks, I will check them out. The catamaran on the Soufriere Sail is 70-90 guests.

[herdingdogmom]

Would this NCL shore excursion be a good choice over a private tour company? We'd like to do the drive through tour and Mud Baths. Thanks!:o

 

Are you on the Nov. 13th or Nov. 27th sailing? Check out the roll call. There is some discussion of excursions for each island. Here is a link to the 27th: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2163889&page=9

Edited October 29, 2016 by herdingdogmom

[Bostongalpal16]

Check out Joys Adventure - had a blast last year!

 

 

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[frawls]

I agree with Spencer Ambrose. We did the land, sea and beach adventure in February. Spencer and his daughter were great! But I am not sure you can do both the volcano and the mud baths. Go to his website and email him, he is very responsive. The below is from my review of the tour.

 

Spencer has a couple of options for the day we choose the land, sea and beach adventure for $105 per person. Spencer met us right at the cruise terminal and once we were all together we boarded a speed boat and we were off to Soufriere. The roads in St. Lucia are very windy and it normal takes over an hour to get to Soufriere from Castries but by boat we were there in about 25 minutes. When we got off the speed boat there were two vans - one for people going to the mud baths and one for people going to the volcano. The great thing about using Spencer is you get to the sites before the crowds that are taking the buses.

 

After the mud baths we visited a waterfall and got to go into the pool of water and get up close to the waterfall for some pictures.

 

After the waterfall we drove near a banana plantation and learned about banana's, which is St. Lucia's #1 export. Then it was lunch time, we stopped at a quaint little restaurant and had a buffet lunch that included chicken, fish, rice and peas and numerous other sides and of course come hot sauce. The food was very good.

 

After lunch we got back on the van for a very short ride back to the village where we boarded the speed boat for another quick ride over to Sugar Beach. Sugar beach is set between the two Pitons and it is very nice. We spent about 90 - 120 minutes at the beach.

 

After the beach it was back on the speed boat for a tour by sea. The ride back to the cruise terminal was slower than the ride going. All in all it was a great day. If you have never experience the island of St. Lucia and want to take as many things as possible in one day, then I highly recommend Spencer Ambrose tours. Being we have been to the island before we felt it was a bit rushed to get everything crammed into one day but it really does showcase everything the island has to offer.

[GeezerCouple]

We did a private tour with Serenity Tours two holiday cruises back:

 

We read about them elsewhere on CruiseCritic, and they were every bit as good as the rave reviews.

 

They were so good, that we did another tour with them this past holiday cruise!

 

They helpe us customize exactly what we wanted, and also made suggestions (which were just right).

 

The second tour, we did the volcano.

The mud bath was right nearby, but we didn't want to do that.

 

We had the first year's tour by car "out" and motor boat "back".

This past year, we did motor boat both ways.

Both times, they stopped at a non-crowded beach so we could swim in that wonderful clear, warm water.

 

They coordinated things perfectly.

Obviously, we couldn't take the motor boat all the way to the volcano :eek:

So they had a car and driver waiting where the boat took us as close to the volcano as possible. Then we went swimming near a big waterfall, and then back to the boat.

We were trying to avoid duplicating too much of what we had done the first time with them.

 

We just wish they offered tours *everywhere* we go :)