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St Maarten Motorboat Cruise: Exploring Long Bay, Creole Rock and Tintamarre Island
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51 Ratings
Simpson Bay
Embark on a thrilling motorboat cruise in St Maarten, discovering the stunning Long Bay, snorkeling at Creole Rock, and swimming at Tintamarre and Pinel Island. Enjoy a delicious lunch at Grand Case and spot turtles at Tintemarre Island. With Captain Roy as your guide, this adventure is bound to be unforgettable!
Embark on a thrilling motorboat cruise in St Maarten, discovering the stunning Long Bay, snorkeling at Creole Rock, and swimming at Tintamarre and Pinel Island. Enjoy a delicious lunch at Grand Case and spot turtles at Tintemarre Island. With Captain Roy as your guide, this adventure is bound to be unforgettable!
Duration:
6 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Cupecoy Bay - Hop aboard the Santino, a 39 foot custom built motorboat for a day exploring some of the most famous spots around the island!\n- Tintamarre Island - Usual stops include Long Bay, Creole Rock, Pinel and Tintemarre. This trip does include an open bar of beer, sodas, rum punch, fruit punch and bottled water. Snorkel gear and noddles…
- Cupecoy Bay - Hop aboard the Santino, a 39 foot custom built motorboat for a day exploring some of the most famous spots around the island!\n- Tintamarre Island - Usual stops include Long Bay, Creole Rock, Pinel and Tintemarre. This trip does include an open bar of beer, sodas, rum punch, fruit punch and bottled water. Snorkel gear and noddles are also included and the Santino boasts a small but practical marine toilet on board.\n\n- Pinel Island - Snacks or lunch aren’t included so it’s advised to bring extra cash if you are planning to have lunch at a restaurant. From April to October, the Santino can usually head the whole way around St Maarten, enjoying many stops along the way. When the Christmas winds pick up, it makes it difficult to pass over the north side due to big seas. The schedule would then be on the west side visiting Creole Rock and many of the beaches on the west coast.\n- Baie Rouge - The trip can be a bit wet at times so it’s advised to keep your valuables in a plastic ziplock bag.
What's Included
- Driver/guide
- Bottled water
- Lunch
- Use of snorkeling equipment
- Environmental Management Charge (Reef Tax)
- Beverages
- Driver/guide
- Bottled water
- Lunch
- Use of snorkeling equipment
- Environmental Management Charge (Reef Tax)
- Beverages
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup
- Hotel drop-off
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup
- Hotel drop-off
Additional Information
Embark on a motorboat journey along the shores of St Maarten! Favourite destinations include Long Bay, snorkeling at Creole Rock, a mealtime pause at Grand Case, and swimming adventures at Tintamarre Island and Pinel Island. Tintamarre Island is popular for turtle sightings! Feed your hunger at the Lolo Shacks, where a meal of chicken/Ribs is included….
Embark on a motorboat journey along the shores of St Maarten! Favourite destinations include Long Bay, snorkeling at Creole Rock, a mealtime pause at Grand Case, and swimming adventures at Tintamarre Island and Pinel Island. Tintamarre Island is popular for turtle sightings! Feed your hunger at the Lolo Shacks, where a meal of chicken/Ribs is included. Your knowledgeable guide for the day, Roy, knows every top-notch location.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Please arrive 30 minutes before departure time.
Location
Aqua Mania Adventures
Billy Folly Road
We are located on the marina of the Simpson Bay Resort in Pelican. Check in 8:15am for this tour.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(51 Ratings)
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Bob
Jul 16, 2025
Great experience! - Yesterday we went on a wonderful excursion with the Santino. Great service on board. Very experienced captain and excellent assistant who took great care of us. Nothing was missing, the food was great and the snorkelling spots were sensational! An amazing day that we wouldn't have wanted to miss! Regards Bob & Joed.
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Happiness56682599860
Jul 3, 2025
Beautiful trip - Beautiful trip, we really enjoyed. I highly recomend it. Roy and Jayden were very nice and entertained us all the time during trip.
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335patrickh
May 24, 2025
Best Boat Day Ever. - We did not fully know what to expect on this boat tour. Captain Roy & 1st mate Jaden made everyone comfortable, safety briefing then a quick run down of the day. We had a short ride to a protected bay outside the most expensive resort on the island. We had a chance to swim for 20 minutes or so. Then they passed around French bread & Gouda cheese cubes as a snack, plenty to drink from water to beer, coke products, & rum punch. Next stop was the first snorkeling stops French protected Marine sanctuary , lots of reef & fish everywhere. Then we rode over to Lolos for lunch. When we checked in they asked chicken, ribs or fish. Knowing what I know now I would have gotten ribs. However the smoked chicken was great, service was great & we had about an hour for lunch. We were there maybe 45 minutes or so, then off to Tintamarre island to snorkel & we had 5-6 seas turtles just grazing in the sea grass, this was a cool experience. We swam up to the beach & enjoyed exploring. Back on the boat for a short ride to Pinel Island for daiquiris at the beach side bar. We spent about an hour there. Once we got back on the boat plastic bags were passed around for your stuff if you didn’t have a dry bag. We sat on the bow of the boat & rode into the waves of the Atlantic & all get pretty soaked. We all said after of all the boat excursions this was by far our favorite by a long shot. I can not recommend this trip any more highly is you want to see the whole island by boat.
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908anabelah
May 19, 2025
Enjoyable island exploring - Roy and Jaden were wonderful. Great day exploring around the island. Snorkeling and lunch wonderful. All around great adventure
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R3756hztaylorh
Apr 4, 2025
Snorkeling around St Marten - Roy and Albert were amazing hosts!! We had the best time snorkeling around the island. The stop at the rob shack for lunch was a perfect break before we finished the tour, I highly recommend this for families.
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462janiceq
Mar 31, 2025
Santino island tour - Fabulous day! Exceeded my expectations. The Crew (Roy and Albert) were amazing! They were so friendly, accommodating and knowledgeable.
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Janet
Mar 24, 2025
Amazing trip off SXM - A fabulous day with Roy.
Great snorkeling, we even got to witness some dolphins. Very exciting day. The Gouda/bread was a nice touch.
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Susanne_w
Mar 4, 2025
Great trip!! - Roy and his mate are top notch!! We have done this trip 7 times and it never disappoints! Fun, informative, great drinks and food! Highly recommend!
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Jenjohnson415
Feb 19, 2025
Fantastic day trip on the boat! - We are staying at the Hilton Royal Palm during our vacation here on St Maarten and we took the all-day boat trip on the Santino with Captain Roy through Aqua Mania and it was a wonderful trip! The boat was just right for the trip - plenty of space for all passengers but able to maneuver through the water. Captain Roy and his crew were very kind and fun and very experienced - navigated the choppy waters expertly so we were able to enjoy the fun of the ride on the ocean without any worries. (Might have been a little rough for someone who is prone to sea-sickness, but we didn't have any trouble). Our group consisted of myself, my 14yo daughter and my mother, 3 generations, and everyone had a great time! We made 4 water stops - 2 for swimming and site seeing and 2 for snorkeling, no reef but we were still able to see many fish and swim with a sea turtle! We stopped for lunch in one town and that was wonderful, and we would never have seen that town on the French side of the island apart from this trip. The stop at Pinel Island was also really fun. We enjoyed the drinks and snacks on the boat. We were able to see the entire coast of the island of St Maarten in this one day trip - amazing! Wonderful day, highly recommend it to all!
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Katherine
Dec 13, 2024
MUST do trip - My boyfriend and I planned this excursion for our last day and it wound up being the best day of the vacation. This trip was amazing!!! We were able to see the entire island as well as surrounding islands that we were not expecting to get to visit this trip. We were able to see all different species of fish and swam with the sea turtles. Captain Roy and Noah were attentive and really made the trip that much better. We have 0 complaints. The lunch and the trip definitely beat our expectations. This trip is a MUST if you like to swim or even just relax on the boat.
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