Island Tour: Enjoy the Breathtaking Views of St. Thomas with Mountain Top and Magens Bay Beach
4.3
217 Ratings
ST THOMAS

Experience the breathtaking views of St. Thomas with a tour to Mountain Top and Magens Bay Beach. Enjoy the highest point on the island, duty-free shopping, and the world-famous Magen’s Bay Beach. Perfect for family fun!

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Skyline Drive - A stop for overlooking and picture taking.
  • Drake’s Seat - A stop for overlooking and picture taking.
  • Mountain Top - The best Islands highlights you will see. Experience the highest point on the island for spectacular views and photo opportunities. Mountain Top is located on Crown Mountain at 2100 feet above sea level…
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What's Included
  • Pick-up at both cruise ports/hotels
  • Personal guide
  • Live commentary on board
  • Island tour of several historical sites
What's Not Included
  • Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
  • Cost of Banana Daiquiri
  • Gratuities - recommended
  • Entrance fees
Additional Information

We pick up and return to destination. The best Islands highlights you will see. Experience the highest point on the island for spectacular views and photo opportunities. Mountain Top is located on Crown Mountain at 2100 feet above sea level making it one of the highest points on the island. Enjoy world famous banana daiquiri (at your own expense) &…

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Location
Emancipation Garden
This is our common meet-up location if the hotel is not one of our pick-up locations.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(217 Ratings)
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Audrey_s
Aug 4, 2025
It was an awesome tour &... - It was an awesome tour & the driver Mr. Hamblet was very knowledgeable & very kind. He was awesome!!❤️
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Jaclyn_h
Jul 6, 2025
Great excursion! - Great hysterical bus tour with great spots to take in the views and pictures! Definitely recommend this excursion!
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Georgia_p
Jun 28, 2025
St Thomas Mountain top - Very nice man and good driver. Roads rather treacherous. Skip back seats unless you like roller coasters
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Sebby
Jun 22, 2025
St Thomas Tour - Mtn Top & Magens Beach - Hamblet was a great tour guide. He was very polite and knowledgeable on island history. It was a small group so we had the opportunity to ask questions. We would recommend this tour.
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Lori_m
Jun 22, 2025
Hamblet, our tour guide,... - Hamblet, our tour guide, was great! Very knowledgeable about points of interest, took us to mountain top (world famous banana 🍌 daiquiri), magens bay ( 2 hr stop) and pulled over at various spots for photo opportunities and snippets of history! Do this tour!
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Ava_s
Jun 7, 2025
TripAdvisor & Great Explorations Tours are AMAZING! - We highly recommend this tour to anyone whether with a partner, friends or solo this is a "must see & do." I was looking for tours that would allow me to experience the "culture, people, & history" that is unique ONLY to the beautiful US Virgin Islands specifically St. Thomas. Great customer service from beginning to end. My correspondence with Angela & Josie whom was very accommodating, friendly, detail oriented, quick to respond, provided updates & constant communication with me leading up to the tour. Our driver HAMBLET was AMAZING! He was knowledgeable, friendly & accommodating as well. For example: Our hotel was not offered as a pickup option for our tour, however Hamblet & the team made it convenient for us and picked us up from our hotel anyway. JOB WELL DONE TO GREAT EXPLORATIONS TOURS TEAM! Thanks also to TRIPADVISOR for NEVER disappointing me as I have relied on your tour recommendations for a number of trips both domestic and internationally!
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Nancy_m
May 27, 2025
Great 4 hours - If small group you will be in large taxi I would have preferred an open vehicle so we didn't have to climb out every time we wanted to take a picture.
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Debra_s
Jun 6, 2025
Very good tour... make sure you know when and where to meet your guide! - We scheduled this tour during our cruise ship's St. Thomas stop. It did not disappoint. Our tour guide, Hamln, was very good. He taught us about the island as he drove (excellent driver... we felt very safe, even as we drove the hills and sharp curves along the way). The first part of the tour stopped at a couple of sites that were great for taking photos, before heading to the Mountain Top for our Banana Daiquiris. At Mountain Top, we got some excellent photos, especially looking down on Magens Bay Beach. The place where the daiquiris were made was also a souvenir shop. It was quite large and a good place if you wanted to bring home something or get gifts for others. Some souvenir stores have very inflated prices, but I thought there were enough options that you could find something in every price range and not feel like you were suckered into paying too much for whatever you chose. Then, it was down the mountain to Magens Bay Beach for the afternoon. The beach was great. We don't like to spend too much time in the direct sun, so we rented 2 chaise lounges and an umbrella (I think it was $40 total) and that was a good choice for us. The only issue we had with the tour was confusion about where and when we needed to meet (our tour was scheduled for 1:30pm, but we were expected to meet Hamlin at 12:15pm - we didn't know about that. Fortunately, he CALLED us and we rushed off the ship so we didn't hold up the group. That was the only hiccup of our tour and better communication from Viator could have prevented it. Other than that, I'd recommend the tour. We had a very good afternoon.
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Steven_b
May 30, 2025
Nice tour, but they cut it too close for comfort getting back to our cruise ship - Nice tour, great sites. Unfortunately, we were very concerned. We’re gonna miss our ship, Viator says this is a four hour tour, but when we finally left the beach an hour before our cruise ship was going to leave, the driver said we “should be there in time.” We made it in time, but when they say it’s a four hour tour, it really should not be a 4.5 hour tour, making you worried about missing your ship.
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Jacqueline_d
Jun 29, 2025
Beware of this business! - Our ship docked a few minutes late. I texted twice and spoke on the phone twice to let our guide know we were on the way. We were exactly 10 minutes late to our meeting spot at the windmill. They left without us and refused to refund our money, saying since other people from our ship were there on time, we should have been as well. We were on the 2nd largest cruise ship in the world. Getting off the ship with 4,000 other people took a few minutes. When I called to ask where they were, and was told they already left without us, I was yelled at that we should have been on time. Yes, I agree, but I did communicate directly a total of 4 times to reassure them we were hurrying as fast as we could. Very unprofessional. Do not recommend doing business with them. Other tour guides in the area attempted to call that business for us but they would not pick up the phone. The other tours guides agreed that since we communicated several times, waiting 10 minutes would have been appropriate. Thank goodness we found another group to join and our day turned out okay.
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