Published on Feb, 2020
We recently booked the land and sea tour with Serenity Vacation and Tours while in St Lucia on Feb 6th 2020. We promptly met Hans at 8:30am and were quickly whisked away to an air conditioned van...filled with a selection of delicious drinks (the rum punch was amazing). As there were no other guests booked on this trip, it was a private excursion just for myself, husband and son.
From beginning to end, this trip was exceptional. I feel like we did EVERYTHING I could have asked for and more:
- We started with multiple stops to take advantage of some outstanding views.
- We went to a banana plantation and sampled bananas while learning of the process.
- We went through various small towns to get a sense of the culture.
- We partook in the volcanic mud baths (not alot of time is spent here due to the sheer number of people).
- We visited a waterfall (again, not alot of time was spent here due to the large number of visitors).
- We had a lovely buffet lunch (including juice and ice cream) at Beacon Restaurant overlooking the stunning Pitons.
- We visited a small yet pretty botanical garden next to Beacon Restaurant where we sampled some sweet white pulp around the cocoa beans.
- We drove to the quaint town of Soufrieres where we stopped at the beach, prior to boarding our catamaran.
- We snorkeled just outside of Soufrieres (not the best snorkeling I have done).
- We took in the views from the water as we were shuttled back to the port via the catamaran.
It was a long but amazing day that exceeded my expectations. The roads are very hilly and long but due to the lushness of the landscape, its hard to complain.
I would be neglectful if I didn't mention the fantastic job Hans did. He was knowledgeable and passionate about the island and obviously loved everything about his home. He also was just a genuinely kind and nice guy which made the whole experience that much better!
