Island Life Jeep Tours - Your Day Your Way Private Excursion!

Posted By : Philip_J
Let's start off by saying we loved the experience! Our guide was the best: she was thorough, accommodating, informative and was able to pivot to our desires. The jeep was comfortable. Once we were all on the same page, things went swimmingly! We were to be in St. Thomas just for the day, and wanted to hit a couple of uncrowded beaches and have lunch. Communicated all that with the office, but apparently, they failed to inform our guide. We were also a little put off by the "gratuity" the office practically demanded in communications before the experience. This was to be a cashless transaction; that's the reason we love Viator: make the reservation and one does not have to worry about billing. It has worked for us several times in several countries. Was very perturbing to get a communication (after the fact) that the full fee would not be charged to our credit card, and we were to bring the balance in cash. We DO NOT carry large sums of cash in other countries! Luckily, we noticed this before the date and the office was able to fix the problem. We met our guide at the appointed spot, and she proceeded to give us a grand tour as we went toward the first beach. She had drinks, beach chairs, etc. as advertised. We had our own snorkelling gear, and looked forward to visiting the beaches we had outlined. We did not notice we were being taken to the western part of the island until we were getting out of the jeep. That's when we realized our guide was not informed of our plans by the office, as the beaches we wanted were more in the easterly direction. Not a big problem, as we had all day, but it did take extra travel time to the beaches we wanted. In conclusion, we loved the experience, but would probably use another company next time.
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Posted On : 2024-02-19

Posted By : Mark_W
Fantastic adventure with Jermaine. He was born and raised here and knew the island like the back of his hand. He took us to a number of historic sites and fantastic beaches. We snorkeled with sea turtles and a variety of colorful tropical fish. We would highly recommend this trip to anyone visiting St Thomas. Jermaine was very knowledgeable but most important he was very personable and friendly. It was a perfect day and will be remembered for a long time. Mark, Mary, Kim and Dennis.
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Posted On : 2023-10-25

Posted By : Sarah_M
We spent the day with Eduardo and he was absolutely spectacular! We don’t normally do “tours” as we love going to the beach but this was probably our favorite thing we did of all of our excursions at 6 islands during our cruise! He took us to places we would have never seen on our own, including beautiful private beaches, resort style areas, so we were still able to enjoy fun places for good and drinks, up mountainsides in his new Bronco and down through jungle looking areas that didn’t even look like there was going to be a path! Then all the sudden, another beautiful private beach! We can’t say enough great things about our day!
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Posted On : 2023-02-01

Posted By : Tashawna_S
This was hands down the best tour my family has ever taken. Kate was our tour guide and was AMAZING! She went above and beyond to make sure we had the best experience. I HIGHLY recommend this! Def the best way to see the island!
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Posted On : 2022-08-11

Posted By : Travis_W
Eduardo was amazing. We were able with sea turtles, took us to an amazing beach off the beaten path where we were the only people there! We also had the best banana daiquiri’s ever!!
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Posted On : 2022-07-31

Posted By : Leidy_G
This was totally worth the money. Our tour guide Kate is AMAZING! This was my second trip back to St. Thomas and I had previously done the group tours and would choose this private tour over all others. Highly recommend.
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Posted On : 2022-07-25

Posted By : Jane_W
We weren’t quite sure whether to book this tour at first because we had not seen a lot of reviews. But we took a chance - and boy, we had an amazing day! What made our day super memorable was that we had a fun tour guide named Jelani! He really listened to us and helped to craft a day that totally met our needs. He wasn’t a tour guide who dropped us off and walked away- he participated and engaged with my family. Most memorable of all was the snorkel tour he took me and my son on. I highly recommend this tour, and spending your day with Jelani! 😊
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Posted On : 2022-07-06

Posted By : Sanjay_M
Phenomenal overview of St Thomas with incredible, fun and knowledgeable Kate!! Vehicle allowed exploration of unique Island locations.
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Posted On : 2022-06-25

Posted By : Lourdes_M
Eduardo was an awesome guide. Very informative and super friendly! He took us to an off the beaten path beach that was amazing beautiful.
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Posted On : 2022-04-01

Posted By : Chad_H
Excellent Communication prior to trip, and meeting at pier was super easy = 5 star Brand New Ford Bronco = 5 star We had the goal of exploring St Thomas, so we would know exactly where to go the next time we visit. I will take some blame for poor review, because I was asked at the beginning, if we wanted to go to the busiest beaches? or more local and laid back? I did answer more laid back and local. We met on time, and we were off. 5 of us in the Bronco, on curvy twisty roads, we held it together, but being from the flat Midwest, we were nearly sick by the time we got to our first stop. Pretty much way too much driving to get to some pretty boring beaches. Up and around, and over, and down, the twisty roads we go. We seen the whole island, but I would rate what we saw = 1 star (sorry, maybe hindsight we should have gone where everybody else goes) Our Guide was nice, very-VERY easy going island girl. She knew her way around very well. Did forget ice, but that's ok, it wasn't our goal of drinking all day. The whole trip just needed a better plan/itinerary. We considered going back to ship, more to do, more to see Ok, final stop was snorkeling. I would give it a 3 star. We did see several turtles and stingray. That was nice, and that was what this stop had to offer. The stop we were at had very-very little coral or fish. I was slightly concerned with the cleanliness of the equipment, I hope they sanitize in between customers, but when I seen them go back in the box, the same way we pulled them out, umm, it made me wonder. I'm betting and hoping they sanitize that stuff Overall cost-value of the 6 hour trip = 2 star for me. $650-$750 to drive around and not see much, sorry, I will not do again It did rain most of the morning also = nobody's fault there, and probably lowered the experience for the day also Hope this helps some other family out!
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Posted On : 2022-03-27