Tour Options in St. Kitts and Nevis

The taxi driver who picks you up will probably offer to act as your guide to the island. Each driver is knowledgeable and does a three-hour tour of Nevis for $75 or a four-hour tour of St. Kitts for $80. He can also make a lunch reservation at one of the plantation restaurants, and you can incorporate this into your tour.

On St. Kitts, Kantours offers comprehensive general island tours, as well as a variety of specialty excursions. The friendly guides at Tropical Tours can run you around St. Kitts (from $20 per person), arrange kayaking and snorkeling, and take you to the volcano or rain forest for $52 per person and up. On Nevis, Fitzroy "Teach" Williams is recommended: he's the former president of the taxi association—even older cabbies call him "the Dean." Kantours arranges half- and full-day tours of the island. TC, a Yorkshire lass who used to drive a double-decker bus in England and has been married to a Nevisian for more than a decade, offers entertaining explorations via TC's Island Tours.

Information

Fitzroy "Teach" Williams (869/469-1140). Kantours (869/465-2098; 869/465-3054 in St. Kitts; 869/469-0136 in Nevis. www.kantours.com). TC's Island Tours (869/469-2911). Tropical Tours (869/465-4167. www.tropicalstkitts-nevis.com).