Sightseeing Tours in U.S. Virgin Islands

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St. Thomas

Accessible Adventures (340/775-2346. www.accessvi.com) provides a 2- to 2 1/2-hour island tour aboard a special trolley that's especially suitable for those in wheelchairs. Tours include major sights like Magens Bay and Mountain Top and provide a stop for shopping and refreshments. The cost is $34 per person. Tropic Tours (340/774-1855 or 800/524-4334. www.tropictours-virginislands.com) offers half-day shopping and sightseeing bus tours of St. Thomas six days a week. The cost is $4 per person. The company also has a full-day ferry tour to St. John that includes snorkeling and lunch. The cost is $90 per person. V. I. Taxi Association St. Thomas City-Island Tour (340/774-4550. www.vitaxi.com) gives a two-hour tour for two people in an open-air safari bus or enclosed van; aimed at cruise-ship passengers, this $29 tour includes stops at Drake's Seat and Mountain Top. Other tours include a three-hour trip to Coki Beach with a shopping stop in downtown Charlotte Amalie for $35 per person, a three-hour tour that includes a trip up the St. Thomas Skyride for $38 per person, a three-hour trip to the Coral World Ocean Park for $45 per person, and a five-hour beach tour to St. John for $75 per person. For $35 to $40 for two, you can hire a taxi for a customized three-hour drive around the island. Make sure to see Mountain Top, as the view is wonderful.

St. John

In St. John, taxi drivers provide tours of the island, making stops at various sites, including Trunk Bay and Annaberg Plantation. Prices run around $15 a person. The taxi drivers congregate near the ferry in Cruz Bay. The dispatcher will find you a driver for your tour.

Walking Tours

Along with providing trail maps and brochures about Virgin Islands National Park, the park service also gives several guided tours on- and offshore. Some are only offered during particular times of the year, and some require reservations. For more information, contact the V. I. National Park Visitors Center (Cruz Bay. 340/776-6201. www.nps.gov/viis).

St. Croix

St. Croix Safari Tours (340/773-6700. www.gotostcroix.com/safaritours) offers van tours of St. Croix. Excursions depart from Christiansted and last about five hours. Costs run from $45 per person, including admission fees to attractions.

St. Croix Transit (340/772-3333) offers van tours of St. Croix. Tours depart from Carambola Beach Resort, last about three hours, and cost from $35 per person plus admission fees to attractions.