Take flight at the Butterfly Garden with the beauty and wonder of nature. Enter a lush tropical botanical garden home to hundreds of butterflies representing over 25 different species from six continents. During your tour, our knowledgeable guides will entertain you with fascinating facts about the extraordinary life cycle of these beautiful creatures as they change from eggs to caterpillars to spectacular butterflies through the miracle of metamorphosis. Wear bright colors and perfumed lotions to attract the butterflies to you!
Visit the Butterfly Garden in the morning if you want to see the most activity. This is when newly emerged butterflies take their first flight. Photographers will want to stop by in the afternoon when the butterflies are less active and therefore easier to photograph. Take a stroll through the outside botanical gardens showcasing a wide variety of local plants and butterfly species. The Butterfly Garden, the first and only butterfly exhibit in St Thomas, has become a leading attraction for locals and visitors in the Virgin Islands.
Float in the water on a luxuriously thick float. Lie in a hammock under a shady palm tree. Enjoy your own comfortable chair on the beach in the shade anywhere along the length of this tropical palm fringed paradise.
Snorkel with your own mask, snorkel, fins and life jacket exploring two colorful reefs at each ends of the beach. Paddle around the bay on single and double kayaks and try the new rage - standup paddleboards that strengthen your core muscles.
Your valuables will be safe in your own locker at the Honeymoon Hut where you will also have access to flush toilets and a gift shop with a wide variety of necessary items including cold drinks and ice cream.
Bar beverages and food are available through Caneel Bay Resort. Snorkel gear, kayaks, standup paddleboards, floats, life jackets, lockers, beach chairs, hammocks, restroom facilities. Food and beverages available but not included. Picnic lunch can be ordered and purchased in advance. Beach store sells t-shirts, sunscreen, hats, sunglasses, cold drinks, ice cream, etc.
The Honeymoon Beach Day Pass includes: locker, beach chair, snorkel gear: mask, snorkel, fins and flotation. Loating matt, standup paddle boar, kayak and hammock is included too. During season, space fills up quickly for the limited equipment.
This ALL DAY relax and play all-inclusive pass includes all day use of: snorkel gear, kayaks, standup paddleboards, floats, life jackets, lockers, beach chairs, hammocks and restroom facilities.
Want a diver’s view of a coral reef, but not ready for scuba? Then try Snuba! Explore the beauty of the undersea world without cumbersome scuba diving gear. A certified Snuba guide will lead you on your adventure.
Upon arrival at Coral World Ocean Park, you will be escorted to the Snuba orientation area where you will receive a briefing on how to use the equipment and what you can expect on your dive.
Enter the world of these fascinating, magnificent, and misunderstood creatures through our educational Shark Encounter. Learn the truth and myths about the ocean’s top predators. After your orientation session, a guide will take you to the Shark Shallows where you will have an opportunity to enter the pool with a variety of juvenile sharks that inhabit the waters of the Virgin Islands.
View the sharks up close from above and below the water as they circle around you. Become a shark fan instead of a foe. To promote conservation of sharks, Coral World has recreated a shark nursery offering juvenile sharks every opportunity to grow in a safe environment before being released to the wild. A portion of proceeds go towards shark conservation.
Take a tour of the island of St. Thomas while being driven in our air conditioned comfortable vehicles.
We will walk through the streets of St. Thomas peruse through historical sights, visit souvenir shops, browse the local shopping district and eat at one of the local restaurants for lunch.
Travel in comfort aboard our air-conditioned luxury buses, which feature large vista windows that are perfect for sightseeing!
This tour leaves from Virgin Islands Ecotours' Frenchtown Marina location in Charlotte Amalie’s Harbor, and kayakers paddle twenty minutes to Fort Willoughby overlooking the cruise ships and Frenchman’s Reef. Paddle past Danish and British Colonial ruins and Careening Cove. A brief hike brings you to Fort Willoughby, a British Fort from the Napoleonic era and the Garrison House.
Paddle to the historic Creque Marine Railway which is undergoing a multimillion dollar renovation by the Virgin Islands Park Service. The tour concludes with a visit to Garden Beach allowing you to relax in the shade, cool off with a dip in the beach or enjoy a guided snorkel. Depending upon weather conditions or guest preferences, a hike up to explore the British Naval Fort Shipley, 130', may be substituted for the paddle to Fort Willoughby.
This is your chance to experience a favorite five hour unique, multi-eco trip in St. Thomas' Inner Mangrove Lagoon Sanctuary and the Island of Cas Cay. You begin by kayaking among the many small islands of the Mangrove Lagoon to Long Point and Patricia Cay. Enjoy breathtaking scenic views from the coral rubble barrier reef which divides Long Point, the southernmost tip of St. Thomas from the deserted island of Patricia Cay. Here you will find multitudes of coral and shells, as well as interesting marine life including bristle stars, sea urchins, chitons and perhaps an octopus in very shallow clear waters.
From this tranquil setting, enjoy a ten minute paddle through romantic mangrove alleyways looking out for nesting pelicans and eagle rays swimming in the shallow waters below. Be sure to paddle slowly as you pass over the several shipwrecks in route to Cas Cay. Upon arriving at the wildlife sanctuary of Cas Cay, a deserted tropical island consisting of 15 acres of mangrove forest to the south and volcanic cliffs to the north, enjoy a hermit crab race. You will learn about the importance of the mangrove eco-system, and how to identify the various tropical plants and their edible and medicinal uses. Then, enjoy a fifteen minute leisurely stroll along a scenic coral and shell rubble beach.
Once reaching the south side of Cas Cay, explore the incredible boulders flanked with beautiful volcanic cliffs, and home to the famous Red Point Blow Hole. This spot is the chosen place to have a picnic lunch from a local market with your guide. Hike the pristine, deserted 15 acre island of Cas Cay, which is a part of the Virgin Islands Park System. Enjoy the many breathtaking views from the coral and shell laden beaches. Snorkel a coral-fringed mangrove nursery with an easy beach entry in the clear protected waters. After lunch, while snorkeling, you will continue to explore the waters around Cas Cay. Your guides will lead you on a 45 minute tour through a shallow marine habitat. Explore the sea grass and mangrove nursery habitats in calm, warm and shallow waters teeming with colorful and abundant sea life. Complete your day by kayaking through the mangroves back to the marina. Guides offer snorkeling instruction, point out the marine life and interpret the diverse mangrove ecosystem
Explore the best of Virgin Island National Park above and below the water in a small or private tour. A Depart from the Virgin Islands National Park Visitor Center and hike along the Lind Point Trail. A professional Nature Guide will introduce you to the tropical wonders of Virgin Islands National Park, explaining flora, fauna, cultural and historical trivia along the way.
Upon arriving at Honeymoon Beach your guide will teach you to snorkel and explore an adjacent coral reef with you identifying the colorful sea life. Afterwards, the final portion of your hike takes you through a grove of wild cinnamon, the botanical gardens of Caneel Bay Resort and on to the former Sugar Mill Plantation of Caneel Bay. A taxi will deliver you from the Caneel Taxi Stand back to the original departure point at the VI National Park's Visitor Center in Cruz Bay.
This is a limited availability tour, be sure to make your reservation early so you don't miss the date(s) you want.
Nature guides kayak with you through the protected Inner Lagoon Marine Preserve as you pass in between the many beautiful Manglar islands that are made up of red mangroves. Many birds nest in the trees, such as the endangered brown pelican, blue herons, night herons, egrets, yellow warblers, hummingbirds and many more. Juvenile fish hide among the many roots of the red mangrove trees.
Paddlers glide in clear shallow water and often see southern sting rays and spotted eagle rays gliding beneath them with an occasional show of one jumping into the air. Arrive at the southernmost tip of St. Thomas where a fringing coral and shell rubble barrier reef divide the crystal clear waters of the lagoon and the Caribbean Sea. Snorkel a coral-fringed mangrove nursery with easy beach entry snorkel in the clear protected waters.
Guides offer snorkeling instruction, point out the marine life and interpret the diverse mangrove ecosystem.
Henley Cay is a tropical and tranquil uninhabited Cay inside Virgin Islands National Park. Relax on a sandy beach and watch seabirds and scenic views of Caneel Bay and Honeymoon Beach. From the highest point on Henley Cay's trail you can enjoy views of the British Virgin Islands. Snorkelers will discover an impressive collection of colorful corals including brain, pillar, sheet, star, and the endangered elkhorn and staghorn.