Do you have a great story about your visit to Barbados and its beaches?
I will enumerate a few of them based on my experience selling cruises for so many years, and my personal visits to Barbados.
Tours with 4X4
• Visit the Green Monkey - Using this vehicle provided by tour and rental companies you may visit the interior of Barbados and meet the Bajan Green Monkey while you experience the beauty of Barbados Island as you walk along the paths of this reserve.
• Drive through the areas that are normally inaccessible. Past Bathsheba while enjoying the view of miles of beaches, then reach Paradise island Retreat for relaxing, swimming or plain sunbathing.
• Board a powerboat for a ride along the coast to one of the secluded coves for a swim, while enjoying the fish and other marine life.
Back on land you board a 4X4 vehicle and discover the beauty of Barbados while you drive through cane fields and witness the Atlantic littoral, with its constant high waves pounding against the coast.
Barbados Golf is spectacular
A few more things to do in Barbados
Sightseeing
• Tour the island on a tour or by yourself. Important places to visit are:
• The Rum Distillery to learn how rum has been processed by locals for more than 350 years.
• The 300 year old Sunbury Plantation House, with a tour of the home with antique furniture, prints and carriage collection.
• Mahogany Creations where you can see the island’s only carving factory. Maybe purchase one of the original wood sculptures by Reggie Medford himself.
Beach Breaks
• It is important to do sightseeing, but it’s delicious to just seat on the beach, with Piña Colada on one hand and a book on the other.
• The aerial Trek Zip Line – Glide above Jack in the Box Gully. Moving from one platform to another, a total of eight, you will experience the beauty below at 100 feet of altitude.
• The Atlantis Submarine – Enjoy a personal view from the waters surrounding Barbados from inside an air conditioned cabin of a submarine.
Descending about 60 feet to up to 150 feet underwater, your view of the marine life is incomparable
Harrison Caves - Don't miss it on your visit to Barbados Island
• Hike through the forests, getting a deep feeling of the island vegetation and ancient caves. You’ll see very rare plants. It is real ec0-experience.
Visit Cole’s cave descending about 30 feet with the help of a rope. Continue your hiking through fresh water streams and waterfalls. Visit Harrison’s Cave – The tour of the caverns is by tram.
Relaxed activities
• Golf tours – You may visit Barbados Golf Club. The cost of the excursion will include green fees and golf carts.
• Visit Orchid world on the spectacular east coast.
• Visit to St. Nicholas Abbey, the last remaining authentic house of the 17th Century.
• Visit Turtle Bay and see the endangered Hawksbill and Green Turtles
• Explore the hidden bays along the West Coast.
• Visit the East Coast and snorkel to see the Berwyn Shipwreck in Carlisle Bay. The variety of tropical fish and marine life is mind boggling.
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Nightlife in Barbados is unique
Among the things to do in Barbados is its spectacular nightlife
If it's vibrant late night action you want, we have some of the best bands in the Caribbean.
You can dance your way into the wee hours to our exotic Caribbean rhythms at reggae clubs, nightclubs, Latin parties or beach bars. There are even 24 hours a day bars for those of you who just can't get enough.
The Cruise Lines offer a variety of shore excursions that require advance reservations. The most popular tours fill up fast, so book them early.
Many have shore excursion information available on their websites and allow reservations before you leave home. We have listed some sample shore excursions.
The length of the tours, price and what's included vary by cruise ship.
Are there things to do in Barbados? Please brace yourself for a non-stop adventure.