This particular bay is one of the two bays stretching along the coast of the isthmus connecting the Southeast Peninsula with the rest of the island of Saint Kitts. From swimming and snorkeling on the south side, to body surfing on the north, Friar's Bay offers guests several options. Many locals consider the southern beach the best on the island. If you are thirsty, no worries as there are multiple beach bars, offering various food and beverage options. The island itself offers several land adventure options including the UNESCO-awarded Brimstone Fortress, zip-lines, off-road adventures, and golf at the Royal St. Kitts.
Optional Activities:
South Friars Bay, St. Kitts - Essential St. Kitts: This beautiful, scenic Yachting Land Adventure includes visits to two world-class destinations, Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park and Romney Manor Botanical Gardens, as well as an interesting drive through historical Basseterre, with brief stops. No visit to St. Kitts is complete without a visit to Romney Gardens and Caribelle Batik Studios. This 12- acre garden setting is quite simply stunning. It is at this glorious location that local artists produce the fabric and apparel for which Caribelle Batik has become widely acclaimed. The garden setting and picturesque experience is a photographer’s dream.
Duration: 3 hours
South Friars Bay, St. Kitts - Quad Bike Adventure: After an introduction and full orientation on the use of the bikes and safety precautions, you are ready to mount the bikes for a wildly exhilarating ride. Your experienced guide leads you on a thrilling ride through cane fields and down country dirt tracks and up scenic slopes with views of neighboring islands on clear days. Be sure to bring a camera to record the breathtaking scenes. On the way you may also be able to taste local fruits in season. Then it is time once more to get back on the bikes and return to the land adventure home base. Enjoy a refreshing drink before you are transferred back to the pier.
Duration: 3 hours
South Friars Bay, St. Kitts - Sky Safari Zip-Lining: Experience the immense rush of excitement as you effortlessly sit back and fly along the lines up to 1,400 feet in length, 25 stories above the ground! A new experience of zip-lining! This is a spectacular 5-line zip-line journey based at the Historic Wingfield Estate. Your land adventure commences amongst the oldest English settlement in the West Indies, adjacent to the spectacular grounds of Romney Manor. After a short orientation, training session, and riding the trainer line, hop into a Land Rover for a trek up the famous Valley of the Giants where you may encounter monkeys frolicking among the wild fruit trees and enjoy fantastic panoramic views of Brimstone Hill National Fortress, Old Road Village, former sugar estates, the Caribbean Sea, and Mount Liamuiga, with its volcano crater ridge being the highest point in St. Kitts. Experience the next 4 zip-lines on the most technologically advanced zip-line equipment in the world - soar across the valley on a North American Engineered Cable System utilizing a cutting edge four-point paragliding harness, hands-free braking, and a patented Skyline Trolley and Catch-Block System, all certified to North American Amusement Park Standards. This zip is like no other in the Caribbean! Fly out through trees, across valleys, and over a stream through tunnels of vegetation to your landing point. From the center of the valley enjoy panoramic views as you overlook the rainforest below and the coastline and sea in the distance. All you have to do is sit back, just like in a beach chair, and enjoy the experience!
Duration: 3 hours
South Friars Bay, St. Kitts - Fortlands by Segway: Enjoy a fun ride that takes in some history, views, and garden. The tour commences with a brief 10-minute training session at Port Zante for the two-wheel segway. Following the orientation ride across the Bay Front where you can view various sites such as the local food market where farmers and fishermen ply their trade and a black volcanic sand beach. After riding along the Bay Front, the first stop is at the serene Palm Court Gardens where patrons are afforded the opportunity to enjoy phenomenal views of Basseterre and take in the green atmosphere provided by the botanical garden. The Palm Court Gardens is also home to the renowned Shell Works Boutique which offers for purchase beautiful creations made from local materials such as driftwood, mother of pearl, sugar cane, sand and tree roots. Upon leaving the garden, be taken back into time with a tour of the historical Fortlands area with the War Memorial, which honors all those soldiers who fought and died in World Wars I and II. You are treated to some local delicacies at the War Memorial after which you begin the trek back to Port Zante.
Duration: 1.5 hours
South Friars Bay, St. Kitts - Royal St. Kitts Golf: Enjoy 18 holes of golf at the prestigious Royal St. Kitts Golf Course, perfectly located between the tranquil Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. This is one of the Caribbean’s championship golf courses, re-designed by the renowned Canadian Golf course architect Thomas Mc Broom. This course boasts 125 acres of the best-conditioned lush green grass while you play two full holes on the Caribbean Sea and three complete holes on the Atlantic Ocean. This extraordinary layout includes water hazards on 10 holes, 80 bunkers, and a multitude of trees along the Atlantic Ocean. The Royal St. Kitts Golf Club offers the very best for the beginner to the professional player. The Golf Club is located in the scenic Frigate Bay area, just 10 minutes’ drive from Port Zante.
Duration: 5 hours
