Top 4 Guided Tours in Antigua

1.Antiguan experience home tour with local guide with lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 26 reviews · 4 hours · from $65Our pick

Spend four hours with a local guide such as Marlon, Lorenzo, or Alexis, visiting a family home filled with 16th-century artifacts, a pineapple farm, and Ffryes Beach. You’ll hear island stories, taste herbal tea and Antigua Black Pineapple, then enjoy lunch, steel-pan music, poetry, and swimming by the white sand.

“We had the most wonderful day with Marlon doing a tour of the island today, visiting a local Antiguan home, a pineapple farm which has recently been replanted and going to Ffreyes beach. Who knew pineapples grew in the ground… we certainly didn’t! Yvonne and Brian were so welcoming allowing us into their home. Ffreyes beach was exactly what you would expect from a beach in the Caribbean, turquoise waters, reggae music in the distance and the most beautiful white sand, away from all the crowds. Marlon shared stories about the island and family, which were so interesting. Heavenly tours is a tour company run by local people and we…”

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2.Half-Day Small-Group E-Bike Guided Tour in Antigua

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 8 reviews · from $80

Ride an electric bike through Antigua with a guide and a group of no more than eight people. You’ll visit beaches, one of the country’s oldest churches, and Devil’s Bridge, stopping for photos along the way. The tour lasts about two hours, begins at Heritage Quay in St. John’s, and returns there. Bike-riding experience and moderate fitness are needed.

“Zero would be a more accurate score. The tour guide was a young guy who admitted he had only been doing this a couple weeks. He was weaving in and out of heavy traffic in the city. It was very dangerous. He then led me out on a busRead more”

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3.Guided Orange Valley Bike and Hike

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 6 reviews · from $140

Set out from Darkwood Beach at 9 a.m. with guides Royer and Shakeel for a small-group bike ride through Antigua’s countryside. You’ll pass local farms, learn about Black Pineapple, circle Salt Pond, hike briefly for wide island views, then return to the beach for swimming or a stroll.

“Wonderful tour with incredibly cool guides. Both Royer and Shakeel made the morning extra special. We were able to visit multiple beaches, see some of the inland, take a short hike up a hill, and got the benefit of fresh coconut water, snaRead more”

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4.Guided Morning and Sunset Hikes

★★★★★★★★★★3.1 · 3 reviews · 3h 30m · from $90

Choose a 210-minute morning or sunset hike through tropical mountain trails, with easy Sugar Apple, moderate Mango, challenging Tamarind, or very challenging Stinking Toe routes. Your English-speaking guide provides transport, water, and park entry. One guide, Dwight, has also tailored routes to include waterfront walks and hill views.

“Started ok, but the last third was a rock climb, which didn’t fit the description of a ‘mild to moderate’ hike. Walking up and down hills is no problem, but the end of this trek could only be classed as a challenge. Guide also took us the wrong way and we had to back track over very difficult terrain. Not recommended (by me). It should have been categorised correctly, it certainly wasn’t ’mild to moderate’. We will never book anything like this again.”

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