Half-Day Barbados Private Guided Customized Island Tours
Barbados
- 3 to 5 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Spend a half day seeing the highlights of Barbados that you want to see. With this private tour, you can fully customize your itinerary. Choose three attractions from highlights like Harrison’s Cave, Bridgetown, Speightstown, Carlisle Bay, Bathseba Beach, St. Nicholas Abbey, and more, and enjoy a hassle-free experience with a driver, guide, private transport, snacks, and drinks, including alcoholic beverages.
- Private half-day sightseeing tour of Barbados
- Fully customize your itinerary to your interests
- Travel in comfort in an air-conditioned vehicle with WiFi
- Includes snacks, bottled water, soda, and alcoholic beverages
What's Included
- Select Any 3 Attractions/Activities you'll are interested in experiencing.
- Private transportation
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- WiFi on board
- First Aid Kit
- Alcoholic BeveragesTraditional Bajan Rum Punch OR Local Banks Beers
- Bottled water
- Soda/PopMostly Sprite for the kids
- SnacksA few snacks for the kids
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
Dear Clients, You can also send Google location to make the pick up process easier.
Arranged start time
Confirm time with the local provider in advance of your experience.
Select your preferred tour option to see hours.
Itinerary
1
Harrison's Cave Eco-Adventure Park
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
2
Animal Flower Cave
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
3
Barbados Wildlife Reserve
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
4
St. Nicholas Abbey
2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included
5
Bridgetown
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
6
Independence Square
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
7
Carlisle Bay
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
8
Gun Hill Signal Station
25 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
9
Morgan Lewis Sugar Mill
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
10
Bathsheba Beach
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
11
Mount Gay Visitor Experience
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
12
Earthworks Pottery
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
13
Atlantis Submarines Barbados
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
14
Welchman Hall Gully
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
15
Farley Hill National Park
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
16
Barbados Museum & Historical Society
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
17
Shark Hole
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
18
Bottom Bay
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
19
Flower Forest
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
20
Sunbury Plantation House
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
21
Foursquare Rum Distillery
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
22
George Washington House
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
23
Kensington Oval
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
24
Barbados Supreme Court Complex
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
25
The Spout
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
26
Cherry Tree Hill
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Infant seats available
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- No Health Restrictions needed
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
3.2
based on 45 reviews
Deepika_R, Feb 2026
No show! Horrible, do not book. Waste of time. We booked a few days in advance. Tried to confirm, didn’t respond and didn’t show.
Richard_H, Feb 2026
Do not book this tour. Attempt contact the company the night before. Nobody responded. Nobody showed up the day of the tour. Waited an hour. Attempted to contact company. No response. Contacted viatour customer service. They were receptive but could not contact driver or tour company. Twice. Waste of time. I canceled and found another driver to give me a tour. Less money too.
Terwanda_H, Feb 2026
They didn’t show up. No communication at all. I called several times, my resort as well and no answer. Straight to voicemail. I left voicemails as well and still nothing. Do not book this company!!!
bunnyalex, Feb 2026
Horrible!! Never had this happen before. Booked a tour, got confirmation but no pickup time. Tried to call provider but no answer. Viator chat tried as well. We've been waiting an hour for info. Hotel tried too. Looked at reservation and it says "cancelled". I didn't cancel. Did provider without telling me?
Please refund money paid!
debbie_f, Jan 2026
The tour operator never showed up and we had to try and cancel, but they never answered their chat.
Hopefully, we’ll get our money back.
Valevanko, Jan 2026
The driver never showed up. We called, the concierge called and got an answering machine. O course we were charged immediately. Trying to get a refund as we speak
Ann_M, Jan 2026
Tour operator did not reply to phone calls or messages through Viator. Tour operator was a NO SHOW!!
Do not use this tour!
Anthony_G, Dec 2025
Waiting for 3/4 of an hour in burning sun. Driver did not turn up. Customer support were of no help. My previous experience of Viator was very good but definitely be wary of this tour and think carefully before booking with Viator.
Oksana_L, Aug 2025
Believe the reviews that say that the tour operator does not show and does not communicate. We booked the day before the tour. Did not receive any instructions on the pick up time or place. Messaged the operator in the morning to find out the time/place and got no answer. Went to the lobby of our hotel at 9 am and waited for an hour at least before calling it a day. During that hour, we sent a couple more messages and tried to call the number provided on Viator. Our hotel’s front desk tried to call as well and was unsuccessful. To this day there has been no response or acknowledgment from the tour operator. We send a request for refund to Viator.
Mary_S, Oct 2024
The driver did not show up at agreed upon time. I had to call and driver didn’t even know he had a tour. Finally sent someone an hour later but the guy was not a tour guide. He was just a guy driving a taxi. He asked us where we wanted to go vs suggesting things to see. At one point we were in a dirt road in the middle of cane fields and the road was washed out and we had to retrace our route for another half hour. He did not share any info on the island and barely answered our questions. Would not use this co again.
Jacquelyn_B, May 2024
We had a late morning pickup which was great for our schedule. Julian was warm and friendly, we were provided with cold water, a beef pattie for me hit the spot as a brunch. We requested off the normal route sites so we hit the countryside. It was amazing and we had a great time. I Highly recommend !
Cristina_B, May 2024
We booked this tour 3+ months in advance. Then find out when we arrive there are 2 holidays this week. Would have been nice to know that so we could have moved our tour around to another day. Nothing was open. No shopping. No eating. A lot of money for 1 event
kp31110, Apr 2024
Had such great expectations for this tour. And while the tour was great the driver showed ap and hour and a half late. Ruining all plan we had on our last day of vacation
Sandra_Z, Mar 2024
We had 2 specific items we wanted to see, the synagogue and Harrison’s Cave. I sent 3M tours a message several weeks before our tour asking about our tour and ideas for the 3rd stop. The response I got was “Don't worry the entrance reservations or bookings for the activities. We will sort it out and you'll can pay by cash or card”.
We were scheduled to be picked up at 9:00am. At 8:15 the morning of the tour I received an email saying we were being picked up at 10:00am. We went down to the hotel lobby at 9:45 and our driver, an independent tour guide hired by 3M, had been waiting for us since 9:30. He took us to Harrison’s cave only to learn that as a walk-in we would have a 2-hour wait which we were not willing to do. 3M tours should have informed us that we would need a reservation. 3M then would have let us know what time they could get us there. Waiting to the day of, as instructed, prevented us from seeing the cave.
Our tour guide, Pierre, was great. His car was clean and comfortable and he was very knowledgeable as he drove us around the island. We did enjoy the synagogue and Pierre recommended a rum tasting and tour that was fun. Instead of a 3rd site, we basically drove around Bridgetown and Pierre pointed things out.
3M was essentially a tour broker for us and did not do anything to arrange our day for us.
Kathy_R, Feb 2024
Julian was an awesome tour guide. He was very knowledgeable, friendly and entertaining!
He was able to take us everywhere that we wanted to see on our half day tour
Arman_F, Feb 2024
Julian obviously doesn't care anymore. He is relying on the old 5-star reviews and ignoring the current customers. This was not what was advertised. I thought the 1-star review I saw from 2 months ago was an anomaly but it is a sign of the current service.
We paid for a private tour to pick 3 activities and have a car with snacks and alcoholic drinks.
He never contacted us before the day- I called him the night before just to make sure it was still happening. No planning occurred. We walked out of the ship terminal and he spent less than a minute with us. He walked us to a car and said "this is my driver he will take you around." We got in an old Toyota with the engine warning light on. It stopped running multiple times but thankfully the man got it going again. There were two bottles of water, no alcoholic drinks or snacks. That was the least of the problems.
He didn't go over the choice of attractions to see. Julian had told him to drive us around and make sure we get to the airport 4 hours later at 1 pm. He drove around town, pointing out grocery stores, schools, police stations. We literally went around a circle in the town and got back to the port (I could see the ships)! At this point I said can we go to the caves or something more interesting, he said we don't have time. I said at least lets see something pretty like a beach. He drove down one road and he kept apologizing that the resorts are blocking our view of the beach. I said I've seen pictures of uninhabited pretty beaches. He said that's the East side. So we drove there and it was beautiful. By this time we had to start driving to the airport.
I don't blame the old man that was driving us around. He didn't know what to do. I blame Julian who basically was saying a big F-U to us. He already had his money. What is crazy is that if he had taken 5 minutes to go over the options it would have saved him on gas and wear and tear on a car that doesn't have much life left. We probably would have picked the caves or the animal sanctuary, spent some time there and gone to the airport and given him a 5 star review.
What is also disappointing is that Viator is associating themselves with this. We have spent lots of money with Viator on private tours that have been great. This makes me think twice about using them again.
Virginia_B, Jan 2024
Julian was a great ambassador for Barbados telling us historical and present information. We saw much of the beautiful island in the time we had. Our highlight was the visit to St Nicholas Abbey which is a spectacular property where they produce rum. Would highly recommend.
April_J, Jan 2024
We met Julian at our cruise port. He thanked us for booking and sent us off with a friend of his for our private tour. Our tour was for me, my husband and 17 year old son. It was Christmas day so we were very excited to do a private tour. Julian sent me a message 2 days before saying we could choose 3 locations to visit. He never mentioned most everything was closed due to it being Christmas. We were able to do Harrison caves and that was about it. Our guide gave no information on the island. We drove by a couple post offices, school and a few churches. We were crammed in her small personal ford car. She asked if we wanted a drink which was a small cooler with 4 water bottles. No alcohol beverages or soda for our son, as stated in the description. We've traveled the Caribbean many times and this was by far the worst tour we've encountered. You can easily get a taxi for a third of the price. We paid $450 plus a $50 tip was the biggest waste of money. Lesson learned, stay away!
Ronald_F, Nov 2023
Julian was very professional and making and fulfilling a reservation. Our driver.Termaine was great. We loved the flexibility of a private tour. If we like the place we stayed longer if we didn’t we left when we were ready.
Response from Host, Nov 2023
Thank you
Timothy_W, Oct 2023
3 M your was so fabulous. Designed for you to pick wherever you would like to go. Clean van with drinks provided. Extremely knowledgeable would book again!
Liam_O, May 2023
Def worth doing if you want a great way to enjoy the island. Driver was very nice, informative and the van was amazing
CarmenGloria_F, Apr 2023
We had a great day! Julian is an excellent guide and very patient. In the face of schedule changes he was very flexible and we managed to visit all the sites we were interested in (Animal Flower Cave, Harrison’s Cave and Bathsheba Beach). Fully recommended!
Daphne_D, Feb 2023
Driver was waiting for us as planned and did a great tour for us. He was really nice and knew the area very well. We had such a good time.
Sharleen_N, Feb 2023
We made a reservation and paid. We waited at the pick up point. The driver never showed. After 15 minutes I checked my email and he had cancelled our tour saying he was already booked.
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