Nearly Two Dozen Grand Turk Shore Tours Available to Cruise Line Passengers

With the grand opening of the new Grand Turk Cruise Center later this month, cruise line passengers now have nearly two dozen exciting land- and marine-based excursions that enable them to get an “up close and personal” look at this fascinating island paradise.

Holland America Line´s new cruise ship Noordam made the first-ever call at the new Grand Turk Cruise Center last Saturday as part of its inaugural voyage from New York.

Sure to become a favorite excursion in Grand Turk is the unique “Hop On, Hop Off” tour –called the Guana, a Caribbean first- operated by Island Tours, which allows passengers to enjoy a fascinating, fully-narrated tour of the island while riding in a new bus specially designed for this purpose.

The “Hop On, Hop Off” tour offers passengers the flexibility to visit the island´s famous attractions, or alternatively, to spend a couple of hours exploring the island´s natural surroundings or one of its pristine beaches. With their identifying wristband, passengers can freely get on and off the bus anywhere it stops, ensuring a wide-ranging and varied Grand Turk experience.

The cruise center´s management has worked diligently, on behalf of some of the cruise lines, with seven different tour operators –some of them local, others operating throughout the Caribbean- to develop exciting and varied excursions for cruise line passengers.

Land-based tours include beach horseback riding, swimming, bicycling, beach breaks, 4x4 vehicle adventures, horse-drawn carriage tours, dune buggy tours, and visits to Grand Turk´s outer islands.

Marine-based tours include snorkeling, scuba diving, self-drive boating, deep sea and flats fishing, helmet diving, semi-submersible tours, snuba and power snorkeling, as well as clear kayaking. Other tours are expected to be developed over the next six to 12 months by these and other tour operators.