About Sint Maarten Island Tours
Sint Maarten Island Tours is an independent guide to the best island tours on Sint Maarten and Saint-Martin — full-island sightseeing loops, half-day beach trips, the rum distillery, private tours and catamaran day-sails. We compare every guided option in one place so you can book the right trip without the research. Ready to go? Compare all our island tours on the homepage.
Why we built this site
Planning a day on Sint Maarten means sorting through listings on several booking platforms with little clarity on what actually sets each tour apart — which ones cross to the French side, which stop at Maho Beach, and which are really just a sail. We do that work for you, putting the real details in one place: price, guide rating, duration, exactly what's included, and which sights you'll actually see.
We also explain what to expect from each experience, because the right tour depends on your schedule, your budget, and whether you're here for a week or just a cruise-ship port day.
How we choose the tours
We don't list everything. We feature operators that meet a consistent baseline:
- Licensed, island-based operators with local guides
- A verified track record of strong traveller reviews
- Clear, honest inclusions — pickup, transport and what's covered on board
- Free cancellation policies so you can plan around the weather without risk
How we make money
This site is free to use. When you book through a link here, we may earn a small commission from the booking platform — at no extra cost to you. It never changes what you pay, and it never determines the order or rating of a tour.
Our comparisons reflect verified reviews, real value, and what's genuinely best for different types of travellers — not commission rates.
About the author
I'm Marlon Gumbs, a Sint Maarten island-tour guide and driver. I've driven the island loop — Philipsburg, Maho, Marigot, Grand Case and up to Pic Paradis — for visitors since 2016, and I've crewed the day-sails over to Anguilla and along the French coast more times than I can count. I put this guide together to answer what travellers actually ask me in the van and on the dock: which tour covers both the Dutch and French sides, where the planes really come in low at Maho, what the rhum distillery tasting is like, and what each operator does and doesn't include.
Everything here is checked against what the tours run today.