This is not a tour for the hike. This is just a taxi transfer to the base of the mountain where you need to pay for the actual hike. For my experience, the taxi driver showed up 35 minutes late to pick me up to start the hike (I was the only guest) and then showed up 30 minutes after the agreed upon time when I was done with the hike. The hike is awesome by the way, but that is not part of this tour package

The guide on Gros Piton was great. The transportation from the ship to Gros Piton was very poor. The driver, who said he was also the owner of the “cool vibes taxi and tours” said he sent a driver to pick us up but couldn’t find us. We were at the agreed pick up point 30 minutes prior to be picked up and waited for nearly an hour. We were trying to communicate with him but cell service was very sketchy. We had to have a nearby taxi driver to call him and he was waiting in a nearby parking lot and never came out to look for us. He drove us to the destination and dropped us off and turned us over to the hiking guide. The hiking guide was fabulous. We returned from our hike early and the same driver was notified we were finishing early when we turned around. After our hike, we waited more than an hour before we were picked up. On the way back to our ship he said he was going to return our fee for the excursion which we knew he couldn’t, and we just had to pay him $100 cash. We immediately refused. We feel this guy is a scammer trying to extract more money from travelers in a very dishonest manner.

FYI. This is just a transfer to the trailhead. No water or beer was offered to us. The Gros Piton park is a government run park and the trail guides live in the community at the base of the hike. Your purchase of a hike and guide through any online channel is false advertising. The only place to pay for entry to the hike and your required guide is at the park entrance. This activity just drops you off at the entrance to pay your entrance fee separately and meet their assigned guide.

Great hike and beautiful views along the way and at the top! Trail very will maintained. Got to walk through a local community. Our driver Kevin was very nice and timely. Our hiking guide was nice and helpful. We wanted to change the date we went on the hike less than 24hour prior to our tour and Viator and the local tour company were helpful and accommodating.

Leicht heupriger Start mit geringfügiger Verspätung, aufgrund des dichten Verkehrs in Castries ist das aber ohne Weiteres entschuldbar - alle Taxidriver vor Ort waren mega hilfsbereit so dass wir dann den kontakt herstellen können... (wir hatten leider trotz Auslandspaket keinen Empfang). Die Pitons sind ein ganzes Stück vom Hafen entfernt, was zum Vorteil hat, dass man auch einen Einblick in das Hinterland von St Lucia erhält. Vorbei an Bananenplantagen, traumhaften Buchten uns schmalen Serpetinen war die Fahrtzeit von knapp 1:15 h recht kurzweilig. Kevin hat uns viel zu Insel erzählt, ein paar nette Fotostopps eingelegt und auch selbst bei den Urlaubssvhnappschüssen geholfen ;-) Die Wanderung an sich war fordernd, durch das sehr wechselhafte Wetter war es zum Teil ein rutschiger Untergrund. Mit der Hilfe von Wurzeln, Felsen und Seilen ging es aber stetig bergauf... Nach knapp 2 Stunden wurden wir mit einem fantastischen Ausblick über St Lucia entlohnt... Der Tourbegleiter vom Nationalpark war etwas wortkarg hat uns jedoch an den kniffligen Stellen sowohl beim Auf- als auch Abstieg sehr gut weitergeholfen. Abgerundet wurde der Tagesausflug mit einem erfrischenden Pitonbier sowie einer Empfehlung von Kevin für ein leckeres Mittagessen in einem lokalen Restaurant. Thanks a lot - Mountainsnail and Mountaingoat ;-)

Taxi arrived promptly and taxi driver Kevin was great. Journey from the north to base of Gros Piton was approximately 1.75 hours. A large bottle of water was included in the price and believe me it was needed for the climb along with extra we took along and some snacks. We did have to wait 30 mins for our taxi at the end which was a little disappointing but a bottle of Piton ( local beer & also included in price) went down well 😁