Island Tours & Transfers · Sint Maarten

Jo Junie Tours

Air-conditioned island tours, airport transfers, and cruise excursions — run by someone who actually lives here.

A cruise ship excursion gets you around the island. Jo Junie Tours gets you around the island the way someone who lives here would show it to you. The difference is considerable.

Joseph 'Joe' Liburd has been running island tours long enough to know that no itinerary can be written in stone. "Attractions and sights change every day," he explains. "Sometimes higher ocean waves remove some sand from a favorite beach spot within a few hours and swimming there is no good anymore. Living here, we get to hear that the sand is gone and we can change the tour accordingly." That kind of real-time local knowledge is not something a cruise ship excursion desk can offer.

Jo Junie Tours operates in air-conditioned vans rather than large buses — flexible, unhurried, and genuinely comfortable. Guests are never rushed. The vans travel with a well-stocked cooler: beers, sodas, and rum punch included. Traffic on Sint Maarten is real — Joe knows the patterns and routes around them.

Joe is clear about what the tour is ultimately for. "We want to give our guests an impression of what St. Martin has to offer. We need to do such a good job that they come back for an extended vacation. People need to realize that this is a special place worth a longer stay." That philosophy — using a cruise day visit as the beginning of a longer relationship with the island — is what separates a genuinely good tour operator from a box-ticking excursion service.

St-Maarten.com has followed this operation for over two decades. We recommend Jo Junie Tours without reservation.

— Jan Thoelke, Publisher, St-Maarten.com

Tours & Experiences

Fast Track Tour

$50 per person 2h 30min Ideal for cruise passengers

The island's essential highlights covered in two and a half hours. Both the French and Dutch sides, Maho Beach, the best viewpoints — done at pace without feeling rushed. The smart choice when the ship is back at five.

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French & Dutch Beach Tour

$65 per person 5 hours Beach lovers

Five hours crossing the border from Dutch to French — two countries, two characters, multiple beaches. The kind of day you cannot replicate by renting a car and guessing.

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Fun Day Tour

$70 per person 6 hours Best all-day option

The full island in a single day — both sides, with a logic that makes geographical and cultural sense. The route takes in Oyster Pond and a hilltop viewpoint above Orient Bay before descending to the beach. From there, Marigot — the French capital, market, waterfront, a completely different architectural register from the Dutch side. Then the Driftwood Boat Bar at Maho, timed to coincide with the transatlantic jets arriving from Europe. The afternoon ends in Philipsburg for unhurried shopping. If you are here for one day and want to leave knowing the island, this is the one.

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Hot Spot Tour

$70 per person 4 hours The island's iconic stops

Four hours hitting the locations that define St. Maarten's reputation — Maho Beach, the salt pond overlook, the best shopping areas, and the beach that earns the most photographs. Efficient without being rushed.

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Airport Beach Tour

$35 per person 5 hours Plane spotters & day trippers

Maho Beach is one of the most photographed spots in the Caribbean — aircraft from Princess Juliana International clear the beach fence by meters. Joe times the arrival to coincide with the transatlantic jets coming in from Europe. As he puts it: "Nowhere can you have a drink that near to a landing or starting airplane. They are the most dramatic sight." This shuttle gets you there and back without the taxi negotiation.

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Taste of SXM — Marigot First

$65 per person 5 hours French side · Culture & food

This tour starts where most tours don't bother — Marigot, the French capital. As Joe says: "Marigot is so different from Philipsburg that I think they need to see it." The market, the waterfront, the fort, a completely different architectural and cultural register from the Dutch side. Then across for contrast. If you want to understand what makes this island genuinely different from every other Caribbean destination, this is where to start.

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