Tiami Catamaran Cruises · The Shallow Draught, Bridgetown
A three-and-a-half-hour evening cruise on one of Tiami's yellow catamarans: live steel pan on deck, a swim at a beach stop, an open bar and a full buffet dinner as the sun sets. Pick it if the evening itself is the point and you want the music, the dinner and the crew's tips settled in one booking.
The music sets this one apart. A steel pan player performs live while the catamaran cruises the coast, then the boat stops at a beach for a swim, the bar stays open, and a full buffet dinner comes out as the sun goes down. Steel pan comes from Trinidad and Tobago, where it was born in the late 1930s according to the United Nations, so call it Caribbean rather than Bajan. On a warm evening on deck, nobody minds where it started.
Tiami is listed by Visit Barbados at the Shallow Draught, the small-boat harbour beside the deep-water port in Bridgetown. You check in at the gift shop and board the yellow vessels there. The listing covers the crew's tips as well as the dinner and the bar, so the evening is paid for in one go.
Three caveats. This is a beach swim, not a snorkel trip: the listing does not mention snorkel gear. It says the cruise is not suitable for people prone to seasickness. And it is silent on languages, group size and pickup, so plan your own way to the Shallow Draught. The listing also marks it as likely to sell out, which is a reason to book a specific evening early.
The listing does not mention pickup. The Shallow Draught sits beside the deep-water port in Bridgetown; agree any taxi fare before you set off.
Find the gift shop at the Shallow Draught, check in, and board the yellow catamaran.
The live steel pan starts as the boat heads along the coast, with the open bar running.
The boat stops at a beach for a swim, with the drinks still flowing on deck.
A full buffet dinner as the sun sets, then the cruise back to the Shallow Draught, three and a half hours after you set out.
The cruise, the staff, the food, and the atmosphere were great! Thoroughly enjoyed the excursion.
I loved how helpful the tour guides were, how much food and drink was available to us, how quickly they clean up.
The cruise was beautiful
Had a wonderful time highly recommend, crew were absolutely Fabolous and so so friendly
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From the Shallow Draught in Bridgetown, the small-boat harbour beside the deep-water port. Look for the yellow vessels and check in at the gift shop.
Yes: a full buffet dinner served as the sun sets, plus an open bar and the crew's tips.
The listing describes a swim at a beach stop and does not mention snorkel gear. For snorkelling in the evening, see the coastline sunset cruise.
No. Steel pan was born in Trinidad and Tobago in the late 1930s, according to the United Nations. It is played across the Caribbean, and this cruise brings it on deck.
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