St Maarten-St Martin
DESTINITO - DESTINATION GUIDE
YOUR DESTINATION STARTS HERE
St Maarten-St Martin

Day trips

Day trips from St Maarten-St Martin

Islands you can reach in the morning and be back from by dinner, worked out from today's published ferry and flight times.

  • 5 islands reachable
  • 9.5h longest you can stay and still get back
St Barths — Gustavia & the beaches 9.5h on island
from $95 round trip · flight

Chic Gustavia harbour, designer shopping, and some of the prettiest beaches in the region — 10 minutes by air.

Flight · 10 min Ferry · 45 min
Out 08:00→08:45 Great Bay Express (Bobby's Marina, Philipsburg) · back 18:15
Passport $5 departure tax SXM Airport (Winair / St Barth Commuter)
Departures ↗
Saba — the unspoiled queen 9h on island
from $100 round trip · flight

A 12-minute Winair hop to the greenest rock in the Caribbean. Mt Scenery, world-class diving, tiny painted villages.

Flight · 12 min Ferry · 100 min
Out 08:00→08:12 Winair · back 17:15
Passport $10 departure tax SXM Airport (Winair)
Departures ↗
Anguilla — beaches & beach bars 8.8h on island
from $30 round trip · ferry

Shoal Bay and Sandy Ground are 25 minutes across the water. Powder-soft sand, lively beach bars, an easy day.

Flight · 7 min Ferry · 20 min
Out 08:00→08:25 Calypso Charters (SXM Airport Dock) · back 17:15
Passport $28 departure tax Marigot (French side) or Blowing Point
Departures ↗
St Eustatius (Statia) — history & the Quill 7.4h on island
from $110 round trip · flight

Quiet, authentic Dutch Caribbean. Hike the dormant Quill volcano, dive the historic anchorage, wander Oranjestad.

Flight · 18 min Ferry · 180 min
Out 08:15→08:33 Winair · back 16:00
Passport $10 departure tax SXM Airport (Winair)
Departures ↗
St Kitts
Ferry · 270 min
Out 16:00→20:30 Makana Ferry (Blues & Blues) (Bobby's Marina, Philipsburg)
No return after arrival
Departures ↗

Times are the earliest sensible outbound and the latest return that still gets you home the same day. Always reconfirm with the operator before you travel.