St. Lucia Food and Rum Tour: Taste Local, See Local

Taste your way through St. Lucia's villages and farms in one afternoon

A guided food and rum tour of St. Lucia covering villages, plantations and local stops across four to six hours, with a live English-speaking guide, air-conditioned transport and hotel pickup. You taste the national dish (green fig and salt fish), fresh tropical fruits, spice rums, local snacks and homemade cocoa tea at stops including Morne Fortune, Marigot Bay, Anse La Raye, Canaries and a working farm where you roast cashews the local way.

Step-by-step itinerary

St. Lucia Food and Rum Tour Highlights

• Enjoy hot bakes and coco tea at Kaye Savann
• View capital city from Morne Fortune
• Visit Glamity's Bar or Antilla's Brewery for food sampling
• See historic Marigot Bay
• Taste bananas and tour rum distillery in Roseau
• Sample fish fritters and spice rums at Anse la Raye
• Taste national dish and snacks at Del's Rain Forest Cafe
• Optionally visit Cacoa Sainte Lucie chocolate producer
• Enjoy views of the Pitons and Soufriere attractions
• Explore Tony's farm and roast cashews
• Sample unique spice rums at local bar

The Experience

The tour starts with hot bakes and cocoa tea at Kaye Savann, a light breakfast stop with views that set the pace for the day. From there the route moves through Morne Fortune for aerial views of the capital city, then branches into food and drink: either Glamity's Bar on Saturdays (island-style grilled pork, blood pudding, local sides) or Antilla's micro brewery on Thursdays (a tour of how they produce their unique beverages). Marigot Bay comes next—a historic anchorage where the 1967 Doctor Dolittle film was shot, now a stop to take in the setting itself.

The heart of the tour sits at the banana plantation in Roseau and the St. Lucia Distillers, where guides walk you through how bananas grow and how rum is made, then you sample at least 22 different St. Lucian rums. The route then reaches Canaries, where you spend 15 to 20 minutes at Del's Rain Forest Cafe tasting the national dish, breadfruit with salt fish and coconut curry, plantain chips, tamarind balls, guava and ginger fudge, and goose berry jam. An optional stop at Cacoa Sainte Lucie (about 20 minutes) lets you see how a local resident named Maria hand-crafts organic chocolate bars from St. Lucia's own cocoa plants.

Tony's farm is the highlight: you cross a stream to reach it, start with fresh coconuts, then taste unique fruits—tamarind, sweet oranges, mangoes, papaya, sugar apples, golden apples—and explore the tropical plants, lemongrass, pineapple farm and green seasoning garden. The activity here is roasting cashews over wood fire the local way. The tour closes with spice rum—what locals call moonshine—fermented with fruits and other foods for six months to a year, tasted in a variety of fruity flavors. Throughout, the air-conditioned vehicle and live guide handle the logistics; you move through the island tasting as you go.

What’s included

• Local breakfast and lunch at multiple stops.
• air-conditioned transport throughout.
• live guide in English.
• hotel pickup.
• tastings of at least 22 St. Lucian rums plus spice rums.
• the national dish, fresh tropical fruits, homemade cocoa tea and local snacks.
• a cashew-roasting activity at the farm.
• views of Morne Fortune, Marigot Bay and the Pitons.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availablePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by The Other Tour St. Lucia

Is this one for you?Book this if you want a guided tour with hotel pickup and an air-conditioned vehicle—you'll move through villages, farms, and distilleries on a set route rather than self-driving or planning stops.

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Top questions

What is St. Lucia's national dish that I'll taste on this tour?

The national dish is green fig and salt fish, which you taste at Del's Rain Forest Cafe in Canaries alongside breadfruit with salt fish and coconut curry, plantain chips and local snacks like tamarind balls and guava fudge.

How many different rums do I get to sample at the distillery?

At St. Lucia Distillers you sample at least 22 different St. Lucian rums, and later in the tour you taste spice rums—fermented with fruits for six months to a year—at a local bar, so the rum tasting spans the whole day.

What happens at Tony's farm, the highlight stop?

At Tony's farm you cross a stream to enter, start with fresh coconuts, taste tropical fruits grown there (tamarind, mangoes, papaya, sugar apples and others), explore the fruit trees and gardens, and roast cashews over wood fire the local way—an activity you do yourself.

Is the tour suitable for families with young children?

Yes, children are welcome from age 1, and infants can sit on an adult's lap or use a specialized infant seat if needed; the tour is suitable for all physical fitness levels.

What's included in the tour price?

The tour includes local breakfast and lunch, air-conditioned transport, a friendly live guide in English, hotel pickup, views of towns and villages, and all the food and non-alcoholic beverages at each stop; fees may apply if you choose the optional rum distillery tour.

How long does the tour take?

The tour runs four to six hours depending on how long you spend at each stop and whether you choose optional visits like the chocolate factory.