Garden of the Groves

It's a lovely diversion from spending the day in Port. Definitely worth seeing if you're a fan of tropical flora. Relaxing waterfalls trickle near ancient trees. Flowers everywhere....even beautiful during the off season! $17 entrance fee. Bathrooms on site. Guided tour extra. Wear good shoes and watch your step! Bring your camera! Overall, a delightful way to remember this beautiful corner of the Bahamas.

What a beautiful garden! It's relatively small but has a lot of character. There are ponds with fish, turtles, and ducks in them. You can have delicious lunch by the water and watch the stray cats walk around the area (but don't feed them!). Other notable mentions are that the bathrooms are clean and staff are incredibly helpful and friendly. I went with the tour guide Marilyn who had a plethora of information about the garden and was a great storyteller.

Such a lovely garden to visit. I loved the labyrinth. I walked it and then worked through each of the 6 petals of the center rose. Was so peaceful. I enjoyed the statue of St. Francis. He's my favorite Saint. Loved seeing the beautiful trees and flowers.

Marilyn was an excellent guide. This is a great excursion, relaxing and beautiful.

Garden of the Groves was an excellent stop on my Grand Bahama tour of the island.

We recently visited the Garden of the Groves as a shore excursion while visiting Freeport on a Carnival Cruise. We weren't sure what to expect when booking this tour but knew that we wanted to get away from the cruise ship area and see something new. This was a WELL-KEPT secret! We had a wonderful time with Marilyn (our tour guide) who absolutely loves this place, loves to share it with guests, and it shows! We would highly recommend a visit to this place!

After a long bike to the garden, I didn’t get to explore every corner of it. But I mainly lost interest after noticing that the garden needed to be well kept and cleaned up. I was hoping to see many different plans and flowers but didn’t get lucky. Bushes and trees needed trimming. The children playground needed attentions and definitely replaced if not painted. I was simply disappointed…. It looked abandoned. The only place that looked decent was the restaurants where most tourists hung out. Other then that I was not impressed…. I hope they put to use the $17 fee. I didn’t take any fotos of the areas that needed attention since I was so tired from pedaling over 3 hours. And there was not much that captivated my attention. Beside the restaurant area, the church and labyrinth!

A few spots here are beautiful but I can’t imagine staying here long. Maybe this is the off season? It was ok. Glad we didn’t make it an all day thing. We stayed for about 45 minutes. It is fine but if you have limited time here, I would definitely recommend other excursions first. It’s worth stopping for about an hour if you’re in this area for a long time. One of the tour groups spent a lot longer than us there and they seemed SO ready to go by the end lol