Welchman Hall Gully

A must see. We grabbed a taxi from the cruise terminal and our driver Mr. Smart was amazing. We asked if he'd provide us a tour of the island with the ride to Welchman Hall and then return us to Carlisle Bay. What a great way to see the Island at roughly 60 USD per person. Mr. Smart waited for us to explore the natural reserve then drove us to Carlisle Bay and came back to drop up back at the port for our cruise. No wait and it was private. Just cant beat it having to wait as with typical tours for about the same price to wait until they fill each van you can be sitting for 30 to 45 minutes.

Excellent walk through nature. Beautiful trees and scenery. The only animals we actually saw, the day we visited were roosters 🐓 who could not wait too greet you. 🤣

Monkeys not guaranteed. They say feeding between 10:30 and 12:00 but they haven’t been around for a bit. However after talking to the staff they went off to find them and encourage them down as the troop is fairly young they’re nervous of humans. If your into millipedes, snails, slugs and a couple of scrawny chickens then this is the place for you. A nice walk through the gully but not much else.

100% best nature walks, self guided path, no shortage of beautiful trees and if you are blessed you will see monkeys. They have specific feeding times, so call to confirm, after lunch time, you may see them chilling and playing.

Our tour guide William was very knowledgeable and very helpful we enjoyed our time very much in the gully. We would definitely come back again well worth the visit!

If you're a local... don't skip this. If you're a visitor, don't skip it! Such a wonderful experience. We were initially going to just walk through on our own but ended up meeting tour guide Asan, I've never had a better tour in my life. It was educational, indept and beautiful. He was teacher, photographer and guide. Book with him. I learnt names of trees, vines and fruits.

Any opportunity to see a monkey, is an opportunity I will take! Luckily we were blessed with a fantastic series of monkey interactions here in Welchman Hall Gully! Our first experience was about 10 minutes in as the monkeys were walking down from the back of the gully towards the entrance. This was around 12:00 PM. We just sat enjoying the monkeys as they passed by. Afterwards we proceeded to walk through the entire park area. The environment is unique and interesting. We found an area where the cave roof had collapsed which we enjoyed to see. On the way back we got to the visitors center and the women at the front told us to come to the back because she was gonna feed the monkeys. That was the best part of the experience. It was so amazing seeing the monkeys tear through bananas! That was around 1:00PM. We were some of the only people there for about an hour and a half. Often times it was just us with the monkeys.

Absolutely a MUST if you’re coming to Barbados, and definitely have a guide, and arrive before monkey feeding time. If it was not for reviewers. We wouldn’t know the feed time is around 10AM. The monkeys are free range monkeys. They are not housed but just fed by the animal team here. This is NOT a cave but a gully! Cave that used to be a cave but it broke apart. Definitely bring walking shoes, and pay attention as the nature is literally all around you. Staff was pleasant, on-site dog, and cat made me even miss my own cat.