Saipan Private Tours

with Walt F.J. Goodridge

The Jamaican on Saipan!

Experience the history and the mystery!

Saipan in a Day (Saipan)

I call this tour “Saipan in a Day” because we start at 9:00am and end at about 4:00pm, and regardless of your particular focus, you’ll experience the full range of what Saipan has to offer—diverse history, vibrant culture, breathtaking scenery, and significant landmarks.

We’ll probably meet and interact with local folk as well to round out your experience!

Each tour is private and tailored.
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World War II Pilgrimage (Saipan)

I’ve had quite a few guests whose male relative (father, uncle, family friend) participated in the Battle of Saipan, Battle of Tinian and others in the Pacific Theater (Iwo Jima, Tarawa, etc.).

Many have come in order to retrace footsteps, match photos of “then” with the reality of now.

Here are just two examples who’ve agreed to share their experience during their pilgrimages.

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Cruise Ship Shore Excursion (Saipan)

• Your tour begins the moment we pick you up at the dock, until we drop you off from half-hour to an hour before the ship leaves. (We've been doing this for years, so you can rest assured, you won't miss the cruise ship's departure). That standard tour option puts you in vans of 12-15 passengers, each van has its own driver/guide, and we tour the island as a convoy. I participate and oversee so that all goes smoothly.

• As cruise ship arrivals are a once-a-year (or less) event on Saipan, we typically arrange tours months in advance. We request full pre-payment (change the quantity for the number of people you are paying for). Don't worry, though, the payment is 100% REFUNDABLE should you cancel or if the ship does not dock for any reason. (We actually had such a situation a few years ago. Here's what one customer wrote (unsolicited) on Tripadvisor.com about her experience getting her refund.

Shore Excursion Itinerary
(Subject to change due to weather conditions)

• *American Memorial Park Visitor Center & Historical display
• *Court of Honor memorial
• Chamorro/Carolinian memorial
• *Documentary "An Island Called Saipan"
• Pillbox at Puchot Minton point
• *Japanese tank on bunker at Red Beach; First major tank battle of Pacific war
• *famous Sherman tank in lagoon
• *PRIVATE RELIC COLLECTION
• Susupe Lake
• Former Saipan Garment factory district
• *Yellow Beach (First landing beach; view of Tinian)
• Voice of America compound
• Coral Ocean Point
• *Ladder Beach
• *Obyan Beach large circular bunker + great scenery
• *As Lito Airfield outdoor relics (tank, power plant, torpedo, anti-aircraft guns)
• *Bomb Magazine
• Air raid shelter
• Lau Lau Bay golf course overlook (Greg Norman designed)
• STUART TANK ON GOLF COURSE
• *Forbidden Island overlook
• Mount Tapotchau (highest point on island)
• *Banzai Cliff (war related; also with spectacular view)
• *Suicide Cliff (war related, also with spectacular view)
• *Bird Island
• *Last Command Post
• Japanese Light House

A Trekking Adventure (Saipan)

The Forbidden Island trek isn’t for the faint of heart!

This military group was here for a battlefield study that included trekking as well as a day on Tinian to witness the site of “The Perfect Amphibious Assault.”