Rated # 1 Private Tour by TripAdvisor
2023 & 2024!
Welcome to Discover Nantucket Tours & Discover Nantucket Bike Tours!
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Whether this will be your first time to Nantucket Island, a return trip, or if you have been coming to Nantucket for years, booking a tour with Discover Nantucket Tours and/or Nantucket Bike Tours will give you an in-depth, surprisingly interesting, and absolutely fun tour of Nantucket Island. Whether your tour is by bike, on foot, or by scenic drive, we will show you the rich and unique history, along with the breath-taking nature and scenery of the island. Let us show you all the hidden history, intrinsic nature, and scenic gems that Nantucket has to offer. At the end of the tour you will be able to impress and amaze everyone with your newfound knowledge and appreciation of Nantucket island, it’s history, and it’s unique culture and people.
Discover Nantucket Tours and Discover Nantucket Bike Tours are also a mix of fun trivia as well as local insights on the island. The tours are great for visitors of all ages and interests and are family and dog friendly too!
Hugh Lloyd-Thomas, Owner/Operator
Hugh visited Nantucket in 1986 while on vacation from Australia, to meet for just the second time his soon to be parents-in -law, and immediately fell in love with the island.
When Hugh and Beth moved to the US in 1991, the tradition of regular visits to the Nantucket began. If you ask Hugh’s children where they grew up, they will say Nantucket from all the summers they spent on the island.
After living in Connecticut and Virginia and travelling to Nantucket every summer, and at other times during the year, Hugh and Beth moved to Nantucket in 2018. Hugh started Discover Nantucket Tours in 2020 and purchased Nantucket Bike Tours in 2022.
Hugh has been referred to as “Mr. Nantucket.” “He knows EVERYTHING about Nantucket – quite incredible!!! ” A “walking encyclopedia”. “Very professional, knowledgeable and fun”. “…(and the) best vacation tour we’ve ever experienced” by tour guests.
When Hugh is not taking guests on tours he can be found walking his dog Bogart on the beaches and the moors of the island, volunteering for the Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket, and riding his bike around the beautiful island of Nantucket.
All Tours:
The beginning of the walking, biking and scenic driving tours includes a brief introduction to how the island was first formed, the history of the Wampanoag Native Americans, early European settlement, the development and decline of the whaling industry, island culture and heritage and the decline and rebirth of the island.
NOTE: Please understand that all bookings are tentative until confirmed, after a reservation review. All tour times are subject to availability. Please call: 917-716-5973 to confirm if you do not get a confirmation call or email. Thank you for your understanding.
