St. Marthe Darnvi

Exploring Saint Lucia’s Gems

Darnvi St Marthe always wanted to make sure that in all his ventures he was doing something that he enjoyed. With a background in the hospitality industry, Darnvi nurturedP his creativity and innovation and eventually took his hobby of adventure and discovering new, fascinating places in Saint Lucia and made it a flourishing business.

“Saint Lucia is always full of surprises and the main goal is always making sure that the customer is satisfied and is experiencing something new.” Here is everything the founder of 758 Excursions, Darnvi St.Marthe, had to share about his journey of showing everything St.Lucia has to offer.

Who is the face behind 758 excursions?

Darnvi: I am the face of 758 Excursions. I have been a chef for over 20 years, well-established in the industry. I am also a family person – married with two kids. I was born and raised in Babonneau. When I do the tours, I am usually quiet, just observing and supervising the activities while my team takes care of the group and creating the experience for them. My passion is what I’m doing right now - unique things, different from the norm, discovering places, building stuff like transport vehicles.

Tell us about your journey as a chef…

Darnvi: I started working at Corbones (an Italian restaurant) washing dishes as a summer job, while still going to secondary school. I always admired how creative chefs could be. I was always looking over the chef’s shoulder to learn as much as possible. In form 5, I received an offer to become a cook at the same restaurant. I then climbed up the ladder in the industry and became the Head Chef at Coco Palm. The position as Head Chef then became very demanding. While it was something that I enjoyed – I lost out on time with my family.