Speedbådseventyr til snorkelplads og naturlig pool

Had a really fun boat ride with awesome guides. Definitely recommend it!

Never had the experience. Was told we had a pick up at our lobby at Barcelo beach . At the time of pick up we get a text asking us to get a ride down to the security gates. Which is quite a ways from the lobby. When we told the it wasn’t possible we had to cancel our excursion. They than refunded our money..

This was one of the worst experiences on our trip. It started out by us meeting promptly at the Capitan Cook restaurant, shuttled out to another spot further down on the beach with another couple. There were no life jackets and we were traveling with two small children, 9 & 10. He was screaming at other men in boats, asking them for life jackets while he was speeding around the shore. I was clutching my kids, while we bounced around on the boat. Someone eventually threw some discolored old life vests at us and he motioned for us to put them on while he sped down the coast in choppy waters. I panicked and fumbled my way with the life vests, quickly trying to buckle them on my kids. As soon as I finished we had arrived. He jetted us to a rally point where we had to finish paying for our excursion. We were then rushed into an old ratty “speed boat” that reeked of fuel. Immediately we were stuck because of a broken fuel pump. Shortly after spitting out some fuel all over us, he got the boat going again. The fumes of the engine made me sick, as we putted to a location further away. My daughter began to get motion sickness. Our first stop was a natural pool of water. He stopped the boat and my son and husband got out to look around the shore while my daughter and I stayed in the boat, since she was feeling so bad. After about 10 minutes, he called them back and we rushed to see “dolphins”… which I thought was going to be an area where dolphins frequently swim at. It turns out to be a floating jail that houses approximately 20 dolphins in four separate pens. It is a terrible sight to see, their fins popping out of the water as they swim in circles in these tiny cages. I don’t know how this is even legal. For an additional fee, they let you go and swim with them and take photos. We were disgusted and he drove us to the next spot for snorkeling.We arrived at another rally point where he tied us off. Someone threw him some horrible snorkeling equipment that I am certain was not disinfected whatsoever. The water was very choppy and we were too close to other larger boats as well as other speed boats… our boat kept hitting the big party boat, and we were next to ropes. He had us jump off the side of the boat, near metal latches that could easily rip someone’s skin open. My kids were thrown all over the place by the water, my daughter still sick, we kept getting pushed towards the mess of ropes and boats and pinch points… I got back in the boat after 3 minutes of struggling and I was so worried my daughter or son would be crushed. After 10 minutes, we all got back in the boat. This was supposed to be a private excursion to avoid other tourists, and there we were with several other boats, with the noise of boats, and the smell of gasoline and being thrown around by the waves. Once we were in the boat, he raced us back to the rally point, as we struggled with our vests once again, where he dumped us off for us to wait for our ride back to Capitan Cooks restaurant. After waiting what felt like forever, we decided to walk back to the restaurant by foot. This was the worst experience on our trip. Don’t be fooled by the photos or the words. The price they quote is always high, I believe we ended up paying $140 for four of us, and that was way too much!! This felt like a tactical military training exercise that was traumatic and very dangerous. Had it been a more relaxing and less rushed experience with some time to explain safety and the plan, I would have happily paid more, with a tip for the driver. But it was obvious they were in a hurry to get us in and out as quickly as possible, ready for the next victims. He even cut our trip short by 45 minutes, blaming the weather.

Miguel was an awesome tour guide. He was pleasant and fun. Thank you so much for making this a memorable event.

Beginning to end…… Pick up was 20 minutes late. Short drive to the beach from resort. Straight to lil speedboats. It was my husband and I in one and two brothers in another. There was a dude with us in the boat the whole time. So not like shown in the advertisement, in boat alone. He started the boat and drove away from other boats anchored. Then gave us control told where to go every turn. Stopped out at snorkel spot. Guy pulled two mask and snorkels from his bag, cleaned face mask with soap, but not snorkels. Thankfully I brought hand sanitizer so we rubbed that all over mouth pieces then used them. Cringe!! Guy jumped in with us to take a bunch of photos then he left us to snorkel for maybe 45 minutes. Some fish but sad looking coral reefs, mostly dead. Cute little tropical fish and that’s about it. It’s peaceful under water so we kept our heads in the entire time. Then back to boat. He drove us out, then to the “natural pool”?! Literally a shallow bit of the ocean near the shore that all party boats were anchored at. Each blasting different music. Immediately sellers with $20 pina’ colada’s, no thank you! Even sellers with souvenirs. They’re so creative but the costs are way too high! After a lot of sellers and loud music, we were ready and asked to go back. Back to the beginning and another seller offering pictures taken during excursion. Couldn’t pull them up so we left. Our driver was kind enough to allow us to grab some local Dominican food on the way out. Dropped us at the resort about 3 hours total turn around. Notes:This excursion was day 5 of our vacation and by day 2 we were sick of the sellers and their extremely expensive items -taking advantage. Most travel destinations appreciate tourism and there’s a collaboration with tourist and locals, exchanging goods at a reasonable rate. Not in Punta Cana! Heard Puerto Plata is very different and local people charging local prices no matter who you are. That’s what we’re missing in Punta Cana. Overall, I wouldn’t do this excursion again. We could have skipped it all together. The other brothers didn’t even have a mask and snorkel for both of them. One chaperone had to give his after he took our pictures. Cringing again.

Poopee was a really great guide. We loved this boat tour!!! Good music, great people, we will go again!

Poopee was amazing great experience had a great time with me and my three kids. We saw stingrays and nurse sharks, parasailing, and then went snorkeling.

I had a blast Franklin our Tour guide was the best take us to swim with the fish and see the coral reef and dolphins last stop was the natural pool recommend it to anyone