Catalina Island Day Trip from LAX area hotels with Undersea Adventure
Description
Spend a day on Catalina Island off the coast of Los Angeles. Get picked up from your hotel. Transfer to the Catalina Express terminal and check in. You'll enjoy a smooth 1-hour ferry ride to the island where you will have free time to explore the island. You will also enjoy a 45-minute undersea adventure. Discover Catalina's abundant sea life! This tour does not have a private guide when you are on the island. You are free to explore. The only scheduled tour will be the Undersea Adventure. tour time will be provided with final confirmations from Operator.
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Itinerary
Soak up vistas of the sprawling Southern California coast on your smooth 1-hour ride to the island. Located 22 miles (35 km) off the coast, Catalina Island (formally Santa Catalina Island) is a world away from the hustle and bustle of the mainland, a picture-perfect destination full of charming beaches, palm trees and rolling hills. When you arrive in Avalon, the island’s largest city, you will walk over to the pier for your Undersea Adventure!
Go below the surface of the Pacific Ocean on this 45-minute underwater excursion and come face-to-face with Catalina's abundant marine life as you cruise five feet below the surface in a spacious, climate-controlled cabin. There is also a live guide who will highlight points of interest along the way. Everyone has their own seat and port hole but you are also free to move about the cabin as much as you like for different viewpoints. You will have free time after your tour to explore beautiful Catalina Island and enjoy some lunch on the promenade. After your day on Catalina Island, you'll board the ferry for the ride back to Long Beach, where you’ll be picked up and taken back to your hotel for drop-off.
Dine at the most beautiful outdoor beach front. Snorkel, rent Kayaks, have cocktails and more. Items not included in your package and are at your expense.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick-up at 8:00am to 8:30am (based on your hotel/pick-up location)
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Total tour duration is inclusive of hotel pickup and drop-off, round-trip ferry ride and activities on Avalon.
Reviews(3)
The starting out instructions were wonderful for the entire day. But unfortunately the driver they had come pick us up came way too early and we sat around for over an hour waiting for the boat. Once we made it to the island we never received our inbound tickets to go home later that afternoon so I had to go back up to the ticket booth and request a set from them. More time wasted that could have been spent roaming the island which is beautiful.
We felt the package was very confusing and a little misleading. While looking at what to expect on the tour, we thought we were getting a guided tour of Avalon along with the underwater adventure. We found out when we got there that was not included. Also, the instructions were not real clear. Ourselves and another family on the tour had no clue what to do when we got to Catalina and there was no one around from the company to help us. The shuttle to Long Beach was great and the driver was on time. The pickup shuttle from Long Beach back to hotel was a little confusing too. We got a text of instructions for the pickup after we were already on the shuttle. And the driver did not want to take back the other family with us. Catalina and Avalon is beautiful but overall the tour was disappointing and not what we expected.
The excursion was good. I love to introduce new adventures to my family so this worked well for a homeschooling mom. I do think that thety gave a false sense of being COVID-19 compliant. There was nothing keeping people 6 ft apart and there was no mention to encourage it on the ferry rides and the undersea excursion. I do feel that they are more focused on making money than the safety of the public. During the undersea excursion, one person didn't have her mask on the entire ride until we returned. One of the staff clearly saw it because she spoke to him closely at least 3 times.
