Excursão à Ilha de Kuriat de Iate

Great excursion, the staff was very caring and very friendly. Magnificent island to visit! I recommend it 100%.

Taxi picked us up from our hotel and driver walked us down to the boat. The boat was very busy but did manage to get seats. Boat journey itself was ok, but unlike some reviews it didn't slow down to watch dolphins. Once near the island we were transported into a smaller boat which to us to shore, however we had to wade through thick foul smelling seaweed, the smell was rancid. There was a hut that we were taken to hoping to see turtles, but there wasn't any which was disappointing. If you need the toilet, then my advice is to hold it until you get back as the toilet didn't flush and you were greeted by what others had left in there. Beach was dirty, lots of plastic waste. Only positive was the lunch which was lovely. Not the experience we were hoping for.

You have to walk through mud to get to the lagoon... You then have to wait on wooden chairs all day... The lounge chairs cost extra... I left a 5-star hotel to arrive at this swamp... Really disappointed... And yet I had booked through the service provider promo sejour... I should have been advised... The only positive points are the meal (indeed, it was good and hearty) and the boat ride (which is in no way luxurious... Do not be misled by the word yacht...). I do not understand how one can sell this type of service...

Went with very few expectations, we just like to see different things and this trip seemed very reasonably priced. We hoped to see dolphins and kept everything crossed for turtles although it was made very clear this is not guaranteed obviously. Private pick up and return was excellent, lovely chatty taxi man with lots of information. Boarding boat was fine, although very full, but we still got seats on cushions at front. Cup of water was given to everyone. Crossing was lovely, and boat slowed and stopped to enable us to see quite a few dolphins! Time for video and photos. Kuriat Island was not what we thought, very basic, not inhabited and quite smelly with lots of seaweed! HOWEVER do not let this put you off! Once you walk past the clay sand in the sea, the smell goes and the water is crystal clear. Sadly we didn’t take snorkels with us, which I wish we had as feel that would have been amazing. We were very lucky and went on a day that some of the turtles nests had hatched the night before. As nature can be cruel, some babies don’t quite make it out of their shells or down to the sea. But as this is a conservation island that protects turtles, the staff nurture those ones left back to good health and strength and release just a couple for some groups to see, and to raise awareness with a talk after. To us the trip was worth every dinar it cost plus more just to see and learn what we were taught. The food was delicious and plenty of it (two of my daughters are fussy eaters, and even they liked it!) My only critism if I am being super fussy would be that they tried to charge us to use sun loungers which I don’t think was necessary and the man on the boat back was quite forceful when passing his tip pot around, and made it very difficult for some people who clearly didn’t want to or couldnt tip. An addition I feel that would benefit going forwards would be to have someone talking on a microphone on the way over to explain everything/what to expect/ timings/ dolphins sightings etc. Best part for us without a doubt was the turtles and the education that came with it. In my opinion everyone should have been a part of that talk, like it or not! Please don’t litter our beaches or seas!!!!

This Island trip was a bit of a let down unfortunately. After reading so many positive reviews and the odd negative one we thought we'd go ahead and see how it goes. Communication and pickup went smoothly, arrived at the Marina got on the yatch went up to the top deck where for our 6AM trip there was plenty of seating on beanbags to go around, everyone looked like they had enough room. The crossing was fine, saw dolphins for a brief moment and arrived at the Island where you then have to disembark from the main boat to get on to a smaller pontoon style boat. The crew transferred everyone quickly in fairly rocky conditions. It was quite a step down and you had to time your movement with the waves and the boats being at different heights but not too much of an issue. The pontoon boat then takes less than 5 mins to take you to shore where you have to step off in to the ankle deep sea and on to the island. This is where things started being not so great... perhaps we arrived on a particularly bad day but when I say the island had one of the most rancid smells I've ever had the displeasure of smelling that is me putting it politely. I was heaving to the point of almost vomiting and I saw at least 2 other guests vomiting which I assume was due to the smell of the rotting seaweed that had washed ashore. The Island itself didnt have too much to offer, but then again it is a nature reserve so cant expect there to be lots of things to see and do. There was one toilet in a hut which on our visit wouldnt flush so that was also an experience seeing what people had left. Outside of the horrendous smell, the sea was great once you make your way past the seaweed. Very clear, plenty of fish swimming around and shallow waters for a good couple hundred metres. Lunch was pretty good too, nice bit of fish and chicken with rice and salad. We did find ourselves getting a bit bored as the hours went on. We didnt have any of the turtle experiences on our trip but perhaps it wasnt offered on the 6am - 1pm trip. I mean no discredit to the tour provider themselves, they did pretty much everything to a T. I think we were expecting a slightly different tour. Still fairly good value for money and perhaps we just went on a particularly smelly day.

The taxi driver was brilliant there and back from the hotel, simply put if your English dont bother going we had zero information for the whole trip it smelled awful even on the island the only turtle you will see is a teenage mutant ninja turtle. I asked for a drink and waited over an hour for a can of pop, the island is scruffy and full of rubbish plastic bottles etc. save your money and do something different

Nothing to visit on the island. The smell was abominable. Food rather good at lunch. Avoid it…..

There was dirty water and beach. I will not recomend this trip anymore. i can call this name “sell the dust”

Wonderful day out. Guides were great, welcoming and friendly. All took time to speak to us and chat to our little boy. Lots of options on the boat in terms of seating, depending on your stomach 😊 The food was fantastic, grilled fish, chicken, salad , spicy salad. Free water on demand. Water was crystal clear, apart from the first few metres of seaweed etc After returning to the boat, we had approximately 45 mins of jumping off the boat, swimming around in the sea etc Some negative - we weren't made aware of what time we were leaving, so the last 5 mins felt a bit rushed as we packed away all of our things The sea turtle experience, they did what they could I suppose, we saw the nesting site but that was about it Overall, not perfect, but wonderful experience, would highly recommend it, would definitely do it again, thanks again to all the staff/guides

Me and my family booked the Kuriat Island Trip direct with the company. A taxi picked us up from our hotel and dropped us at the marina. The boat took around an hour to get to the island. We stopped on the way to see dolphins swimming in the water. On the island we were given a sheltered table for us to leave out belongings whilst we swam in the Sea and played in the sand. I'd recommend taking goggles or snorkeling equipment as you are able to see small fish and find hermit crabs. For lunch we were served a platter of rice, chopped salad, grilled fish, grilled chicken, chorizo and bread. Bottles of water were included and other drinks were available to purchase at an extra cost. There was a small hut on the island with information about the Sea Turtles and we were able to see the turtle nests outside. Unfortunately we didn't see any turtles on our visit. After lunch there was more time for swimming before we boarded the boat. Then we were able to jump off the boat and swim in the deeper water. Life jackets were provided for those who wanted them. Water was also available on the boat and ice creams could also be purchased.