Tortuga Island Day Tour, Puntarenas.

Daniel and Marcos were delightful and very attentive. Served fresh cut fruit on the boat ride over to the Island…stopped in the way to snorkel. Served a great lunch on an uncrowded beach…. Would highly recommend….

To start with the positive: the crew was friendly. The boat was set up to hold about 12 people unlike the other companies that hold 20 or more on same size boat. They were very flexible based on what people wanted. Snorkeling pretty decent. Not world class (no fault of tour operator of course) but good and very little current. Nice beach area on Tortuga island with lots of tour boats in the area. Neat rock formations with photo ops from the boat. We didnt see dolphins but we live in Florida and see them all the time anyway (once again, no fault of the tour operator). Did see monkeys which is neat. Now the negative: first and foremost I booked a private tour and was assured by e-mail that would be the case. It was not. 2 other families were on the boat so I clearly paid too much as well. Also, as other reviews have noted about finding the place, apparently there is no place. I was to meet in front of a restaurant. There is a small dock directly across the street but it is not theirs. You have to crawl down a rock embankment and board from the beach. No big deal for us but elderly or infirm it would be impossible. Finally, we were to meet them at 8:30, again verified by an e-mail they sent me, we arrived at 8:05 and waited. At 8:45 I asked another tour operator if we were in the wrong place and he was kind enough to call them so they could come back and get us. Apparently they had already left! I have done many tours in CR over the yesrs and they are typically very well coordinated. this one not as much. If you have read this and are ok with it do it. Its fun. It just would have been nice to have the proper info from the outset.

We had the best experience ever with Isabella and the crew. The captain was fabulous and the mate was so much fun. They were very accommodating and made our experience amazing. The island was great and the snorkeling even better. Would absolutely do it again in a heart beat.

Everything was wonderful. The staff/crew were friendly and attended to our needs in a pleasant fashion. We got to experience many adventures and they were all facilitated professionally and with ease. We had a bunch of fun :-) Well worth our time and investment.

Fun crew, interesting stories, beautiful sights and a very tasty lunch :) All the best on one ship: the best captain, the best assistant and the best guide. Puravida guys :)