We cruised on the Caribbean Princess and booked the Best of Roatan tour with Bodden tours for our day in Roatan. From the cruise port it was a somewhat long walk to meet the tour, as it was outside of the cruise port gate up a hill in very humid conditions. We were met by the tour where I was somewhat disappointed to find that my family of 4 had to tour in an old, somewhat beat-up Toyota Sienna minivan with an a/c system in disrepair (I mentioned the hot air to the guide who responded that he needed to have it "checked out"). Furthermore, touring in this type of vehicle provided an obscured view of the scenery due to the window configuration. (We were expecting a tour-type bus or van with large windows.)
On the plus side, our driver was VERY nice and personable! (I believe his name was Edwerd?) He was very open to customizing the tour to meet our needs. Unfortunately, Wells Fargo unexpectedly blocked my ATM card on this date which meant I had a last-minute emergency getting cash. The driver was very understanding and took us to several banks before we finally got things worked out with our bank.
We went to Victor's Monkey Business, a monkey and sloth farm which is owned by Bodden Tours. It was great, my family thoroughly enjoyed this and it was one of our cruise highlights! We toured the resort coastal areas of town and the upscale residential areas which was really interesting.
The costs of the tour, including Victor's Monkey Business, was $30 per person, which was a very good deal when compared with the cruise line prices for comparable tours (2x-3x more expensive via the cruise line). The guide seemed very interested in making sure that we had a good time, taking photos of us and providing good commentary on what we were seeing.
Overall a great excursion, if I were booking again I'd make sure I could get a better vehicle to tour with, but a good time nonetheless!
Victor Bodden guide/driver recommendations? (MERGED THREADS)
in Roatan
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We cruised on the Caribbean Princess and booked the Best of Roatan tour with Bodden tours for our day in Roatan. From the cruise port it was a somewhat long walk to meet the tour, as it was outside of the cruise port gate up a hill in very humid conditions. We were met by the tour where I was somewhat disappointed to find that my family of 4 had to tour in an old, somewhat beat-up Toyota Sienna minivan with an a/c system in disrepair (I mentioned the hot air to the guide who responded that he needed to have it "checked out"). Furthermore, touring in this type of vehicle provided an obscured view of the scenery due to the window configuration. (We were expecting a tour-type bus or van with large windows.)
On the plus side, our driver was VERY nice and personable! (I believe his name was Edwerd?) He was very open to customizing the tour to meet our needs. Unfortunately, Wells Fargo unexpectedly blocked my ATM card on this date which meant I had a last-minute emergency getting cash. The driver was very understanding and took us to several banks before we finally got things worked out with our bank.
We went to Victor's Monkey Business, a monkey and sloth farm which is owned by Bodden Tours. It was great, my family thoroughly enjoyed this and it was one of our cruise highlights! We toured the resort coastal areas of town and the upscale residential areas which was really interesting.
The costs of the tour, including Victor's Monkey Business, was $30 per person, which was a very good deal when compared with the cruise line prices for comparable tours (2x-3x more expensive via the cruise line). The guide seemed very interested in making sure that we had a good time, taking photos of us and providing good commentary on what we were seeing.
Overall a great excursion, if I were booking again I'd make sure I could get a better vehicle to tour with, but a good time nonetheless!