ucfan Posted March 10, 2006 #1 Share Posted March 10, 2006 For all of you experienced cave tubers, would it be appropriate for an older woman (75) to go on this excursion? She is the adventurous type! Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRHMadonna Posted March 12, 2006 #2 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Dahling...my vote is yes...especially if she is the adventurous type. Our cave tubing group included 9 women ages 58-78 and we did fine ....Bear in mind we are all 'walkers' at home and most of us love the water. We had 2 non-swimmers who wore life jackets and were placed up front near the guide. We had a blast & would do it again in a New York minute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ucfan Posted March 12, 2006 Author #3 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Thanks so much for the reply, we'll see what happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex_toby Posted March 17, 2006 #4 Share Posted March 17, 2006 The actual tubing part is a breeze. Your guide does all of the work and you just have to sit and float. I vote yes as long as the 40 minute trail walk will be do-able. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denham33 Posted March 18, 2006 #5 Share Posted March 18, 2006 We just went tubing 2 weeks ago, and had a woman in her early 70's with us. When our guide confirmed that the group wanted to walk the extra 8 minutes to go through the 2nd cave, she was the first to say yes! The hardest part of the walk is near the beginning, the rest is fine. I'm in my early 40's but quite out of shape, and I did fine. A big hint however. Do NOT do the ship excursion if you're worried about the tubing part of it. We went with Yhony at Cavetubing.com and were taken care of completely! Like an earlier poster said, once you're in the tube, they do all the work. We watched the ship excursion people when they entered the water (as we were coming out of our 1st cave, that they never got to do). There must have been 100-200 people! They were all just going in on their own; very chaotic. Our guides just led our little "train" of tubes right by them, and kept us in the safer currents. With Cavetubing.com you get 2 caves, plus go down-river farther than the cruise tours, and it was half the price (we paid $45 pp, the ship-RCI Legend of the Seas- was charging $98!). With these guys, as long as you are walkers like someone above mentioned, go for it! It was the highlight of our cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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