Private Ensenada Tour: Horseback Beach Ride & La Bufadora
4.7
45 Ratings
Punta Banda
Experience a Private Ensenada Tour with a horseback beach ride and a visit to La Bufadora. No waiting for buses or crowds, just flexibility, personal attention, and the chance to explore local life and attractions.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Punta Banda - This beautiful area is there the Ocean side where part of the horseback ride happens. Warm waters and cool ocean breezes.
What's Included
- Private transportation
- La Bufadora Geyser experience
- Shopping at Bufadora Flea Market
- 60-minute horseback ride on the beach
- Guided negotiations at Flea Market
- Guaranteed timely return to ship
- Tequila tasting featuring mango and chocolate flavors
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Horseback Instructions only on Echo Canyon Mountain Route
- Massage after tour ($49)
Additional Information
You’ll be assigned a personal driver for your excursion, avoiding any bus waiting times or overcrowded areas. You will also have the freedom to stop for additional food or shopping.
You’ll be picked up by your personal driver, who will be waiting close to the cruise port, and taken to enjoy a horseback riding activity on the beach and at La Bufadora. It will be a securely managed and flexible afternoon schedule.
The horseback ride takes place on a serene beach and estuary area away from the city, unlike the dusty hills or congested city beaches offered by other vendors.
Our horses are well-trained and pose no safety concerns. You can also ask for a guide to walk ahead of the horse.
Our friendly and bilingual guides provide you with an opportunity to delve into the local culture and learn about Ensenada, Mexico. They can also assist you in haggling at the flea market when asked.
Child seats for ensuring child safety will be offered at no additional cost on request.
The tour also offers the possibility to stop for tacos, photos, convenience store visits, or roadside vendors, or even a stop at a pharmacy.
- Weight Limit 275
- Age minimum 5 to ride alone. Younger than 5 must ride with adult.
- The travel time is included on the total tour duration
Location
Punta Banda
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(45 Ratings)
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269saraht269
May 11, 2024
Beautiful day of sightseeing - Our driver, Willie, was right on time and very sweet. We really enjoyed his company and his suggestions. He took very good care of us. When we were riding on the beach we were able to see Humpback whales just off shore! The ride was beautiful, but we had one rider that wasn't experienced enough to handle the horse well. No crisis, but it was an issue. La Bufadora was impressive and I am so glad we were able to experience its exceptional power and beauty. The gauntlet of sellers outside La Bufadora trying to get you to come buy their goods was overwhelming. If you love to haggle, and want to buy souvenirs, then you will enjoy it (my adult daughter did) but it wasn't my favorite part. It was a wonderful day and we appreciated Willie so much!
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Iris_g
Apr 16, 2024
Beautiful ride on the beach. - I had never ridden a horse before, but our guide was so confident that made me feel safe. My ride on the beach was so beautiful and made me feel at one with nature.
It was a great experience.
My guide Jose Luis was friendly, knowledge and respectful. I will recommend this activity to everyone.
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Jamie_b
Mar 26, 2024
Great day! - We booked last minute when Carnival canceled our horseback riding trip. Great driver and lots of fun!
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Scot_t
Mar 20, 2024
Great experience - This tour was a lot of fun!! But what made it such a great experience was our awesome guide Armando!! Armando helped us negotiate some deals, took us to a great restaurant, and showed us some really cool overlooks on our way back to the ship. He really helped make this day more fun than we could have imagined. The horseback riding was fun, the blowhole was cool, but I will always remember our new friend ARMANDO!!!
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Barbara
Feb 22, 2024
Perfect family tour - We had Alfredo a aguide and Agustino a a driver. We had 15 in our family and they were awesome! The zipline was fantastic and they have us plenty of time at the bufadora for shopping and tacos and sightseeing. Highly recommend! We had a large van with just our family. Perfect cruise day in Ensenada! We didn't do the horseback, but did do the zipline work 8 year olds and teens and grandparents.
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Tia_z
Feb 20, 2024
The highlight of our trip! Highly recommend - This is the best tour ever! We loved this tour. Our tour guy Oscar is so nice and helpful, love how he introduced us this city and gave us lots of tips for wondering around. He bought me some yummy candies too. The horse ride at the beginning is a little bit rough, but our guide is so helpful. We did not have a high expectation at the beginning, but it became our highlight for the trip! I highly recommended this excursion for everyone. Last thing, the owner Jesse is awesome, he was at the pick up location to welcome us as well, I feel so grateful!
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Teia_l
Apr 19, 2024
Ensenada - Horseback on the beach had some great views and experience was awesome. Blow hole was neat to see along with some great deals at the flea market.
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Chorpetch_t
Feb 6, 2024
Nice - It's very nice and recommend if you have never ridden a horse before, it is a great excursion to do.
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Matt_d
May 13, 2024
A wild, but good western ride - The overall experience was pretty good. Willy, our driver was really awesome! The horses we rode weren’t trained very well and one specifically kicked at two different horses while we were on the ride. The market was great and our driver had a lot of awesome suggestions.
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Quest21523343727
Mar 26, 2024
It is very unsafe and lucky to make it back safe. - Horse riding is a very unsafe journey, and we had three people, each people were riding one horse, but there is only one person leading the horse, one person leading two horses, while the other horse was not controlled, my 72-year-old father was riding the horse, the horse was out of control, luckily there was no accident, but we will never go again.
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