Sep 5, 2025
A great afternoon! - Worth every penny! You get to see the entire shoreline to the west on your trip to turtle beach. Our driver was amazing navigating the waves and was able to adjust to some slight boat issues and got us to the turtles. Less turtles than expected but it was a great snorkel experience.
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Jul 22, 2025
Turtles and Swimming! - Honestly, my husband had such a great time. Captain Sam informed us very well on the day and the activities were well fun!
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Jul 20, 2025
Unforgettable experience! - Amazing experience! It was a speed boat for about 20 people. We left at 9:30 and came back at 2:30. The cruise ship was leaving at 3:30. So it was perfect timing. We went to 3 different beach spots. Swimming with turtles was unforgettable! My 10 year old son and my husband jumped from 36 feet cliff. They said it was awesome.
If you have a tendency to be seasick it might not be for you, the boat went pretty fast.
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Jul 30, 2025
Great experience - Simple wonderful experience!!! The island is paradisiac and every corner is special, the sailors were kind, the boat was comfortable, throughout the tour were always offered drinks and diving equipment available for everyone on board. Seeing the turtles was exciting! The only point is that the stop time in the locations was fast, about 30 minutes each, could be longer. Worth every penny.
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Jul 29, 2025
Really fun if you're good with adapting - Great overall experience with a few notes: definitely on the adventurous side and youre not guaranteed to see turtles. Beautiful beaches though and the cave was really cool. Be prepared for a couple hours on open seas that can get really choppy; not for the faint of stomach.
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Jul 22, 2025
Not recommended - The boat trip we found really nt pleasant. It was a very fast boat where the boat came down with huge blows due to the high waves and the speed. I was shot once in the back which made it difficult for me to breathe, they then slowed down a bit and gave me a pillow. There are even people who got off halfway and returned to the hotel by taxi
I expected more from the blue cave (but that’s just me😉)
The turtles on piscadero we found sad to see those animals being hunted by the tourists there not to mention the man who exploits the animals there...
The drinks on board were only offered once while we had to keep our cup during the whole tour... no idea why...
Also the guidance did not explain the places where we stopped...
I don't think this tour is recommended and an activity I regret booking
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Jul 20, 2025
Don't do it. - Would not recommend. The boat ride back to the dock was absolutely awful. The seats on this boat were not great to sit in.
The captain and his colleague were not attentive to anything and did not speak to us unless we asked questions. Did not tell us about any beaches or anything we drove by. Just kind of slowed the boat down to let us look.
Once we were at the cave the captain told us to jump in the water and follow his colleague into the cave. The colleague already left most of us to head to the cave.
The beach that we were able to visit and swim at was absolutely beautiful, but docked the boat so far out, that it was a long swim to and from shore.
Overall, the experience to see the sites were beautiful. But I would choose another way to visit these sites.
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Jul 24, 2025
Painful & Captain Does NOT Care About Your Safety - Worst boat trip you can take on the island. I’ve done multiple boat excursions in curaçao and this was horrible. To start off, the captain was late. He didn’t apologize or say anything about being late. Second, I noticed that I did not see a single life vest on board and life vests were NEVER mentioned by the captain, so if something happens you’re screwed. There’s nothing the owner can say in response to this to make the life vest situation better it’s just straight up unacceptable and unsafe. You’ll notice that the extreme lack of safety will be a very common theme. Third, the captain barely talked to us at all. You will not be told anything about the stops you’re making. The most he said about Turtle Bay was to talk to “the turtle man” and nothing more than that. Fourth, when we finished in the blue room the captain just started swimming away back towards the boat without saying anything and leaving people behind. We didn’t even notice he started swimming away until he was nearly outside of the blue room. He can’t even be bothered to say anything to his own guests. Fifth, the captain acted annoyed that he even had to show up and do his job, which explains why he barely talked to us at all. Sixth and MOST IMPORTANT!!!!! THIS CAPTAIN DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR SAFETY!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DONT GO ON THIS BECAUSE HE WAS SPEEDING SO FAST ON THE WAVES AND IT RESULTED IN MULTIPLE INJURIES!!!!! The captain was hitting the waves head on with FULL SPEED. This results in the boat slamming extremely hard back onto the water. One of these waves he did this on slammed us down so hard that it simultaneously hurt my and my finances spines. My finance has to go to the doctor and is in constant pain because of that slam. My back is also in constant pain but not as bad as my fiancé. And the captain did not care at all. Only the other passengers on the boat cared to ask him if he was okay. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO GO THAT FAST AND SLAM US PASSENGERS DOWN THAT HARD!!!! I do not care at all what the owner responds to this with- ITS JUST UNACCEPTABLE!!! No excuses from the owner will ever make this okay. This business needs to be shut down or get a responsible captain. It’s very likely you or your loved ones will get an injury of some kind!!! It felt like he was going that fast just because he wanted to finish the tour quickly. The captain acts like the passengers are a nuisance and inconvenience to him. Nothing the owner may say in response to me is an excuse for this captain’s behavior. If he owner tries to contradict anything I say, he’s either lying, hiding the truth, or diminishing the severity of their reckless boating practices.
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Jul 17, 2025
Terrible - We went to the pick up site no one was there. We walked around, asked strangers and called the operator multiple times no one answered. Never got to experience anything. No email, phone call, text… nothing. Ridiculous
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Jul 10, 2025
Don’t book - Tour guide didn’t show up for the tour so we were left standing on a pier for an hour trying to reach them. Visitor was also not able to reach them and 24 hours later still no response to Viator on why they didn’t show up. We had asked to be rebooked to the following day no response ever. We only had one more day left of our trip and the other turtle tours were full. So disappointed. I read the reviews and saw this has happened before but as a travel agent I sell this tour and wanted to experience a tour I actually sell. There were positive reviews so I took a chance I shouldn’t have. I obviously will not ever recommend this tour again to my customers. I strongly discourage people from booking this unreliable tour.
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