El Yunque Rainforest Guided with a Waterslide, Beach, Dine, and Shops Tour

Ruben was great, especially as he paid attention to each person's needs. He helped me navigate the climbing and was wonderful to my granddaughter as she navigated the falls with him.

The tour was excellent. Devin was the tour guide and was very pleasant. The price compared to similar tours was the most affordable..and gave you more bang for your buck (El Yunken & Luquillo Beach…not just El Yunken like the other tours). My son and I had a great time!

We did this excursion with our 16yo and 9yo. The guides were nice, but the “excursion” consisted of a short descent from the road, through someone’s back yard to a river with a cool rock water slide (packed with people) where we spent 20 minutes taking turns going down the slide. We then “hiked” 200 feet to a much smaller rock water slide that emptied into a small pond where you could jump off a rock into the pond. After 20 minutes at this spot we “hiked” back up the hill to the road and took the bus to Luquillo beach where they let us roam for 2 hours before taking us back to hotel. A real disappointment - not at all what was advertised or explained on the phone when we booked. This is not a hike in the rain forest. The rock water slides are fun but not worth the cost or travel time. Luquillo beach is nothing special (food kiosks, shops and a beach) - you can easily go there on your own.

The so-called hiking tour stopped at a water slide for 80 minutes with 5 minute walk. Didn’t even enter the park to see the real rainforest. Wouldn’t have gone if I knew this. The beach was okay. Stopped for 2 hours including “lunch time”.

Waterslides were great. Mini Waterfall was also good. I wish we hiked into the forest and learned more about rainforest flora and fauna in person.

Overall the tour was very enjoyable - the guide was really knowledgeable and gave a bit of history and context about Puerto Rico during the drive. The rain forest is one stop with a very short but steep hike down to the natural waterfall that they are great about guiding to do safely and you can do as many times as you want. Then you go over to a swimming area and can jump off a rock into water. It is not easy terrain and some tricky wet rocks to navigate. Second part of trip is going to a public beach where there are many kiosks/restaurants lined up to eat. Each part of tour was 2 hours. The beach was fine but we were staying in Condado area and frankly the beaches there were nicer. The 2 complaints were the tour had ~30 people with about 8 different hotel stops - we were the second pickup and thus on the bus from our hotel for 75 min til rainforest. Second, we went around Christmas time 2021, when Omicron variant was rampant. On the initial ride to rainforest, all but one woman and the guide were wearing masks on the bus (guide never wore a mask), after the rainforest 1/3 bus stopped wearing masks, and after the beach, my family was the only ones wearing masks (on a mini bus with no open windows). Since the tour required masks, it was a bit unfortunate there was no attempt to enforce it on the bus.

This was a really fun adventure. Ruben was awesome, lots of fun, and knowledgeable about the area. He made sure everyone was safe and enjoying their time. Once you get down to the natural water slide, all of the rocks are limestone and very slippery. Ruben recommended socks, which did help… but if I did it again I would bring skyzone socks or barre socks. Something along those lines with a little extra grip would be amazing.

AWESOME tour! An awesome way to get some added fun into your trip while in Puerto Rico. Devin was the best tour guide ever! Very knowledgeable! He made sure everyone had a great time!

We enjoyed our time on this trip but I wish we toured the rainforest. We did enjoy the water slide, and the tour guide was knowledgeable.

Don’t hesitate, book the tour now!!!! We stayed in San Juan near condado beach. Transportation was provided and they were very punctual. The tour guide kept me updated on the transportation as well. It was about a 45 min drive from my hotel but it honestly felt like a 15 minute ride because the tour guide made it fun. He gave us some history lessons and kept us laughing on our way there. It did rain the day of our tour but it made the experience better in my opinion. The trail wasn’t bad at all. Very easy to hike. It was kind of short but that was probably due to the weather. We wasn’t able to go to the beach but he had alternatives for us that made up for it. We visited 2 local food towns and we were also able to drink. All of the tour guides were so welcoming and fun. Overall, it was a great time and we took lots of pictures!