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Rainforest River & Bio Bay: Full-Day Puerto Rico Adventure
4.3
27 Ratings
El Yunque National Forest
Experience the thrill of hiking, swimming, and kayaking in Puerto Rico’s Rainforest River, Luquillo Beach, and Bioluminescent Bay. Relax on the beach and savor local cuisine.
Experience the thrill of hiking, swimming, and kayaking in Puerto Rico’s Rainforest River, Luquillo Beach, and Bioluminescent Bay. Relax on the beach and savor local cuisine.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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El Yunque National Forest - La Coca Falls, the first spectacular feature upon entering El Yunque National Forest, welcomes visitors with an 85-foot (26-meter) drop. A huge rock formation at the falls’ base offers an ideal photo opportunity.
Yokahu Tour offers panoramic views of the coast and rainforest canopy from its 98 steps, a favorite stop for…
- El Yunque National Forest - La Coca Falls, the first spectacular feature upon entering El Yunque National Forest, welcomes visitors with an 85-foot (26-meter) drop. A huge rock formation at the falls’ base offers an ideal photo opportunity.
Yokahu Tour offers panoramic views of the coast and rainforest canopy from its 98 steps, a favorite stop for visitors along road 191.
Bano Oro, a man-made stone dam with an 18-foot (5.4-meter) deep pool, was built for recreation in 1936. Though no longer for swimming since 1976, it remains a beautiful spot filled with water from an upper branch of La Mina River.
Puente Roto is a popular water play area, offering swimming in a natural rainforest river. While no trails currently exist, the road provides easy hiking access to the river corridor.
- Playa Luquillo - A row of around 60 family-owned kiosks selling food, drinks and souvenirs. These kiosks vary in style, taste and price, all are open air, and some face the road while others face the beach. A laid back, casual atmosphere to kick back and have a bite.
- Laguna Grande - Bio Bay Night Kayaking in the Mangrove Forest Reserve of Las Cabezas de San Juan
What's Included
- Entry to El Yunque National Forest
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Local guide for two reserves: El Yunque and Laguna Grande Bio Bay
- Entry to El Yunque National Forest
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Local guide for two reserves: El Yunque and Laguna Grande Bio Bay
What's Not Included
- Sunscreen
- Mosquito repellent nor Waterproof protectors for electronics are provided
- Sunscreen
- Mosquito repellent nor Waterproof protectors for electronics are provided
Additional Information
Blend a little excitement to your vacation with our Rainforest River
– Luquillo Beach & Bio Bay Night Kayaking Trio!
This adventure is a full-day experience of hiking, swimming and paddling in two of the most visited natural wonders in Puerto Rico: Rainforest River Swimming and the Bioluminescent Bay in Laguna Grande, Fajardo. You’ll also have the time…
Blend a little excitement to your vacation with our Rainforest River
– Luquillo Beach & Bio Bay Night Kayaking Trio!
This adventure is a full-day experience of hiking, swimming and paddling in two of the most visited natural wonders in Puerto Rico: Rainforest River Swimming and the Bioluminescent Bay in Laguna Grande, Fajardo. You’ll also have the time to relax on the beautiful beach of Luquillo and enjoy the savory local cuisine the Kiosks offer.
- Weight limit is 250 lbs. per person
- Must be able to swim to join this tour
- Pregnant women are not allowed to participate in the kayaking tour
Location
El Yunque National Forest
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(27 Ratings)
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Hpmacy
Dec 1, 2024
Beautiful Rainforest, River, and Estuary - We very much enjoyed the view from the lookout tower, the short nature hike to the river (my young adult daughters LOVED swimming in the river) and the light rains in the RAINforest. :) We would not have needed as much time at Luquillo Beach but the shops/kiosks were fun to visit. USE BUG SPRAY for the bio beach kayaking. Great trip out--too crowded with too many tour groups on the way back but a very fun evening despite the bug bites. Snacks/water after are a nice touch. It was a long day, but would do again.
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Maria_f
Oct 14, 2024
Best birthday trip tour!! - The tour was better than what I expected! Rafael was our driver/tour guide to El Yunque and Luquillo. We had Angel picking us up from Luquillo Beach to bring us to the Bio Bay then back to our airbnb. The drivers were on time. They both were awesome, respectful, and explained what we were to expect. It was so much fun. I’ve never done kayaking, so we kept crashing into the trees in the lagoon, and Joe the bio guide had to come and rescue us a couple of times, lol. I would definitely do it again!
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Anita_w
Apr 4, 2024
Excellent but long trip - This was an excellent trip but long so not for everyone. It was about 12 hours. The staff were all helpful especially Raphael and the organisation was good. I liked it because we could do everything in a day. The rainforest is beautiful and l loved the swim in the freshwater pool. I liked having time to chill at the beach and eat seafood in a kiosk café. The bio bay was quite hard work kayaking as we had not done this recently but we managed and the experience was worth it. Lovely scenery (mangroves) and stars. Quite a unique experience.
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Dawn_s
Jan 29, 2024
Fun for all ... again - This is the second time in 4 years that I have chosen to do this excursion package with a grandchild. Both times the boys, 10 and 13 LOVED it. They will have an adventure to remember forever with their grandmother. With that said, the tour company made this experience wonderful for both young and old and someone in between as well, as my daughter joined us. The tour guides were funny, and did a great job at teaching us facts about the rainforest and Bio Bay that we didn't know in an entertaining manner.
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Bianca_p
Jul 24, 2023
Beautiful experience - This was an awesome experience. Our driver/rainforest tour guide Ralphel was awesome. The beach and kiosk was the perfect rest and recovery time to get ready for the night kayaking. All the guides at kayaking were amazing. Everything was beautiful and the guides and drivers was fun. It was an experience of a lifetime.
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822jenng
Dec 7, 2024
Staff was great - save your money and rent a car - Rent a car and go see the rain forest on your own time, the beach break portion had lots of great restaurant's and shops- the beach was filthy - lots of trash....the bio bay canoeing was about 20 minutes there and a total of 15 minutes to see the glowing plankton which I included covering your head with a tarp with other canoe guest....not worth $300 total for the two Of us- if it was half the price, it be worth the time.
The transportation and knowledgeable staff were amazing!! Save yourself some money and do this excursion on your own time.
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P7470nnjenniferr
Oct 23, 2023
Rainforest - Awesome, Bioluminescent Tour - Meh - The rainforest portion of the tour was amazing. Rafael did a great job of sharing information and being engaging and it was beautiful. The bioluminescent bay experience was not what I was expecting at all, and considering the additional cost of this part, I definitely would skip it . There was a large group of women that had no idea how to kayak and they made it very difficult for those of us that were comfortable in a kayak. I understand though that really can't be helped, but the group of women was loud and obnoxious too, and so that also detracted from the overall experience.. However when we got out to the bay, the guides strapped all of the kayaks so close together that we couldn't put our hand in the water to move it to experience the bioluminescence. I have done one of these before in Florida and the guides let us be spaced apart so we could each experience it. It was very disappointing. I would highly recommend the rainforest tour part though. Bring water shoes and a towel so you can swim and enjoy the water and dry off before getting back in the van. And also bring a snack if you can't wait until after 1:00 p.m. to eat lunch.
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277barbc
Feb 12, 2023
Great tour company, skip the beach and do the other 2 tours separately - Definitely skip the beach, it was disgusting-no bathrooms and so much trash everywhere! El Yunque was nice but not what we expected, we only saw some small gecko's, no birds or other wildlife. There were nice views and a waterfall. If you want to do these tours I would recommend doing the forest and Kayaking tours but don't do them all together. Kayaking was pretty cool to go at night and the guides were fantastic trying to make it fun. As far as bio-bay, don't get your hopes up, it was pretty minor what we saw, not like the pics. We did see some algae but not what we expected. The tour company was great and accommodating as they picked us up and dropped us off very close to where we were staying.
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Timothy_v
Nov 19, 2024
Waste. More time in rainforest or start later. - Avoid this company. The tour company tried jamming two trips together at the expense of our “ TRIO” of adventures. We signed up for a day hiking in El Yunque but we only did 2 roadside stops and then a short trail to a river to swim. Then instead of seeing more things or a decent hike, we got left at a low end strip of tourist food stalls and restaurants for FOUR HOURS. Loquillo Beach is average but lots of garbage everywhere.
Most of the trip that was active was fine. Raphael was an OK guide. But we were left for 4 hours at Loquillo Beach in the rain doing nothing. After lunch we had a walk the length of the beach and then had to sit for hours waiting while it rained and the surf was too rough to swim.
The biobay kayak was good.
Overall, beware of Peniel Tours. They don’t have their act together.
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Christine_k
Apr 22, 2024
NOT worth it as a one day event. Do each separately. - The first third of the trip to the rainforest took about 2.5 hours and we went up into the rainforest, saw a nice lookout tower, then had to go down/out of the park to find a separate entrance to go to what I thought (based on reviews here) would have a larger swimming hole and the possibility of a rope swing etc, but it was a super wimpy river bed (see photo). Not much to see. The guide Raphael made a crass joke about squirting flowers as kids that when it dried it would smell like urine. Yuk. Luquillo Beach portion of the day was advertized as 2 hours, when in reality it was FIVE hours. This was unexpected and caused us to cut the day short as I could not stand/wait that long. We had looked forward to the kayak portion, but the wait was just too much. I have requested a partial refund as this ridiculously long wait near kiosks of which 75% were not open was subpar. Do yourself a favor, do not book this as a whole day affair. Do El Yunque separately. Do the beach separately. Do the kayaking separately.
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