This tour was NOT a city tour!! We received a long sermon on the history of Mexico based on the guide’s personal opinion. We were taken to the Guadalupe cathedral in Puerto Vallarta, then to a jewellery store and leather store, encouraging us to buy items there. There were no other stops in the town itself. We were bussed to a tequila sales place and plied with many samples of tequila, for at least 45 mins. I do not drink alcohol!!! By now it was 2:30, we then were lead to a small local restaurant, which was surprisingly good, the only good thing about this tour. This was a total waste of my precious time. The tour was to be 5-6 hours, it was 9 hours before we were returned to our resort. Extremely disappointing tour.

The place we landed was amazing. The experience was fantastic. Very disorganized on the the time things started. Left hand didn’t know what the right hand was doing. Also, on the boat ride to the place, the MC/guide needs to SLOW down when speaking. Spoke broken English (which is understandable), but nobody in our group could understand what he was saying, not because of the broken English, but he was talk way too fast. Also, every excursion we have been on stated no gratuity, but they all had their hand out and expecting a tip. It is fine, we tipped on the excursions, just even though it states no gratuity, be prepared to tip.

If you want a tour where you get to see a little of everything, this is it. While it says it takes 5-7 hours, you should plan on 9-10. Best parts of the trip is the little town in the mountains where you eat lunch, which was fabulous, and tour the tequila distillery, and the shopping in the flea market. We could've done without the jewelry store stop, although it didn't detract from the tour. Big shout out to our guide, Miguel, aka Pedro, aka Bolita, and our driver Alfredo! Miguel was very informative and fun and Alfredo can drive a bus like a mini car, fitting us in everywhere!