El Yunque National Forest Guided Tour with Transport
Description
On this tour, you'll be picked up at your place of stay and driven to El Yunque National Forest, which is about an hour from San Juan. You’ll experience El Yunque National Forest through the eyes of our passionate guides. You’ll be guided and listen to live documentaries about the cultural significance of this place to our Puerto Rican ancestors. This tour will give you a lot of knowledge about the importance of the tree species, wildlife, and mountain land to the people of Puerto Rico. The tour lasts about 5 hours from pick-up to drop-off, including driving time, three different stops within the forest, and a stop at a local place for souvenir shopping and lunch before making our way back to San Juan.
Tour Options
Itinerary
We’ll visit visit different places within the forest including but not limited to the Yocahu tower for a nice unobstructed view of the east coast of Puerto Rico and the forest itself! We will visit waterfalls, rivers and more.
This majestic 85 foot tall waterfall will be seen from the vehicle. No stopping area
We’ll visit one of the many swimming areas that the forest has to offer, where we’ll have the opportunity of enjoying a dip into fresh water straight from mountain top.
a place built during 1930's by the CCC as a recreational area.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We will contact you a day prior to tour to give you exact pick time! we'll pick you up at the valet parking or lobby of the selected hotel, all of our vehicles have our company name on the side.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(487)
The tour guide the isaac was phenomenal
This not a reflection on the guide but overall not worth the value. Likely better to save your money and get an Uber to the rapids and the tower.
This was great! Isaac was an amazing guide and was extremely knowledgeable on the forest. The waterfalls, swimming, and lunch spot after were incredible.
Excellent tour guide, Isaac was absolutely amazing! The tour through the rainforest was wonderful, we learned so much. We would highly recommend this tour to anyone who is going to visit Puerto Rico.
Ingrid was the best tour guide! I highly recommend this to anyone wanting to go explore the rainforest but not having to do excessive hiking.
Ingrid was simply amazing as a guide leader for our group. She picked us up bright and early at the hotel on time we drove to the rainforest she took us to the river for a nice swim and jumping off a short little ledger cliff, and then we went on a little hike. We went into the rainforest and she told about all the plants and fauna. This was at El Yunque National Forest. We hiked and saw the grand bano, last we stopped at the waterfall. On the way home, we stopped at a Roadside stand and had incredible pork rice and beans grilled chicken on a skewer. Overall is an incredible day.
Isaac was a great guide. As soon as he picked us up, he started giving us information about Puerto Rico and the rainforest. He was interesting and funny. He explained everything we would do, and then gave us information about the forest and wildlife at each activity. We were not sure about clothes or shoes to wear, but would definitely encourage wearing comfortable shoes and not sandles or flip flops. The swimming hole where we stopped was fun to see, but you don’t have to go in and so you don’t have to wear a bathing suit. As others have said, it was not a difficult trip, as the hike was not long, and fairly easy to walk. Overall, it was a great day.
This was a great introduction to El Yunque! Ingrid was an amazing guide. She was very knowledgeable about plants, fruits, creatures, and sites of the forest, and provided us info about cultural and social significance of these. If your interest is mostly to see several major sites in the forest, this tour is perfect! We hiked a bit in to stop at a swimming hole, got to go up the tower to see the views, walked around the old swimming hole, and stopped at a waterfall. I do wish we had done a bit more actual hiking of the forest, but I understand that many of the trails have been closed since Hurricane Maria. And this tour definitely felt more like an intro to the sites rather than an excursion into the forest. But I enjoyed it overall. For the price, it was a great visit. The food stand on the way back was also wonderful. And now I just have more of a reason to come back to explore more!
This was a great way to experience El Yunque, particularly for folks who are not looking to do much hiking. There were a few stops on the trip — first to a river swimming hole, then to two spots in the rainforest for pictures and views, and finally to a roadside restaurant. Our tour guide Ingrid was very kind and enthusiastic. If you are looking for an active hiking trip, this isn’t it! But if you want a light way to see the rainforest, this is a good option.
Ingrid was so knowledgeable about the rain forest flora and fauna. The river was very refreshing.
