Hop aboard a catamaran for a snorkeling tour to the most beautiful underwater ecosystem of the Dominican Republic. On this full-day, all-inclusive experience to Catalina Island, you'll enjoy clear turquoise waters, a private beach to relax on, and a selection of refreshments at the bar overlooking the ocean. For lunch, a Dominican feast is prepared by a local chef. When booking, you have the option to upgrade to the VIP package to include fresh Lobster with lunch.
Posted By : m_lanieg740
Quite disappointed with the excursion... snorkeling is a dream (multi-colored corals, tropical fish, etc.) except that once there, nothing, neither corals nor fish! On the boat we are told that we must not touch the fish and corals, except that what little there is is 4m below us so suffice to say that it is impossible to touch them 😅
On the other hand, the private beach afterwards is really great, and we saw more tropical fish there Basque on the “coral reef”! In summary, very expensive for what is offered!
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Posted On : 2024-05-06 08:04:15 
Posted By : Jaime_R
There are parts that were alright but this was by far the worst excursion we have booked. I don’t normally do reviews but this had me reconsidering my choices and that I should start doing the whether they are good or bad. I was really excited for this but so disappointed. It was unorganized for pickup. To many people for one boat and for the beach to lounge. We didn’t even have seats at the beach. Getting in the water was a bit difficult because it’s so rocky but the water was nice and great to swim in . Super clear. The food was alright but they said we could upgrade to the lobster for my husband when we got there but could not. They would only upgrade us to shrimp which was $25 for 1 skewer. The guy said they were misleading people with the lobster. There seemed to be a disagreement between the workers from the different areas as they were arguing in Spanish. The workers didn’t speak much English for us to completely understand what was going on at all times. The snorkeling was good but have had a better experience especially when we were given goggles that were so worn they were blurry and were not given the actual snorkel to go with it. The drinks were small at the beach and you had to make multiple trips so it got to be pointless. Overall it was not a good experience and I would not book it again.
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Posted On : 2024-04-23 20:44:07 
Posted By : Aliauser
The experience was mix of good and bad. Good: nice views, probably second best coral reef in Dominican republic area (if you are lucky to get clear water), 3h for snorkeling and swimming. Bad: overloaded boat (80-100 people, many without shade in full sun for whole day), slow transfers with multiple changes (From our hotel it took 2.5h to get to the boat, faster return), transfer from boat to Catalaina took 5 rounds of smaller boat runs, total disregard of health and safety on smaller boat transfer. How no one was badly harmed was an act of God. Catalina is worth visiting, but i would not recommend this specific tour to friends.
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Posted On : 2024-03-21 22:06:21
Posted By : DonnaCountway
Enjoyed the snorkeling off of Catalina Island
We were very disappointed in the communication experience, driver did not speak any english and boat crew had very limited english making communication vey difficult, from other reviews was under the impression that they would speak good english
Facilities at La Romana dock-discusting!
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Posted On : 2024-03-07 14:25:52
Posted By : ANDREW_B
The tour operator, Passion Paradise Adventures DID NOT PICK US UP, We contacted them after they were 25 minutes late and also after waiting over an hour, but they never responded. I also requested a refund with no response. The toured we booked had a 9:30am start time, but we got an email the day before it that we would be picked up at 7am.
It took 2 weeks and numerous emails to Viator's customer service after the refund was initially denied, but we finally received a full refund. We have used Viator for many tours for many years in many parts of the world and this was the first time we weren't picked up.
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Posted On : 2024-03-02 18:30:12
Posted By : VickiRobar
I personally would not book through here again due to the transportation and unorganized nature of our day. We started our day being picked up by a small van and proceeded to pick up a few others at other hotel. After our driver who could not speak a word of English ( i dont expect a conversation but some basic understanding should be necessary) took us to a local gas station where we were instructed to get out of the van to wait for other vans to show up and then reorganize everyone into all the vans to drive to LA Romana. The speed he drove was very unsafe. We were then dropped off in a alley way to walk to the water to meet to boat crew. Which again were very unorganized. Once we finally arrived at Catalina Island it was beautiful and you could snorkel on the beach if you had your own mask. Lunch was good. Drinks were not so good. On the boat ride back it says drinks are included but only hard liquor. They had no beer. I would recommend booking through your hotel or airline for much safer transportation options.
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Posted On : 2024-03-02 17:38:34
Posted By : Laura G
The snorkeling and island were great but the transport to the excursion was not. We were all crammed in a tiny van with no air.
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Posted On : 2024-02-29 16:59:39
Posted By : James_W
The excursion was good but I may want to look at other tour operators for the excursion to Catalina Island. There were a few delays while we were on the boat and the crew was average in their care and attention to the people on the excursion. It was ok.
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Posted On : 2024-02-17 15:42:08
Posted By : Heather_B
I consider this trip to be false advertising. It is billed as a full day snorkeling tour and yet we were only able to snorkel for 40 minutes in the whole day. Once on the island there was no place to snorkel. The island was fine and the food well prepared but if you are wanting to snorkel is this a rip off.
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Posted On : 2024-01-24 15:15:14
Posted By : kaylahN4884HA
Was very excited for this excursion, but unfortunately the transportation was horrible. Our bus was late, AC was broken. We were picked up at 7, dropped off at a random location and sat there until 9, then didn’t arrive to the “catamaran” until 11.. and we were also told it was only going to be 30 people.. our boat had about 70. We were all jammed in together.. We were gone for 12 hours, only 3 hours spent on the beach. We also were told it would be an enjoyable relaxing boat ride, not a party boat.. turns out the music was blasting and it was a party the whole time. I would not recommend this to anyone.
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Posted On : 2024-01-20 13:07:08
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