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Snorkeling Tour in Caño Island with Lunch

Drake Bay, Costa Rica

Snorkeling Tour in Cano Island with Lunch

6 hours (approx.)
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Explore Costa Rica's underwater landscape and get an up-close look at its rich marine life on this half-day, small-group snorkeling tour. In the morning, go to the meeting point in Drake Bay, board the boat and head to Caño Island. After a brief introduction and training session, you'll enjoy two different snorkeling sessions and opportunities to see octopuses, rays, tropical fish, and many others. Once back on the mainland, finish with a hearty lunch.

This small-group tour is limited to sixteen people for a personal experience
Instructions for beginners are provided, as well as snorkeling equipment
Explore Caño Island and its fauna and flora on two separate snorkeling excursions
A hearty local lunch is included in the tour price

What's Included

Use of Snorkeling equipment
Lunch
Snacks
Alcoholic Beverages
Coral friendly sunscreen

Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Marisqueria Roberto's
M8QM+X7M, Provincia de Puntarenas, Rancho Quemado, 60506, Costa Rica
In Drake Bay, follow the main street on the way to the beach, 200 meters after the supermarkets. Close to Roberto's Seafood Restaurant. One of our collaborators will wait for you on the beach.

Start time

07:30 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps

Not recommended for travelers with back problems
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travelers

Cancellation Policy

This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Featured review

Tena_P

Brandon was an excellent guide. We enjoyed the information he shared regarding what we were seeing above and below the water.

Reviews

5.0

129 reviews

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Amazing tour! recommended

Simona_P, Apr 2024

We really enjoyed the tour. Isla del Caño is an amazing place and everyone visiting Drake Bay should go! The organisation of the tour was perfect, we had two snorkelling sessions, some time at the island and then some time at the San Josecito beach. The last thing was a delicious lunch. Thank you very much for an amazing experience!

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thank you so much for your review Simona! We're so happy to hear you had a great time with our team! 🤿♥️

Very Well Managed Tour

Pamela_I, Mar 2024

This snorkel tour was an excellent choice. I'm in my sixties & was travelling solo. Alexa our tour operator & pro diver of Yemanya' Expiditions was extremely knowledgeable of all the safety preliminaries while out on the high seas (it was a little rough) along with the Boat Captain who was always there to assist me back onto & off the boat. After a boat beach landing, complimentary snacks & some rest we headed back onto the boat to a 2nd snorkel location. This time I was trailing behind our group (a little tired) while in the water when suddenly i spotted Brandon our snorkel guide (excellent free diver BTW!) swimming back towards me & then grab my hand! Aquaman Brandon quickly towed me swimming to the front our group so I could see all the nautical life below. 2 Mantarray's Parrot Fish Butterfly Fish Sea Ambzr Jack Small Sharks Sea Urchin etc. 🤗 it really made my day. After the tour we had a hot meal included (all excellent choices) at a fabulous place ocean side at Claudio's Grill. Excellent service & cuisine This crew made sure my trip was Fantasti!!! All my thanks to the crew! Pamela

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thank you so much for taking your time to write this review Pamela. We are so happy to know you had such a great time with us during this Snorkeling tour, thank you for choosing us! 🤿❤️

Best Snorkeling in Costa Rica

Daniela_P, Mar 2024

This was a great tour! We were very happy and excited to be able to see and swim with more than one turtle. We saw some small sharks and sting rays and lots of beautiful fish too. Our guide Cristian was very experienced and took very nice videos of the wildlife for us.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thank you so much for your review Daniela! We are glad to know you had a great time with Cristian and our team! 🤿💙

Great experience

K_D, Feb 2024

A great tour. We’d never been on a guided snorkelling tour before and Brandon was really brilliant and made it very special. Having to swim with life jackets was a little restricting. And the reef friendly sunscreen isn’t strong enough so it could be wiser to cover up with shirt and leggings. It was all perfectly timed, the rest periods, the beach stops, and the time in the water. The lunch after was yum. Def recommend it. We saw loads.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thank you so much for your review! We are so happy to hear that you had a good experience with our team and with Brandon. Certainly we ALWAYS recommend to use sun protection such as long sleeved shirts, apart from the reef friendly sunscreen that we provide on the trip. We hope you keep enjoying the rest of your trip around Costa Rica! Pura vida! 🤿🇨🇷

Brandon was an excellent...

Tena_P, Feb 2024

Brandon was an excellent guide. We enjoyed the information he shared regarding what we were seeing above and below the water.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thank you so much for your review! We are so happy to hear you had a great time with Brandon! Pura vida! 🤿🇨🇷

Must do if you love snorkeling!

Colleen_F, Feb 2024

This tour was the highlight of our trip! The snorkeling was amazing. Clear waters and we saw so many fish, as well as stingrays, sharks, sea turtles, and dolphins.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thanks a lot for your review Colleen! We are so happy to hear you had a great time with us! 🇨🇷♥️

Amazing!

Benot_F, Feb 2024

Great experience! Guides were amazing, friendly, and we saw so many animals: turtles, sharks, fish… Highly recommended!

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thank you so much for your review Benoît! We are glad to hear you had a great time! 🤿🇨🇷♥️

Can not recommend this trip

Dithe_P, Feb 2024

We snorkeled 2 places. The visibility was not good, especially not the first stop. The snorkeling was bad, and many corals is dead or way to far away. There is some few places where the corals is closer, and you can see more fishes. We also had a little stop at a beach, where we could relax or swim. It was nice. The best thing is, that we saw turtles, and the food afterwards was really good with a nice view. Kids would also could do this trip, but it can maybe be a little boring because of the missing fishes.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Hello Dithe, Thank you for your feedback. I am sorry that this activity was not to your liking. Caño Island has one of the healthiest coral reefs along the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica and it is home to 89 different species of fish, 2 species of turtles, reef sharks and much more. Unfortunately, as we mention in our briefings, we cannot control visibility/ocean conditions. We would love to know more about your experience with our team in general, so we can take your feedback in consideration for future travelers. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you want to talk more about the whole experience and if you consider we can compensate it. -Alexa Salazar.

Not quite what we expected

jamie_s, Feb 2024

Brandon our guide was great. However the tour says it includes lunch, but the lunch is only for those in Drake city. This is not specified and we stayed on a different beach. Where meals have to be ordered ahead of time. So we went almost 13 hours between meals. We received a reimbursement from the tour company but it was only 20 dollars. We haven't had a meal here for less than 40. Might be something you let people know on your app before they purchase thinking they will get lunch.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thank you for your feedback Jamie. I didn't think you would leave this review and take 2 stars off the rating as we spoke through WhatsApp about the misunderstanding. But either way, let me clarify the situation for our readers and future travelers... 1. As indicated by the well-detailed information before booking, the meeting point is at the main beach in Drake Bay, still, we are more than happy to pick up our clients at different beaches along the coast on the way to the Island (Caño Divers Beach to San Josecito Beach) as was your case. Picking up clients in San Josecito Beach means at least 15 minutes delay for the other travelers that actually get to the meeting point. Too bad you didn't mention this in your review. 2. As indicated by the well-detailed information before booking, lunch is provided in a Restaurant back in town, so clearly we cannot provide lunch if you are staying far from town, but instead we offer a $10 discount per person which is what we pay for lunch. Yes, $10 per person because we have an agreement with the restaurant as we bring our clients there everyday. Anyway, like I told you via WhatsApp, from now on we are going to remind every client to take care of their lunch when they are staying too far from the village, because it seems that there are still many people who lack common sense. 3. I consider it unfair to take 2 stars off the rating as there were no problems during the tour and as you have mentioned several times, you had a good experience with our team, we provided water, iced tea, a little snack of fruit and cookies, we have made a refund and I apologized straight up for not being even more specific the day before the tour about you having to organize your lunch at your lodge. Hopefully you can get back and join us for lunch next time. Best wishes from Costa Rica, Alexa Salazar.

Amazing experience

Sebastien_B, Jan 2024

Amazing experience even for our child. The guides are wonderful and very understanding/accommodating. Every moment of the experience was perfect.

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Thank you so much for your review Sebastien! I'm glad to hear you and your child hd a great time with us! 🤿♥️

I‘d do it again!

Sarah_B, Jan 2024

Claudio knows the area so well and he is such a fun guy! Also the food was great with vegan options.

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Thanks a lot for your review Sarah! We are happy to hear you had a great time with Claudio!

Thank you Alexa for a wonderful day

Sophie_C, Jan 2024

Alexa was a fantastic, friendly and very knowledgeable guide. The tour was well organised. I lost count of the number of sea turtles we swam with. We also saw sharks, puffer fish and moray eels. On the way to the island we saw dolphins and humpback whales. An amazing day, worth every penny. The lunch was also excellent.

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Thank you so much for your review Sophie! It was a pleasure to guide you. <3

Great Experience

xw5zc7gc55, Dec 2023

I had an amazing time with Yemanyá Tours. Ery friendly, one beer and lunch at one of the best spots in town included. We were one of the first out at the island and saw turtles, sharks, fish, etc. we were lucky enough to see whales and dolphins while on the trip to and from the island.

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Thanks a lot for your review and for choosing us to live this experience!

Great island, average tour

Stephanie_S, Dec 2023

We saw many, many turtles and a big school of fish. On the way to the island, we saw two humpback whales— a mother and calf. The staff was friendly and helpful. We had to contact them via Viator for confirmation of our permits. They didn’t mention that they’d have no water on the boat— we assumed they would because they were taking care of lunch. A canteen to refill water from would be ideal. The tour was supposed to be 8 people max, but we were two groups on the boat and, therefore, in the water. The lunch was in Drake bay at main beach, which felt like it was not really necessary since we could just go to that place on our own (probably for less money).

Response from Host, Dec 2023

Thank you for your review Stephanie! Every single review help us to keep improving and provide the best experience in town which is our main goal. Still, I find your review a little disappointing. I just want to clarify a few things... 1. We always contact our clients the day before the tour when they book trough a platform such as Viator/TripAdvisor and not directly with us. You contacted us through phone call a couple of days before the tour just to make sure we had your reservation to which I immediately replied and as stated on the information before booking, entrance fees to the island are included. 2. We do have water and Iced Tea available on the boat any time clients ask for it. Our fail that day was that we forgot the canteen at the beach (honest mistake). But we did offer Iced tea instead to which you didn't accept. I completely understand your discomfort about it. 3. When clients book the tour with us directly, we make sure to provide all the information such as meeting/departure point and time, duration, what to bring, what's included and what's not... We had a huge boat that day with room for up to 22 people, there were 15 clients and 2 guides, we ALWAYS keep small groups in the water and always try to look for Snorkeling spots with less people, your group had 8 people, so I'm trying to understand what was wrong there... 4. Again, when you book trough Viator/TripAdvisor you have the full description of what's included in the price and what's not... Lunch is included at one of the best restaurants in town (second best restaurant to be specific) so believe me when I tell you, it would haven't been any cheaper to have lunch there by yourself. Sometimes we get clients that don't want to get the lunch and want to do it by their own and we are more than happy to reimburse that money if needed. 😊 Our lunch includes a portion of fruit, natural juice, main dish (different options from the menu) and ice cream for dessert, so I would say $10 for it is quite cheap for Drake Bay and Costa Rica in general! It would have been so nice from you if you mentioned your discomfort so we could have done something about it.

Cano island snorkeling

Reinier_R, Aug 2023

Was a great trip, saw seaturtles above and below the water. Lot of fishes and lunch was great! We had a great time!

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Thank you so much for your review Reinier! And thank you for choosing us!

Best guide and a lot of fish

Nick_H, Jul 2023

Brandon our tour gide has very good. He knew a lot about the fish and Turtles. He was very enthusiastic and loved to share his knowledge. He helped us by taking videos and photos on bigger depths and found a lot of different fishes. We saw two kinds of sea turtles the green and the hawksbill. Suring the trip to the island we saw a mother humpback whale with a baby. Must do trip.

Response from Host, Jul 2023

Thank you so much for your review Nick!

Great tour with lots of sightings!

Lynsey_L, Jul 2023

My niece and I had a great time on this trip. We saw tons of sea life and our guide, Alvaro, was fantastic at pointing out different species to us. Cano Island is stunning and I highly recommend this tour.

Response from Host, Jul 2023

Thank you so much for your review Lynsey! We're happy to know you had a great time with us!

Had a great trip to Caño...

Catherine_C, May 2023

Had a great trip to Caño Island with our guide Brandon. The boat was big enough for our group (only 6 on the tour) and it was very well organised. Initial boat ride took about 45 mins-1hr and then spent a good amount of time in the water in 2 different locations. They provide refreshments and snacks and a lovely lunch after. Highly recommend!

Response from Host, May 2023

Thank you so much for your review Catherine!

Good way to see the beautiful underwater nature of Caño Island.

Johan_W, Apr 2023

We saw plenty beautiful reef fishes and a few turtles and other sea creatures. The guide explained what we were seeing and dived deep to point at interesting sea creatures. He also helped taking underwater pictures when it was too deep for the camera owners to get near to the bottom where the fishes were.

Response from Host, Apr 2023

Thanks so much for your review Johan!

Great experience!

Anastasiya_V, Mar 2023

We took the tour in December 2022. It was well organized, the guides provided clear instructions about everything. We managed to see many different fishes, turtles, etc. I was a great day overall!

Response from Host, Mar 2023

Thank you so much for your review Anastasiya! We are happy to hear you had a great experience with us in December. 😄

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