Ensenada

Top Ensenada activities

Ensenada trip ideas

Las Canadas Ecopark and Bufadora private tour

Ensenada, Mexico

5 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Explore our promoted experiences

Special Offer

Ensenada, Baja California

Shore Excursion Couples Massage

from $89.30

$94.00 $4.70 savings

Price varies by group size

Ensenada, Baja California

Horseback Riding on the Beach from Ensenada

from $64.00

Price varies by group size

Ensenada, Baja California

Ensenada Shore Excursion: Blowhole and La Bufadora Tour with Horseback Riding

from $81.00

Price varies by group size

Viator earns higher commissions on experiences featured here

Overview

Explore Las Canadas Ecopark and Bufadora on this private tour in Ensenada. Good for the entire family, you’ll get to enjoy a variety of treats including the beach, museums, the city hall, a shopping mall, and enjoy the agriculture of the region. Optional ziplines are on offer too, pina coladas, churros and tequila tasting. Children can play with baby animal cubs, like lions and leopards!

Stops at Las Canadas campamento with optional zip lines and hanging bridges, La Bufadora, and Mirador Playa Hermosa
Transport in private, air conditioned vehicle with wifi onboard
Admission fee to Ensenada included

What's Included

Private transportation
Air-conditioned vehicle

Gratuities
Ziplines are not included
Lunch
Admission fee for animal interaction

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

Museo Caracol, Bahia Ensenada, 22880 Ensenada, B.C., Mexico

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

09:30 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

arriving in a CruiseShip? our meeting point is at museo caracol, it's a big white building that's next to your cruise ship port. Don't worry if you're staying in an Ensenada Airbnb or hotel, just send us a message of your stay and we will be there!

What To Expect

Las Cañadas Campamento

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

La Bufadora

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Transportation is wheelchair accessible

Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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.

Traveler Photos

Reviews

4.5

103 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews

Reviews by Viator travelers.

We perform checks on reviews

Showing 1-10 of 103 reviews

Great Guide and Great Experience!

Mark_M, Apr 2024

Brian did a great job of taking us to our location and giving us a great history of the culture and the area. We stopped by some fave taco shops of the locals too which was amazing!

Brian was amazing

Stacey_C, Feb 2024

Brian was an incredible guide. He is amazing. Showed us and explained to us everything we wanted to know and understand about Endanada

Personalized tour of Ensenada

Jeff_J, Feb 2024

It was great to have a private tour rather than the big bus with everyone else. Our guide Eric was fantastic. He gave us the locals experience as far as guiding us to the best taco spots, fresh fruit bowls by the sea, and street corn. He even took care to give us advice about how to deal with the street vendors which was helpful. If and when we return we would do this again. Thanks Eric for going out of your way to make our experience great.

Wonderful day!

Karyn_B, Jan 2024

Brian was not like a tour guide. He was more like a good friend who wanted show us everything he loved about his home town. Brian made our experience so personal, he walked with us all around the markets and showed us the best places to go, and pointed us to some great tequila and the best TACOS!!! He just made the whole day so amazing!!

La Bufadora and PaiPai experiemce

Miguel_Z, Jan 2024

The personal, knowledgeable, experienced time with our tour guide, Alejandro was on time and patient with our schedule, able to enjoy our different destinations a great deal. We highly recommend him!

Amazing

Mele_F, Dec 2023

Had a great time with Brian and the Bufadora and shopping was amazing. The petting zoo was fun however they did not have as many big cats available to actually pet. We were only able to feed and pet a young jaguar. The Ecopark is optional so I suggest you find out what animals are available. For 70 USD we were able to pet a jaguar, monkeys and a small “surprise animal”. Wish we had more time to shop and hang out at the bufadora. That place is amazing! Brian was a great tour guide and made sure our trip was seamless and comfortable. He even adjusted our booking time due to changes in our arrival time and had a shuttle waiting for us to take us straight back to the ship.

A lovely day around Ensenada.

David_H, Nov 2023

Brayan was a wonderful and knowledgeable tour guide who told us a lot about what life is like in Ensenada, took us to great places, and made sure we ate great tacos and quesadillas!

Not worth the cost

Anitra_D, Sep 2023

The cost is for the ride to the park and La Bufadora. After arriving there it was $70 more to zipline. The best part of the trip was stopping a a great Taco place.

More info needed

Jill_W, Sep 2023

We had a very nice, kind driver who ensured we had a good time. With that being said, we booked cruise port pick up but we had zero instructions on where to meet. Also, no itinerary and that wasn't in the instructions so we weren't sure of our plans. With that being said we had a fantastic time.

I would definitely do this again

David_W, Aug 2023

This was a great experience and definitely worth the price. Bufadora was fun but the highlight for everyone, both adults and kids alike, was the ecopark. Alex was a great guide (with Naomi as the mini tour guide) and gave us a lot of educational information of the local area.

Guide was friendly and...

Brian_L, Aug 2023

Guide was friendly and zip line was fun (5 stars on these 2), but blow hole was commercialized too much and shops there over charged on foreign credit cards (beware)!

Bryan is the man!!!

Nathan_W, Jul 2023

Our guide was Brayan and he made our whole day. Super kind, speaks great English, and went out of his way to help us have the best experience possible. It helped that he knew so many people from the flea market too. We knew where to get the best deals and how to not get scammed. Ziplining was also a blast! Thanks a ton for the amazing experience.

Memorable day with the family!

Kenneth_H, Jul 2023

Eric made the trip AWESOME, very highly recommend him as your personal guide for the day as he is very knowledgeable!!! Zip lining & ropes course was amazing, a bit strenuous & physical but absolutely worth it. Tons of fun for the whole family from the 9yr old daughter to the fat out of shape 44yr old dad. La Bufadora was a nice natural wonder to see. Lots & lots & lots & lots & lots of junk to buy for the kids from vendors on the walk to the blowhole but negotiate down because they start off high as can be on their opening price. Definitely get some tacos from Lidias Taqueria when you leave the tour bus parking lot, they won't disappoint! Erik is the man you want as your guide, its a personal experience you won't regret. Erik is absolutely awesome and takes care of you every step of the way.

Just a private car and driver; no tour; no baby animals. Zip lines were cool!

Laura_L, Feb 2023

This was a just a private car with driver. Maybe other drivers do more of a tour or talk about the region, or give suggestions, but ours just drove (he didn't know much English). We went to Las Canadas. The description of the tour says "Pina coladas, churros and tequila tasting. Children can play with baby animal cubs, like lions and leopards!" - that is inaccurate. None of that was there. When I asked the driver about that, he said we had to go to Pai Pai, which isn't mentioned in the description of this "tour". We did the zip lines, which were actually really great, especially for the price, around $30 pp. The guides there were mostly very nice. It was a very cool experience, even in the rain. After that, we chose to go to Pai Pai rather than Bufadora. That place is a little odd and expensive, but we did get go in with little monkeys who jumped on us, and in an enclosure with a young jaguar and a young tiger. We were able to pet them, but not play with them. Cost for the tour option we chose was $70 pp for about 1.5 hr experience, including about 5 minutes with each young feline. After we finished, the driver took us back to the port. Driver was friendly enough, helped us walk through muddy paths, and got us to two tourist attractions from the cruise port and back.

Only took us to la bufadora didn’t complete the tour and was super lame

Neetu_D, Feb 2023

Tour guide only took us to la bufadora didn’t include the las canadas tour or zip lining. Super expensive for a short trip there was no tour. I would like a refund.

Erika was a fantastic...

Michelle_S, Feb 2023

Erika was a fantastic tour driver. She knew where to go and what to do. She was a lot of help and fun. Las Canadas Ecopark is awesome!! They were great with my kids who were very nervous for the zip line and great with the ones who wanted a little more adventure. Thank you for making our trip amazing!!

A Fun Day With Alex

Patricia_C, Feb 2023

We had a great experience with our wonderful tour guide, Alex. Our private tour was tailored to our preferences. Despite the weather and traffic conditions, Alex got us to La Bufadora ahead of the cruise ship tour. Afterwards, we spent time playing with lion, tiger and jaguar cubs, feeding lemurs and holding an Albino Burmese python. Alex returned us to our cruise ship in plenty of time. We thoroughly enjoyed our day with Alex and would highly recommend her.

Don’t Miss this TOUR!! Alex! Alex! Alex!

Kimberlyn_F, Jan 2023

Alex our guide and driver is Amazing. Picked us up on time at our RCCL port. She is Very personable which we really liked. We could tell she loves Ensenada! We went to Las Cañadas first and there was an hour long traffic jam but because she’s local she took a back road and avoided all of the traffic. We went did the zip lines and suspension bridges which were super fun. All of the people were excellent instructors and guides. One of the guides even video taped and took pictures for us. Next we went to Paipai Animal rescue eco park. To do the animal encounters tour. We got to go inside cage with the marmoset monkeys and feed them. Next we got to go in with the baby jaguar and then a baby lioness. It was incredible. After that Alex took us to La Bufadora and to Lidias Taco Grill that is right there. Most delicious tacos, ever!! Alex lead us through the vendors with no pressure to buy from any vendors. At the end of the tour we got to do a tequila tasting which was delicious and we bought tequila to take home. My family and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS TOUR! Especially for teens. Ask for Alex if you go.

Had a blast

Melissa_E, Jan 2023

Had a blast on the store. Brian was very informative. He was trust worthy and gave us all the ins and outs of Ensenada who is a great tour.

Great Cruise Excursion!

Sarah_S, Dec 2022

We arrived via cruise ship, and Carlos was great about answering questions before we came. On the day of, Alex was FABULOUS! She was so friendly and took us everywhere we wanted to go. The zip lining guides were amazing. We got to see everything we wanted to end the tacos really are as amazing as advertised.

...