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El Yunque Rainforest Tour with Transport from San Juan

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El Yunque Rain Forest Turisteando En El Encanto

6 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

Immerse yourself in nature with a guided tour to El Yunque Rainforest. Hike through the jungle and enjoy time at two waterfalls, two water slides, and a rope swing and cliff jump. Includes photos and video captures of the experience, including from the waterfalls. Life jacket, snacks, bottled waters, and transfers from San Juan included.

Visit El Yunque Rainforest from San Juan
Includes life jacket, snacks, and bottled water
Relive the memories with included photos and video captures
Round-trip transfers from a central location in San Juan

What's Included

Local guide
Waterfalls, water slides, rope swing, and cliff jumping experiences
Photos and video captures
Life jackets
Water

Lunch

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel San Juan
105, 3529 Avenida José de Diego, San Juan, 00911, Puerto Rico
We depart at 8:00 am from Doubletree By Hilton San Juan at Gallery Plaza. If you're staying in Rio Grande, Luquillo, or Fajardo, we can arrange pickup from there.

Start time

09:00 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
Not recommended for travelers with back problems
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions

Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
If you have knee and back problems, this tour is not recommended
Not suitable for individuals with obesity concerns
While the excursion explores the El Yunque region, it does not visit the El Yunque National Forest, managed by the U.S. Forest Service
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers

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.

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Featured review

Shawn_W

Your guide was great. Place was beautiful and fun but not for the out of shape. This is a challenging hike through some difficult terrain but fun to do. Great natural water slide and cliff jumps into water. Your going to get very wet and muddy but it’s all Greta fun and worth it. Tour guide was knowledgeable and friendly and I would for sure do this again .

Reviews

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Brittany_B, Apr 2024

So incredible!! It is a very intense and rough terrain to get through but SO much fun and adrenaline! Do it! tour guides were amazing and fun as well.

The BEST part of our trip!!!!

Joann_S, Apr 2024

The absolute BEST part of our trip!!! Gabriella was so VERY sweet and kind!! Hanser was extremely patient and polite with all of the kids. We had sooooooo much fun with all of the tour guides!! I can’t remember all of their names. Can’t wait to come back and do it again…….with this group! Thank you for showing my family a wonderful and safe time!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Great day and experience!!!

Michelle_K, Apr 2024

Alejandro and his co-guide were very safe and diligent to the group. They are pleasant and extremely helpful. Without them we could not have achieved the challenging areas of the hike. Highly recommend this journey!!!! So fun and the teenagers loved it

Challenging hike, but worth it

David_U, Apr 2024

The hike itself is not for beginners or people not in very good shape. The trails are rocky with lots of roots, so you really have to pay attention where you step. There are also a few very steep climbs and descents, so it’s very important to be wearing the right type of shoes. The waterslides and swimming holes were great. Make sure you wear what you’re going to swim in because the bathroom is rustic, to be kind, so I changed on our bus. The guides were awesome and knowledgeable and truly entertaining.

Great family excursion

Lataysia_B, Apr 2024

Our tour guides were amazing and very informative, they really made our experience memorable! We met new people everyone was wonderful and friendly.

Exciting!

Bradley_S, Apr 2024

cliff jumps and rope swings and rock slides. the hike thru the rain forest was fun beautiful and at times kinda hard.

Best tour guides!!

Cole_S, Mar 2024

Book this excursion now - best hike ever!! My girlfriend and I had the most memorable trip to El Yunque with the best tour guides we could have asked for. G and the crew were all amazing, funny, informative, and made safety a priority. It was a seamless trip from pick up to drop off. The views were amazing and the water was so clean and refreshing to jump into! There are so many things to do (waterfalls, cliff jumping, and rope swing!) The crew made our group feel like family - we were all cheering each other on. After El Yunque we even got to stop at Luquillo beach for lunch - we had delicious food and got to see a new beach! It was the perfect day and worth every dollar!

Great experience :)

Chase_R, Mar 2024

This was an amazing experience! Our guide Alejandro was very energetic, informative, and helpful throughout the whole tour. He also made us feel very safe and provided us with encouragement during the more difficult parts of the hike. I would definitely recommend booking this tour if you are hoping to explore El Yunque.

Fab!!!

callie_b, Mar 2024

FABULOUS!!!! the hike, waterslides, and rope swing were wonderful and we got a great lunch afterward!!! *NOTE* bring close toed water hiking shoes, also, the hike is more intense than you would expect, it’s TOTALLY worthwhile and I loved it, wear sunscreen too lol

Great time except the food/souvenir stop

Jeanne_R, Mar 2024

The rainforest and waterfalls were excellent. The guides were very friendly and nice and helpful with hiking the rocky & rough terrain. The only negative to the experience was we stopped on way back at a strip with food and souvenirs which was fine. We were told we had 30 mins and be in bus at 3:30. We then didn’t leave until after 4:00 bc “some people” wanted to stay longer which was not anyone we spoke to on the bus. We waited over 30 mins on a hot bus with no communication we were staying longer. Then the long hot ride back to drop off. This unfortunately just left a bad swing on the end of the day. Better communication would have helped. We wouldn’t have sat waiting in the bus for the extra 30 mins. There were probably 15-20 just waiting and wondering what was going on. The guides took excellent pictures and gave to us all free of charge which was so nice and often these deals charge for such. It was a great experience! Just wish better communication with the stop departure.

Totally lame

Kimberly_G, Mar 2024

After waiting 40 minutes to be picked up, a school bus finally arrived. The bus was completely full and there was no room for us. We asked for a refund, were told by Javier of the tour company Turisteando En El Encanto LLC that we could get a refund. We then contacted Viator since we booked through them and the refund process was initiated. I just got a notice from viator saying our refund was denied and that Turisteando claimed we were the ones who didn't want to go because we could not sit together. Of course we would have liked to sit together as a family but THERE WAS NO ROOM on the bus as everyone was crammed on there. There were 2 seats for the 4 of us. I guess they wanted us to stand? We ended up driving ourselves to the waterfalls and it was super easy to get to them. Do it on your own or use a company who doesn't cram a bunch of people on a school bus and have such a big group with no room.

Excellent!

Diara_M, Mar 2024

My cousin and I had a great experience with our Group. It was such a memorable time. Great way to end my birthday trip to Puerto Rico. Will definitely recommend this to anyone visiting. A 10/10 experience.

Best experience!

Diego_C, Mar 2024

Hanser , G , Jean and his team were amazing! They made sure everyone was safe and having fun. They did not rush but made sure we kept pace. Compare to other tours going around, we definitely had the most fun team!

Great tour and guides

Kenya_M, Mar 2024

The tour guides were very attentive and knowledgeable about the different areas of the rainforest. They made the tour fun and even provided us with water and snacks. The pick up and drop off points were very easy to navigate as well.

We weren’t sure what to...

Eric_R, Mar 2024

We weren’t sure what to expect based off of the reviews read. This specific tour requires quite a bit of physical effort. We got extremely muddy, walked through and along the river to the trail. Negotiate boulders, climb rocks, and over roots. This continued throughout most of the 30 minute hike. This is an adventure! We loved and wished it was longer. The natural water slides are not long but fun. Listen to the guide on how to go down the slides. There are multiple cliff jumps of different sizes. The rope swings are fun but not high. For me, the best part was the climbs, I could’ve went all day. It was more crowded than I’d liked as multiple tour companies use this spot. Our guide Hanser took pictures and airdropped them when we were done. He also took us by maybe the best sandwich shop I’ve been to on the way back. Authentic and inexpensive compared to the resorts. Some cautions, shoes are recommended by the company for good reason, you cannot go barefoot and need good grip. They will get wet as you wear them the entire time. Possibly ruined. You can and more than likely will het scraped up or scratched at some point. This is all part of the adventure. Highly recommended.

Great experience in El Yunque, would definitely book again

Brynja_R, Feb 2024

Our guides (Alejandro and Sevas) were fantastic! They had great senses of humour and were also very helpful when we were doing the more difficult parts of the hike, giving boosts and footing advice during the trickier climbs. Also, the place we stopped for lunch afterwards (at your own expense) was great--a little place on the side of the road with authentic food and delicious fresh fruit smoothies.

Fun adventure

Shannon_M, Feb 2024

The adventure of the hike to get to the waterslides was an experience on its own. Too difficult for my 7 yr that stayed back but my 10 yr old loved the adventure of it.

Excellent Trip!!

Michael_M, Feb 2024

Alejandro is an excellent and entertaining guide that really made the hike enjoyable, fun and exciting.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thanks for the review!

Recommendation for amazing landscape

Donna_I, Jan 2024

The landscape was amazing. Our guide was knowledgeable, timely and friendly. Definitely recommend taking this trip if you are in good physical health.

El Yunque Adventure was AMAZINGGG

Imani_A, Jan 2024

Alejandro was a great tour guide, he was very informative and knowledgeable. I would recommend to NOT wear water shoes or sandals and to bring hiking boots or hiking sneakers. The hiking trail was very muddy and rocky so just be aware.

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