Breathtaking Tayrona: Cristal Beach Paradise Awaits!

If you are looking for a tour that offers you a caribean beach you should book this tour. However, if you except like me to get a ton of information about the Park, Indigenous, Plants and Animals than you should definitely book a different tour. The beach/ocean is nice though but not what expected and hoped for.

The trip was selling a package it did not provide ! They advertised it has a snorkel tour which it wasn’t ! You had to rent the gear separately at an hourly rate ! I have been on many snorkel tours in Belize , Mexico and Cuba and the gear is not an extra but part of the package !

Playa Cristal is very beautiful and good for snorkeling. The only issue is that they don’t rent snorkels since the pandemic, you only get a mask so the experience is a bit less enjoyable. The guides were nice and the lunch was great as well.

We wanted to visit Taryona and Crystal beach. Tour only took us to Taryona even though we paid for the all included tours. Owner is very nice but…. He blamed us for having chosen wrong tour. The boat is fast but oh so uncomfortable. Packed like sardines and very hard to get on and off. Boat operators are not very useful. Taryona beach is nice .

A lot of hussle te get in, difficult for non spanish speaking people to get tickets. People at the counter were very unfriendly. Parc is really beautifull, but very very crowded (we were not there in the weekend nor high season), so no birds or other animals. First beach is much better then the adviced Cabo st Juan. Don't bother to walk another 30/45 minutes to get there. It s extremely crowded there. Conclusion: just a beautiful but expensive hike and swim!

The views are absolutely beautiful. The beach itself is limited and not the nicest The guides, Julio and Vello, were lively and very nice as well as informative. The whole tour to us was a bit overwhelming. A lot of time is wasted on getting the entrance bands and foreign tax. The whole trip you are bombarded with costs for this or that additional offers, like snorkeling which has a cost of $45.000 pesos for 30 minutes or $50.000 pesos for a covered area with 4 plasic chairs). Once you get to Playa Crystal you place your food order. If you choose the snorkel option, it's another time consuming event to sign in and get life jacket and face mask. Pictures are an additional cost and so on. We felt there was to much administrative things to do before we could finally rest and enjoy the ocean. Expect tourist prices like $5.000 pesos for a water bottle.

They told us to respect the park, to gather our garbage, they told us that music is prohibited in order to protect nature... Words, just words... I never saw so much garbage in the sea, music was everywhere and everything was so dirty. Bathrooms were just a nightmare and food was disgusting. I've been in many other similar places around the world, Costa Rica, Panama, Zanzibar, but nothing was like that. It's a sin because this place will be destroyed in 10 years.

This was a great day at the beach. Our hotel pickup was timely as were the events of the day & the drop off. The beach was beautiful and the waters perfect. As expected, food & activities were slightly overpriced, but both were delicious! As English speakers with only beginning to mid- level Spanish skills, it was difficult to understand and be certain what was going on. My advice would be to make a friend or two on the ride and when in doubt, ask your friend. Overall, we had a blast!

We had an excellent and relaxing day on the beach. It was the perfect experience. If you want to go make sure you wake up early. It was worth it. Excellent views.

It was very nice, the pick up was comfortable. But remember, that foreign people need to pay a fee to get in.