Catemaco & Los Tuxtlas: Veracruz's Mystical Jungle Journey

this trip was enjoyable however don't be deceived on advertisements and costs. I spent many hours looking through similar tours. some states that it goes to a cigar factory and some to a natural reserve. all are slightly different. after many hours and consulting my travel partner we chose the cigar factory included but not the natural park. turns out that our first stop was at a museum. this was unpaid and we had to pay extra. since we were in the vehicle with another family we had the choice to either pay or sit in the heat and wait on the other family. we did go to the cigar factory and the falls. we then went to the park which once again we needed to pay extra and were in a situation to sit and wait or pay. they left the monkeys for the end of the day as the highlight. we went by boat to the island. the boat stopped and we threw some bananas and monkeys came. we were there for a total of 2 minutes. they then brought us to another island were there were different monkeys. again Maybe 3 minutes tops. in total the highlight of the day lasted 5 minutes and was disappointing. in saying that I have to say our tour guide was kind and informative and I enjoyed the long ride home comparing my home culture with his Mexican culture. his company and the drive was better than the tourist trap we had fallen in for the day. He even stopped and bought some taco supplies and pinnaple juice for us. he was great but the product he represented was disappointing.

<p>this is another beautiful place of veracruz it has a lot of activities to do in one day. it take up all day but it is well worth it.</p>

Excellent Service, my guide gave me excellent Service, I recommend it to everyone who takes a tour.

I was about to finish high school I was 14 years old (I couldn’t change the date at the end but this all happened on March 12, 2006), at school they planned to take the students on a trip to Catemaco I never imagined it would certainly be an amazing experience and the best decision of my life I don't remember the names to the places we went to visit 😔 but I do not forget the camp by Mr. José the beautiful nights to see fireflies, toads and how much more to admire The waterfall I remember perfectly and just with the breeze soak you, I remember they took us by boat to reach a beach, in the course they took us to the monkey habitat we saw herons, etc. Unfortunately I have no photos of my experience and it is the only thing that hurts me but, It was definitely the best thing in my life and I am completely sure I will go again 😊...

Excellent Service, our guide Rafael, very patient and gave us excellent information of the places visited, we managed to go to all the places that were hired with enough times to visit them, good recommended places to eat, good local guides.

Excellent tour. It's worth a lot. The places you visit are really beautiful. A magnificent experience. And our excellent guide Mr. Marin knew everything about the tour. He made the distance something very enjoyable and we can say that we met a lot thanks to him. Super recommended. Visit Veracruz is very nice quiet and familiar. besides having exquisite food at very good prices. Thank you for your hospitality

Thank you very much for the attentions, very good Service, treatment, attention! Although the distances are long, it is advisable to know

The only thing that would need to be improved is the organization when picking up participants as it is a waste of time. The tour is worth it is a magnificent place. The guide was very attentive.