Bahia Island Hopping: Itaparica & Frades Paradise Tour

We're all aware that most trips on Viator are actually WAY less expensive if you contact the agency directly. But we agree to pay because Viator kind of guarantees quality and a couple perks more. This, unfortunately, was not the case. I asked around, and the agency price for the trip has around 20 USD, and I paid roughly 3x that. And again, I'm all in if it's worth it, but: - Really packed and uncomfortable boat. - The trip was supposed to last 8 hours and it lasted 11 because: - One of the boat's engines broke down and we had to wait for another ship to come tow us. And I mean, these things can happen, the problem is that: - They waited for almost AN HOUE before they told us what was going on. - Overall quality felt really poor.

Great experience. Would haven been better if they had English translator but was a beautiful adventure.

This was one of my favorite experiences while in Bahía. Our guide, Wilson was incredibly friendly, patient, and kind as he guided us to the boat and translated everything the boat captain was saying. Wilson is also incredibly knowledgeable about the history and culture of this place. I enjoyed learning about the origins of the samba music that we were listening to during the boat ride. The samba musicians were friendly and played great music. The first island we went to had the most amazing beach - I could have spent many days there if I could, as the water was so calm and warm. The lunch we had at the second island was delicious. We sailed back as the sun was setting and got amazing views from the water. Our group can call Wilson a friend, because we had so much fun getting to know him and truly enjoyed his company.

Very good excursion with a boat and good music on board. The staff and the musicians are very kind. The island are great too. We had a lot of fun!

This tour is definitely overpriced for tourists. You can get on the same tour by going to the port and purchasing it there. A friend of mine ended up on the same boat as me but only paid AR$60. Even though we indicated English on the form, all instruction on the boat were in Portuguese. With all that said, I highly recommend this tour because the beaches were very nice and relaxing. The boat ride was also fun with a live band entertaining the passengers, and the food (buffet which was not included in the price) was amazing.

Beautiful beaches and secluded, if You like that. Had the whole beach to ourselves. May have been 10 other people on the whole beach. Only complaint was the long wait to get back on ferry to Salvador

First stop at Ilha dos Frades, very good beach, scenery and strucure. Second at Itaparica, just a tourist trap. Nothing more than a strip of sand and a restaurant. Beach just average. Not even a pier. Need to take small and less secure boat.

The excursion was beautiful and well organized, the guide Vicente is the island of itaparica very good in its explanations By putting somewhat deficient landing on the island of itaparica, it could be solved otherwise to not tread water

The tour is nice, despite the distance between the islands, the places are beautiful and the stop Pro lunch was in a great beach club restaurant.

I highly recommend the private tour to Ilha de Frades with the company @passeiosidf. The boat pilot "O Marujo" is very different, patient and I always ask Neto to make the tour more relaxed, in addition to recommending the lunch, which was top notch.