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Belize cave tubing
We will be in Belize in February. We are looking into cave tubing. It
appears Xstream tubing ($60.00), Reggies Tours ($65.00) and the cruise ship ($80.00) are basically the same. I have read Xstream has fruit and drinks afterward, Reggie has nothing and the cruise ships have lunch. What is the real time frame of this excursion. The web sites seems to make you belive it is a 1 hour trip there, 30 minute walk, 40 minutes in the river and 1 hour back. This does not add up to the 5-6 hour time frame it is listed as. I suspect the bus ride is a lot longer than 60 minutes. Any recommemdations. Thanks for your help. Bernie |
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Berniez wrote:
the river and 1 hour back. This does not add up to the 5-6 hour time frame it is listed as. I suspect the bus ride is a lot longer than 60 minutes. Any recommemdations. Bernie, I enjoyed the cave tubing, I can't wait to do it again. Reggie, Xstream and the cruise line all do the same cave tubing excursion. Each of them parks in the same parking lot and they do the same tour. You will see each of the tour operators there (if you book with the cruise line, they require you to carry a life vest, whether you want it or not). When you arrive, you change your clothes (if you need to), they hand out headlights, so you can see inside of the caves, and then you go collect your inner tubes. You begin your hike, carrying your inner tube, you float down a river, you go in and out of a couple of caves, then you exit the water and you return your inner tube. Even though you book your excursion through Reggie or Xstream, the cruise line photographers may be in the river taking photos. The larger the group, the longer it takes to hand out and retrieve the headlights and the inner tubes. If there is a slow walker in the group, the entire group is slowed down. This is one reason the excursion can take more time. My excursion was with Reggie. I would book it through and individual operator, you get more attention and your group moves faster. It was a fun excursion, I hope you try it. Becca ----wants to do it all while I'm still young... GGC http://www.ggc2004.com/ Mariner of the Seas 3/04 Norwegian Dawn http://www.cruisemaster.com/dawn.htm Sleazy3 http://www.cruisemaster.com/sleazy3.htm MOAGC http://www.motherofallgroupcruises.com/ |
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We booked on xstream for our upcoming March cruise. It is a total of about
5 hrs including transporation and they leave in the morning (like 8am)..there is a 40 min walk to the water from the van stop. They provide water and fruit aftewards but no lunch. You can view info about them at http://belizecruiseexcursions.com/CaveTubingBelize.htm -- Helen "Berniez" wrote in message t... We will be in Belize in February. We are looking into cave tubing. It appears Xstream tubing ($60.00), Reggies Tours ($65.00) and the cruise ship ($80.00) are basically the same. I have read Xstream has fruit and drinks afterward, Reggie has nothing and the cruise ships have lunch. What is the real time frame of this excursion. The web sites seems to make you belive it is a 1 hour trip there, 30 minute walk, 40 minutes in the river and 1 hour back. This does not add up to the 5-6 hour time frame it is listed as. I suspect the bus ride is a lot longer than 60 minutes. Any recommemdations. Thanks for your help. Bernie |
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You can view info about them at
http://belizecruiseexcursions.com/CaveTubingBelize.htm Thanks for the link, Helen. Please come back and tell us how you liked your cave tubing excursion, and let us know how you liked X-Stream. I enjoyed looking at their photos, it brought back a few memories. Becca -----I hope you enjoy it as much as I did... GGC http://www.ggc2004.com/ Mariner of the Seas 3/04 Norwegian Dawn http://www.cruisemaster.com/dawn.htm Sleazy3 http://www.cruisemaster.com/sleazy3.htm MOAGC http://www.motherofallgroupcruises.com/ |
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Thank you for the info. I went on the cruisecritic web site and found a
lot of info there also. I went on the web site for Xstream cave tubing and filled out the request for cave tubing for a party of 4. Hopefully they have space for us on the date requested. If not, I will try Reggies. Thanks Bernie Becca wrote: Berniez wrote: the river and 1 hour back. This does not add up to the 5-6 hour time frame it is listed as. I suspect the bus ride is a lot longer than 60 minutes. Any recommemdations. Bernie, I enjoyed the cave tubing, I can't wait to do it again. Reggie, Xstream and the cruise line all do the same cave tubing excursion. Each of them parks in the same parking lot and they do the same tour. You will see each of the tour operators there (if you book with the cruise line, they require you to carry a life vest, whether you want it or not). When you arrive, you change your clothes (if you need to), they hand out headlights, so you can see inside of the caves, and then you go collect your inner tubes. You begin your hike, carrying your inner tube, you float down a river, you go in and out of a couple of caves, then you exit the water and you return your inner tube. Even though you book your excursion through Reggie or Xstream, the cruise line photographers may be in the river taking photos. The larger the group, the longer it takes to hand out and retrieve the headlights and the inner tubes. If there is a slow walker in the group, the entire group is slowed down. This is one reason the excursion can take more time. My excursion was with Reggie. I would book it through and individual operator, you get more attention and your group moves faster. It was a fun excursion, I hope you try it. Becca ----wants to do it all while I'm still young... GGC http://www.ggc2004.com/ Mariner of the Seas 3/04 Norwegian Dawn http://www.cruisemaster.com/dawn.htm Sleazy3 http://www.cruisemaster.com/sleazy3.htm MOAGC http://www.motherofallgroupcruises.com/ |
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Bernie, I enjoyed the cave tubing, I can't wait to do it again.
Reggie, Xstream and the cruise line all do the same cave tubing excursion. Each of them parks in the same parking lot and they do the same tour. You will see each of the tour operators there (if you book with the cruise line, they require you to carry a life vest, whether you want it or not). When you arrive, you change your clothes (if you need to), they hand out headlights, so you can see inside of the caves, and then you go collect your inner tubes. You begin your hike, carrying your inner tube, you float down a river, you go in and out of a couple of caves, then you exit the water and you return your inner tube. Even though you book your excursion through Reggie or Xstream, the cruise line photographers may be in the river taking photos. The larger the group, the longer it takes to hand out and retrieve the headlights and the inner tubes. If there is a slow walker in the group, the entire group is slowed down. This is one reason the excursion can take more time. My excursion was with Reggie. I would book it through and individual operator, you get more attention and your group moves faster. It was a fun excursion, I hope you try it. Becca ----wants to do it all while I'm still young... I took the jungle walk and cave tubing tour off the Enchantment of the Seas on Christmas day and we were not required to carry or wear life vests. The river was slow moving and I don't believe it ever was over three or four feet deep. We went through two caves, it took close to an hour, and the bus ride was about one hour back to the dock. Mike |
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Mike wrote:
I took the jungle walk and cave tubing tour off the Enchantment of the Seas on Christmas day and we were not required to carry or wear life vests. It is nice that RCI did not require you to wear life vests. I am not sure they are necessary since everyone has an inner tube which floats, and the river is full of people who can help you. I was on a Carnival cruise and they required it. Becca -----would enjoy doing this excursion again... GGC http://www.ggc2004.com/ Mariner of the Seas 3/04 Norwegian Dawn http://www.cruisemaster.com/dawn.htm Sleazy3 http://www.cruisemaster.com/sleazy3.htm MOAGC http://www.motherofallgroupcruises.com/ |
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I have done X-stream cave tubing with http://belizecruiseexcursions.com and I HIGHLY recommend them. They also offer a combination tour that does the cave tubing and the canopy zipline which is what we ended up doing as it was only $99us, can't beat that price.
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, Courtney Rourke wrote: I HIGHLY recommend them. They also offer a combination tour that does the cave tubing and the canopy zipline which is what we ended up doing as it was only $99us, can't beat that price Who do you think you are kidding? You work for them. Won't book with liars. -- Charles |
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