"Taste Bud EXPLOSION" Stadtrundfahrt mit Verkostung

Our family had a wonderful time on this tour. Jeff will show you the real Belize. If you are interested in learning about the history, culture, economy, and of course, food of this beautiful island, this is the tour to take. Everything we ate was delicious. This tour takes you where the locals eat, as they eat. If you are looking for a luxury or commercial tourist experience, I would not recommend it. However, If you want to be shown the island by someone who knows what he's talking about-- you will appreciate this tour. It was valuable for my children to observe working people living their daily lives. We were also inspired by the work of Jeff and others to provide opportunity and economic mobility for the people of Belize.

Jeff was a very personable tour guide. Unfortunately, this tour did not meet my expectations for a number of reasons: First, the bus was older and the PA system didn't work (too fuzzy). I have some hearing loss, so I spent most of the time trying to figure out what Jeff was saying. This tour was touted as an in-depth tour of the history of Belize. Most of the commentary was pretty cursory and short on details. My husband got more history from his tour guide---and he was on akayaking and zip lining tour. We did stop at the Sexy Chicken as promised---food was great. The fruit was also tastey, although we didn't visit "the market". Jeff ran in to grab some pre-cut fruit for us. Lunch was a bit of a bust. We waited for more than an hour after ordering to get our food, and anly about 1/3 of us actually received our food--and they were initially charged in US dollars rather than the Belize dollars (exchange is 2 to 1). Jeff had to intervene to straighten in out. The rest of us didn't get lunch, and Jeff was angry about the situation. He DID try to make it right. He bought some chicken, rice & beans, and plaintain for the rest of us (excellent) from another nearby place. We stopped at the spice market for about 5 minutes (and I was over charged $2--buyer beware). We did not go for pastries. We didn't stop at any landmarks other than the Belize sign. Although this was an OK tour, it wasn't quite what was promised and wasn't worth the price.

The tour wasn't as advertised. We didn't go to the places they said. They took us to a restaurant that didn't have authentic food and we waited an hour and never got food. Some people did get food but were charged Belizian prices that were double. We couldn't find Jeff, our tour guide and when he showed up, he went across the street and got some food for people. By that time, we all just wanted to go. Others he got some of their money back from restaurant. We wanted to go to the spice market and asked him to stop since it was supposed to be on the tour, we did stop for a very short time before we went back to the port. We never did go to a bakery which was also listed as a place on the tour. Very disappointing.