A truly wonderful day capped off with the gude taking us to a place with big waves where we saw may dolphins jump out of the water. Mzke sure you have good water shoos for the work to shore, the water close to share is too shallow for the bout.
This tour includes some beautiful locations, but overall I’m not sure it was worth the additional cost—mainly due to the long, rough boat ride and limited time at the Blue Lagoon itself.
It takes about an hour by boat each way from the main island (where cruise ships dock and the airport is located) to reach the Blue Lagoon. On our day, the water was very choppy, especially on the return trip. The boat was moving at high speed, and we were continuously splashed. The constant pounding over the waves eventually caused a headache for me, and when the boat stopped, the motion made several people feel nauseous. The crew did pull down a plastic side covering on the wet side of the boat and provided rain jackets, which helped.
The Blue Lagoon itself is very beautiful, and the small island where we had lunch was nice. However, we arrived around 10:15–10:30 a.m. and did not leave until about 2:45 p.m., yet we were only actually at the Blue Lagoon for roughly 40 minutes. There really wasn’t any snorkeling there. We did see the pink sand areas and spent time watching the baby sharks in the shark nursery, which was interesting, but much of the time was spent waiting—either for lunch or to get back on the boat.
After returning to the main island, we went to the dolphin viewing area. Dolphins are wild animals, and they simply weren’t there that day—no fault of the tour company. Once it was clear there were no dolphins, we went to the aquarium, which ended up being the highlight of the entire day. This is where we actually snorkeled, for about 20 minutes, and it was incredible. The coral and fish life were amazing—easily the most fish I’ve ever seen in one place. Everywhere I moved, there were schools of fish, with many different varieties. At one point I was surrounded by what felt like over 1,000 fish. I would have happily spent much more time there.
The crew was excellent—friendly, polite, and very helpful—and I had no issues at all with the condition of the boat or their professionalism. That said, there was another boat running the same tour that was faster, and that group was able to do an additional reef stop that we did not get to do and spent much less time in the blue lagoon because our team was fixing lunch, which was disappointing.
If you choose this tour, I strongly recommend confirming that you’re on the faster boat. I would also caution anyone with back issues, mobility concerns, or a tendency toward seasickness due to the long and rough ride.
If I were to do it again, I would probably skip the Blue Lagoon and pink beaches. While they are what this area is most known for, the distance, rough crossing, and lack of snorkeling time made it feel less worthwhile. I would instead look for reef locations closer to the main island and spend more time snorkeling at places like the aquarium, which was truly outstanding.
A beautiful day—some amazing sights, some sobering realities, and a few unexpected highlights.
The lagoon was beautiful, but we spent little time, maybe 45 minutes max there. The great majority of the time we spent on the other side of the island just sitting there waiting for food or instructions which never came (The food was delicious, by the way.) The guides barely spoke or understood English, so we had very little communication and had no idea what was happening next. Turns out nothing much happened. We just sort of sat there on the non-lagoon side of the island. The snorkeling at the aquarium was fantastic but way too brief at 20 minutes. And the looooong ride to the lagoon was very rough and uncomfortable. I wouldn’t do the tour again