04 Apr 2025
I was really looking forward to this, but unfortunately it wasn't great. When we arrived, we had to wait with a group of others for a tour guide, who walked us around a bit and showed us the park. We then had to pay an extra $10 per person (I did read that so it wasn't a surprise) and we got a locker and snorkel gear. The loungers were a bit uncomfortable and some were broken, and aome they wouldnt let you put up umbrellas due to the wind, so they were in full sun. The beach is rocky and you have to go down stairs to get in the water. The snorkeling was good, we did enjoy that. Then we went to the Happy Crab to get our meal that was included. We waited a half hour before anyone came to take our order, and they weren't even super busy. We were given 3 choices, tacos, fajitas, or quesadillas. I chose the fajitas and my husband got the quesadillas. I also ordered a side of guacamole, which i had to pay an extra $13 for. It took about 25 minutes to get our drinks, a soda that tasted watered down in a tiny plastic cup, and 45 minutes to get the guacamole. After an hour had passed, my husband went to ask when our food would be ready and they said 2 minutes. The guy came out with our food, but asked me if tacos were okay instead of the fajitas. I asked how much longer to get fajitas and he said 15 minutes. I took the tacos, which only had a little bit of beef, and a spoonful of rice and beans on the side. We each took one bite and that was it. It was terrible. We got up and my husband paid, and tipped the guy $2 which was generous for the horrible service and horrible food that we didn't even eat, and wasted 2 hours of our time. Aside from the snorkeling, our day at chankanoob was disappointing to say the least.