19 Jun 2023
My family of 7 rented a private minivan for our cruise port stop in Roatan. There were a few surprises which made this tour less than five star. First, they don't actually pick you up at the pier in Mahogony Bay. You have to walk out of the pier, and up a semi-steep hill to exit the pier area. There you will find your driver. I made sure that the company knew we had 7 people and asked if we would fit (the company website advertises up to 7 people, tripadvisor says 6). I was assured we could have 7 people for the tour. Imagine my surprise when we did not have a mini van pick us up, but rather a Hyundai Santa Fe! We squished my 18, 17, and 13 year old children in the third row and off we went. Fortunately my father in law speaks fluent Spanish because our driver, while friendly, nice, and helpful, spoke limited English. The tour would not have been nearly as good had no one in our group understood Spanish. Our driver did take us around the island and to various spots we requested. He took group pictures of us and provided us a locals perspective on the island which is what we were looking for. I just wish we would have had a real minivan as space was extremely tight.