Saona Island Tour with Lunch and Pickup

Excellent tour. Only change I would make is to get to the island only on fast boats as catamaran took about two hours and would have preferred to have those two hours on the island and water

First off the bus did not pick us up and return us to the hotel. The operator picked and dropped us off at the main gate of the property. In fact the driver of the bus and the guard got into a small argument on the return as the guard asked the driver to drop us at the entrance of the hotel and the driver refused to drive past the main gate The boat had a mechanical/ battery issue and so we waited in the boat for half an hour while they sorted it out. The end result was that we were the last boat and behind schedule and everything was rushed through. We went to the Blue lagoon but did not see any Starfish. The tour operator said that the Starfish in the area, we stopped had died because of human interactions and that we had to go to another spot to see them. But they were not planning to go as we were behind schedule. By the time we reached the island they were running out of food and ran out of some of the items On the whole an underwhelming experience

Paid in full. Picked up on time in a van. Driven 1 hour to another building. Waited 30 minutes to get on another van. Drove another hour to a store to spend money. Drove to boat where people were there to shake you down for cash. Small boat. 15 people. Sea sick to blue lagoon. The lagoon was wonderful! Back on boat to beach. What food was left sucked. My kids and I got almost nothing. Daughter is vegetarian. She got fruit. Wow! Advice- be in front of the line or bring your own food. Stay away from the cameras. They're another shakedown. We wanted a nice family day that turned into such a hassle. We missed breakfast, lunch, and our dinner reservations. Totally overshot the alloted time. Won't do again! Ended up spending almost $175 after we already paid $275 for the trip. Bummer!