Published on May, 2025
I highly recommend this trip! My guide, Yvonne, and driver, Lloyd, were extremely kind, pleasant, and accommodating and made sure I got the most out of the experience (for example, offered to stop along the way to see anything that caught my interest). Yvonne also provided historical and local details along the way.
A few tips if you book this:
1. You will get wet at the falls, so wear water-friendly shoes and bring a change of clothes and a towel. There's a shower available at the end of this portion of the trip to get the river water off and change.
2. Bring a tip for the river boatmen. I was told 500 pesos was fair, but they haul your canoe upstream through 16 sets of rapids, so consider tipping more. There is also a stop where you can buy cold drinks for 80 pesos each halfway through (and you can buy for the boatmen as well).
3. Bring something water-proof to store your phone if you intend to bring it.
No tips for the rest of the trip, it's pretty self-explanatory (eat lunch, take a boat ride closer to the volcano - you do not get off the boat though, i.e., you do not land on the volcano, just ride up to it and back, go to the top of the mountain for an amazing view).
Enjoy!
