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Puerto Vallarta Walking Adventures & Tours
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Puerto Vallarta Walking Adventures offers longer tours and more culturally relevant then most other companies where we seek the true essence of Mexico. We have meticulously designed our adventures to strike the perfect balance between light to sometimes moderate physical activity and an extensive coverage of the most captivating destinations - often in areas most tourists do not venture.
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
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MevH
Bainbridge Island, WA4 contributions
Nov 2023
We enjoyed this long walk through parts of town we never would have seen on our own. Definitely gets you out of the tourist zone and into the local zone. You do need to be a competent, fit walker, however. The pace was slow, but when they say 5 - 7 hours, they aren't kidding. I think we covered 7-8 miles over uneven sidewalks and cobblestone streets, and Puerto Vallarta is hilly. Our guide Jimmy knew a lot about local terrain and real estate. We might have liked a few more historical or cultural facts, but he certainly knew where to find good tortillas! The walk up to the lookout is optional, but definitely worth the view! We did this excursion on our first full day in town and it was a great way to get a sense of how old Puerto Vallarta is laid out.
Written December 9, 2023
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Sue M
Florida35 contributions
Nov 2023 • Friends
Absolutely loved the Day of the Dead Walking tour. From reserving our date everything was perfect. Wonderful communication and instructions for meeting.
Jimmy managed our group of 10 perfectly while our guide Alejandro explained everything we were seeing and experiencing allowing us to ask questions to get a clear understanding of the traditions and culture.
The tour included a GREAT dinner at a local restaurant called La Chula. The service, the atmosphere, the food was an ending to a perfect memorable experience. Highly recommend.
Jimmy managed our group of 10 perfectly while our guide Alejandro explained everything we were seeing and experiencing allowing us to ask questions to get a clear understanding of the traditions and culture.
The tour included a GREAT dinner at a local restaurant called La Chula. The service, the atmosphere, the food was an ending to a perfect memorable experience. Highly recommend.
Written November 2, 2023
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Thank you thank you for taking the time to make a review of our Dia de los Muerto walking tour. We really appreciate your kind words and will also take them into account when we plan 2024 tours. We certainly hope to host you again when your travels take you to Puerto Vallarta - especially for Day of the Dead. Gracias!
Written November 16, 2023
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smitk037
Orlando, FL238 contributions
Sep 2023 • Friends
We are frequent visitors to PVR and usually end up going to the same bars and clubs. Took a tour with Michel and he was great! Really got to know us and told us a little about each bar. We discovered a few new places that we will add to our list to visit on nights out.
Fun tour with drinks a some of the clubs and a great way to discover more about PVR nightlife.
Fun tour with drinks a some of the clubs and a great way to discover more about PVR nightlife.
Written September 29, 2023
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Thank you so very much for taking the extra time to review the tour and Michel the guide. This is a fun tour for everyone especially the guide as he makes new friends every tour and really loves showing around 30 bars on one tour. People tend to learn alot and have fun as you did. Thanks again.
Written October 6, 2023
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abel860
Lacombe, Canada1 contribution
Nov 2023
The positives:
1. Due to illness we were unable to attend our initial tour date on Nov.1 and the company allowed us to change the date to Nov.2. Very much appreciated the accommodation.
2. The meal at the restaurant was nice. Our guide explained what each dish was and the service by the restaurant staff was exceptional.
3. Our tour guides were very friendly.
Room for improvement:
1. Tour guide was 25 minutes late due to heavy traffic from parade
2. Would have liked to have more information about Dia de Los muertos besides the very brief explanation given.
3. We did not look at the offrendas (we were told it was too busy to cross the street due to the parade) and we were unable to visit the cemetery as it was closed.(tour guide told us they found out the night prior that it was closed) We looked at some murals along the cemetery walls instead.
4. Being that I specifically did not choose Halloween as the tour date, I was surprised to get an email the day prior saying that we would be giving out candy and to make sure we brought lots to hand out. We had already given out candy in our neighbourhood on Halloween. I assumed this wouldn’t really be the focus of this tour as it was Dia de Los Muertos. Perhaps I misunderstood the focus of the tour but I was hoping to learn about the traditions. Unfortunately, everyone but 3 of us left the tour early.
I enjoyed some parts of the evening, but overall felt it was expensive and lacked some substance.
1. Due to illness we were unable to attend our initial tour date on Nov.1 and the company allowed us to change the date to Nov.2. Very much appreciated the accommodation.
2. The meal at the restaurant was nice. Our guide explained what each dish was and the service by the restaurant staff was exceptional.
3. Our tour guides were very friendly.
Room for improvement:
1. Tour guide was 25 minutes late due to heavy traffic from parade
2. Would have liked to have more information about Dia de Los muertos besides the very brief explanation given.
3. We did not look at the offrendas (we were told it was too busy to cross the street due to the parade) and we were unable to visit the cemetery as it was closed.(tour guide told us they found out the night prior that it was closed) We looked at some murals along the cemetery walls instead.
4. Being that I specifically did not choose Halloween as the tour date, I was surprised to get an email the day prior saying that we would be giving out candy and to make sure we brought lots to hand out. We had already given out candy in our neighbourhood on Halloween. I assumed this wouldn’t really be the focus of this tour as it was Dia de Los Muertos. Perhaps I misunderstood the focus of the tour but I was hoping to learn about the traditions. Unfortunately, everyone but 3 of us left the tour early.
I enjoyed some parts of the evening, but overall felt it was expensive and lacked some substance.
Written November 12, 2023
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Thank you ever so much for taking the time to make a comprehensive review of our Dia de Los Muertos Tour. Rest assured we will take your feedback into account when planning our 2024 tours. I was pleased to be able to be the one to suggest to you in response to your sick notice that if your Mom felt better you were welcome to join us on a subsequent tour. We had contingencies in place for this including 2 guides for the tours. It is important also to point out that the tradition of passing out candy, food, or sweets on Dia de los Muertos is called Calaverita. Thank you for taking the opportunity to bring joy and light to the children of Puerto Vallarta with your generous distribution of candies during Dia de los Muerto and during Halloween.
Written November 16, 2023
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DayTrip670227
Yucaipa, CA3 contributions
Mar 2024
Our guide Abraham was excellent! He was very informative during the walk by pointing out the many birds and trees we walked through. He provided history about the trails. He took our cellphone and captured great memories for us! I would definitely do the adventure again.
Written March 27, 2024
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rebahr
Indianapolis, IN8 contributions
Oct 2023 • Friends
The tour was an absolute waste of money and time. I beg you not to waste your money. I was so shocked at how bad the whole experience was, it made me angry. For starters, our guide was late. That being said, the whole tour was very disorganized. We just went around and looked at bars very briefly. It was like here’s a gay bar, here’s another gay bar, here’s another gay bar. I was expecting to stop and have some good drinks along the way. Instead, we had terrible shots at a couple of bars, including a store that tasted tequila to sell it. Any good drinks were our responsibility and we paid for them separately. I could’ve been drinking all night at several bars and spent far less money. I asked the guy and a couple of times, “are we going to stop for an actual drink?” The main guide told me just to calm down. He was not the least pet friendly until it’s time to ask for a tip. Without a doubt this was a complete waste of money in time. Spare yourself the frustration.
Written October 25, 2023
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Copy of letter sent to guest before his review. "Thank you for taking a moment of your time to let me know your thoughts about our Gay Bar Tour.
After reading your Email I went to our website to review the published description of our tour. The tour that we offer is the one that you experienced.
There are other companies that visit a few bars and one has the opportunity to drink heavily. Our tour is both a walking tour and an educational opportunity. We teach the location of nearly every gay bar in the romantic zone (almost 30) in three hours. That only leaves approximately 7 minutes per bar and one needs to also walk between bars. Some are closed on Tuesdays so we save some time there. After our tour one now has the knowledge of where their favorite bars are located and does not have to waste time later on experiencing a bar not to one’s taste.
Our other clients generally graciously invest their time in the education – forgoing the night of heavy drinking to reap the benefits of the knowledge of how best to enjoy their time in our wonderful city’s bars later that night or on subsequent nights and visits. Just like our tour, not every bar is for everyone.
It is unfortunate that you did not invest more time in reading our website to understand the product that we offer. Your poor experience should have been avoided.
Regarding the tequila tasting - I have experienced not less then 20 tasting there. They do not limit for our tours how many different tequilas one can taste and they do not limit the number of tastes of the highest quality of anejo tequilas. You had the opportunity to taste most of the Mexico's best tequilas.
And I will add, that we had a meeting with the bar owners across the street which we ended at 10 minutes to Eight and Michel and the training guide crossed the street at 4 minutes to 8. He was not early but was certainly not late.
I only ask that you return to our website and reread our product offering. I think a fair-minded person will agree that we do offer exactly what we advertise.
I do hope that you enjoy the remainder of your visit to Puerto Vallarta.
Most sincerely,
JimmyB
General Manager
Puerto Vallarta Walking Adventures
Written October 27, 2023
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Guide67121914800
5 contributions
Apr 2024 • Business
Very nice excursion to the Puerto Vallarta botanical garden. Our guide, Abraham, was excellent and he knew perfectly all the plants, flowers and birds that we saw there. He also has a very good knowledge of the history of Puerto Vallarta.
Written April 26, 2024
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Robert R
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico16 contributions
Feb 2024
Danial was an good host. He said that he had been to Yalapa five times, so far. He got us on the bus to Boca and the panga to Yalapa. He walked us through Yalapa to the falls and back. We then had a short break , a coconut muffin and drink. We visited the local museum. We walked along the shore path and back. We then spent time on the beach and had lunch. We worared the panga at about 3:30 and headed back
Written February 22, 2024
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Dale B
3 contributions
Jun 2023 • Solo
I did the "Grand Walking Adventure All Over Puerto Vallarta". Patto was my guide. He was very accommodating and open to adapting the tour route and pace to my interest. As the tour description indicates, it is a long walking tour, make sure you are up for it. But lots of opportunity to see and compare different neighborhoods in Vallarta.
Written July 1, 2023
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Thank you so much for taking the time to make a review. Yes that is our most difficult adventure due to its length. But you experience so many of the non-tourist neighborhoods of Puerto Vallarta. Real Mexico! Please join us again on your next trip to Puerto Vallarta.
Written July 27, 2023
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anth0nyrichards0n
9 contributions
Sep 2024 • Solo
I was so happy that the tour was still in operation as I was the only person because it is off-season. Abraham was the best! It was very nice and friendly... a great walking companion as it was just the two of us! We stopped for breakfast at a nice local place in Boca, and then started our hike! Abraham has a lot of knowledge about plants and pointed out many, including the ones he should avoid! We stopped and rested whenever I wanted and I can not recommend this tour enough. We finished with a late lunch at Las Animas before an exciting panga ride back in the rain and then a bus to Puerto Vallarta. I am so happy to have chosen this tour as I felt more like a local rather than taking a bigger tour. Thank you Abraham for an amazing day!
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Written October 6, 2024
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