Discover Puerto Rico: Private 3-Day Tour in San Juan

Including Old San Juan, Barrilito Rum Distillery, Piñones, Tropical Rainforest, Waterfalls, Exotic Beaches, Hiking, Snorkeling and Sunset at Caracoles Cay and Bioluminiscense Swim

Duration

3 days

About

A 3 full days off the beaten path package offering the best beach, history and nature lovers experience including a day visiting beaches and the Tropical Rainforest's best features; A day learning about all Old San Juan main areas, our finest rum distillery, Barrilito, and finishing at Piñones and La Pocita beach in Loiza, and an afternoon and evening doing a boat tour do snorkeling or just relax in waters so clear they match Flamenco Beach in Culebra, watch he Caribbean Sunset but from our most famous Cay, and a swim in bioluminiscense filled waters of La Parguera Biobay makes this the best multi-day package among tours in Puerto Rico, things to do in San Juan and things to do in Puerto Rico.

In the first day you will visit America's oldest city, Old San Juan, Santurce our street art district; our finest Rum Distillery at El Barrilito; and Piñones in Loiza, our african heritage capital where we will finish at the local beach La Pocita. It will be a day filled with history, legends and stories about how we became what we are today while visiting 4 different but significant places and ending the afternoon at the beach.

The tour will begin in San Juan Island where you will see and learn about Old San Juan it's history and see all the main landmarks and historic buildings, but also have many instagram worthy pictures oportunities.

From there tou will be taken to Santurce to witness our urban art and murals district with a collection of over 100 murals of which we will see 20 to 25.

After that you can choose for a stop for lunch or keep going to do the Barrilito Rum Distillery and taste a cocktail of your choice. Here at Barrilito you will do the only true backstage Distillery tour where you will even go to the barrels area and see the oldest rum barrel in Puerto Rico: La Doña.

After Barrilito you will go to Piñones in Loiza to see the epicenter of our African heritage visiting the community center and maybee trying some of it's famous Afro-taino blend street food and then finish in the local beach La Pocita.

In all, this are the places, buildings and landmarks you will see and learn about:

Constitution Bridge (joins the main island to teb San Juan island) The Capitol Building Presidents walkway San Cristobal Old Casino Columbus Square Abraham Lincoln Elementary School La Perla Santa Maria de Paziz Cemetery El Morro Capilla San Jose El Convento San Juan Bautista Cathedral Capilla del Cristo La Fortaleza (Governor's mansion) San Juan City Hall Puerto Rico State Department Paseo de La Princesa Cruiseship Port Santurce Street art Urban art district Barrilito Distillery Loiza Piñones La Pocita Beach

On the second day you will do a nature exploring adventure in which you will first go to the tallest Statue of the Americas; the Birth of a New World monument that coincidentally is 10 minutes away of the Black Sand Beach in Barceloneta, one of only 3 in Puerto Rico. After that we will go to Manati to Mar Chiquita Beach where you will swim in a magnificent beach or hike an amazing rock formation facing the ocean with amazing views and the ocean breeze grazing your body, through a trail very few locals even know exist. You will then make a stop for lunch at the top restaurant in the center of the island: Don Carlos.

Ater lunch you will be driven through the narrow and twisted roads of our State Tropical Rainforest while admiring the greenery, cliffs and views left and right, but also seeing our country side and the rural Puerto Rico. There, at Toro Negro Tropical Rainforest, is where you will visit perhaps the most beautifull waterfall setting in all our island at Las Delicias where you will have the chance to bath, drink and breath Puerto Rico’s purest water and air to finish at la Piedra Escrita in Adjuntas, a big rock with indian carvings and a nice pond where you can also bath.

By this time it will we close to 5pm and time to come back to the departure spot.

In all, this are the places and landmarks you will see and learn about:

History of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico's countryside Birth od the New World Monument Black Sand Beach Mar Chiquita Beach Toro Negro Tropical Rain Forest Las Delicias Waterfall La Piedra Escrita Taino petroglyphs

But we left the best for last. On the third day you do something that very few of the millions of visitors who come to our island to enjoy our beaches get to do: have the oportunity to experience the calm, warm and turquoise waters of arguably Puerto Rico's best beach at Caracoles Cay in La Parguera!

This third and final day you will be picked up at 12pm at your hotel by your private guide and driver and set out on 75 minute journey crossing the everchanging landscape of the central moutain range and then the south plains until you get to Ponce for a short stop to let you know about our second most important city and discover its famous Fitestation the oldest in all the Caribbean and maybee try some of the best Puerto Rican coffe inone of the cities shops.

From there we will be less than an hour away to La Parguera where our boat will be waiting to then get a 5 minute boat ride to Caracoles Cay where you will have more than 2 hours to do snorkeling, swimm or just relax in its warm waters and finish your tour witnesing one of Puerto Rico's unmatched southwest sunsets.

Caracoles Cay is the single Puerto Rico’s cay you don't want to miss. Surrounded by a healthy mangrove system it is very child friendly with shallow warms wates, but if you want a quiet romantic atmosphere just walk along the water and you’ll find intimate spots along mangrove trees perfect for two. Caracoles Cay is also a snorkelers haven with crystal clear waters with schools of tropical fish, and a few places with live healthy coral.

Our tour includes complimentary snorkeling gear, lifevests for those who cant swim, floaters and drinks in a private and exclusive setting just for you.

In all, this are the places and landmarks you will see and learn about:

History of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico's everchanging landscape Our Central Mountain Range The views of the south from the mountains Ponce Guanica Ponce de Leon Landing spot First US Troops Landing spot La Parguera Caracoles Cay Our Caribbean Sunset Swim with the Bioluminiscense

Frequently asked questions about Old San Juan, Tropical Rainforest, beach, Bioluminescence, African Heritage, Hiking, Snorkeling and Sunset 3 day package

Is this tour what I am looking for?

If you are looking for a profesionally curated and proven 3 day package that includes a Beach Tour and Tropical Rainforest tour with marvelous spots for instagram worthy pictures and be off the beaten path, the best Old San Juan Historic Site tour, seeing Murals and street art, do the best Rum Distillery tour in Puerto Rico, learn about our African heritage and finish in a local's beach with time for instagram worthy pictures and learning about Puerto Rico's history and finaly a beach tour together with a snorkeling tour, a sunset watching boat tour and bioluminiscence swimm tour that is the most complete and cost effective deal in all Puerto Rico here you have it.

Where will I be picked and droped?

You will be picked up and droped off in Condado at 1055 Ashford Ave, in the Condado Vanderbilt Valet area, or behind Walgreens if coming in a cruise so you do not have to get a taxi or Uber to go to some spot in Old SJ and then guess where to find your guide or stand among hundreds of people coming off the ship trying to find your guide.

Will there be a language barrier between me and my guide?

No chance of that happening, you will get a fully bilingual professional guide during all the experience.

Will I see only a portion of the Rainforest and then be on my own?

The beauty of this tour is that it takes you through the Tropical Rainforest in a way you can't in el Yunque National Forest, seeing how is our countryside and discovering our central mountain range until we get to Las Delicias waterfall and La Piedra Escrita, our final destination in the Tropical Rainforest.

What makes this tour different from other Rainforest tours?

This is the only available package that gives you 3 days packed with the best Puerto Rico has to offer. It includes the 2 most impressive inland natural wonders among things to do in Puerto Rico Tropical Forests as a tourist: visit our best example of a Tropical Rainforest, Toro Negro and do Las Delicias waterfall and La Piedra Escrita, this tour you get an to see the Puerto Rico very few ever see, so it's designed to have a slow pace and have you learn about the history of the island but more so discover places very few know and go under the radar when they are true must do places in our island.

But it also gives you the 4 most importatnt things to do in the San Juan metroplex as a tourist. Do an Old San Juan tour, visit Santurce home of our Urban and street art district, do Barrilito Rum Distillery our finest Distillery ever, and then visit our African heritage area, Piñones in Loiza, where you will finish in the local beach: La Pocita.

In this tour you get an unbiased script of Old San Juan of 2.5 hrs, so it's designed to have a slow pace and have you learn about the history of the city and how was Puerto Rico under spanish ruling, but also learn how Puerto Rico became a territory of our nation, USA, and how have we flourished since 1898, while you avoid the long hours walking up and down hill and sweating under the Caribbean sun wasting your precious vacation time guessing to find Old San Juan's main landmarks and buildings.

After that you will go to Santurce to discover our Urban Art and Murals, visit our finest Rum Distillery, Piñones and Loiza visit the community center, see its La Pocita beach and even try some of its famous authentic afropuertorrican street food if you choose to do so, to then go back to your departing spot. people there vs 100s of people.

Finaly the biggest difference is in our tour is an afternoon with a combination of Snorkeling, Sunset watching and a Bioluminiscence swimm in a boat requiring no effort on your part.

Caracoles Cay warm, turquoise and cristal clear waters rival famed Flamenco Beach in Culebra, but without the hassle of having to take amd Uber or drive more than an hour to Fajardo to then take a 1 hour ferry. But you can also swim and inmerse in it, not just swipe your hand 3 feet obove the water in a a kayak which is the only option doing the Fajardo Bioluminiscense tours are all performed in Kayaks and is an uneventful and less than ideal way to do it due to the kayaking in the dark through a narrow channel bumping to other kayaks and mangrove roots. It is also within the main island so no ferry or overnight stay to do it like in Mosquito Bay.

Group tour must have at least 4 passengers to start and we might consolidate tours on same day to get minimum and if minimum is not reached a 25% will apply to do the tour Maximimun capacity is 14 passengers.

Tour Duration 30+ hours including driving time.

Pickup spot is the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel at 1055 Ashford Ave in Condado.