Ponce's Private 3-Day Adventure in Puerto Rico

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; our historic Hotels and Piñones in Loiza, to learn about our african heritage. 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 Ponce and your guide and ambassador will drive you through the everchanging landscape to your first stop at Condado Vanderbilt, a time capsule to glamorous early 1920s which was formerly the Vanderbilt Family winter retreat.

After that you will go to the San Juan island where you will see and learn about Old San Juan, it's history and see all the 50 main landmarks, forts, churches 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.

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

Constitution Bridge (joins the main island to the San Juan island) San Geronimo Fort San Antonio Normandie Hotel Sixto Escobar Monument Luis Munoz Rivera Park Felisa Rincon Mosaic Tropical School of Medicine The Capitol Building Democracy Square John the Baphtist Monument Carnigie Library Casa de España Police Memorial Techers and Students Monument Holocaust Memorial Memorial Statue Walkway of the Presidents Altar de la Patria Liberty Bell San Cristobal Old Casino Columbus Square San Sebastian Battery Abraham Lincoln Elementary School La Perla State Portrait Gallery Ballaja Santa Maria de Paziz Cemetery El Morro 5th Centenary Square Capilla San Jose Ponce de Leon Square Calle San Sebastian Calle del Cristo La Rogativa El Convento San Juan Bautista Cathedral Gate of San Juan Caleta de San Juan and Las Monjas Americas First City Hall Americas First City City Square Capilla del Cristo La Fortaleza (Governor's mansion) Barrachina San Juan City Hall Puerto Rico State Department First Banking Zone Federal Court House Inmigrants Monument Customs Paseo de La Princesa Cruiseship Port Loiza Piñones

This is a nature exploring one in which you will first go to the Toro Negro 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.

After delighting in Las Delicias fresh waters ypu will then go to la Piedra Escrita in Adjuntas, a big rock with indian carvings where you can jump from it to its pond or just bath in its waters with La Piedra Escrita and its Taino Petroglyphts.

After that we will stop to have lunch in an authentic Puerto Rican restaurant where you will have all kinds of typical plates to choose from at your cost.

And then after lunch you will go to out last stop, another unique feature in our island, Chorro de Doña Juana and its 7 cascading Waterfalls and alluring pond inviting you to bath on it's cool and clear waters.

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

History of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico's countryside Toro Negro Tropical Rain Forest Las Delicias Waterfall La Piedra Escrita Taino petroglyphs Chorro de Dona Juana

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!

We will pick you at 2:30pm and take you to Yauco to see its famous Yaucrmatic street art district. After that we will visit Guainica to see the marker for the landing of Ponce de Leon and also the marker for the first US troops to land in our island when they came to free us from Spain.

From there La Parguera awaits less than 25 minutes away, also our boat in our private dock to take you to 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. It is 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 even 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:

Yauco Yaucromatic Ponce Guanica Ponce de Leon Landing spot First US Troops Landing spot La Parguera Caracoles Cay Our Caribbean Sunset Swimming 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 at your hotel.

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 and Chorro de Doña Juana 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.

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.

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 a 2 hoir taxi and a 1 hr 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.

Tour Duration 30+ hours including driving time.