Vallarta Botanical Garden and Tequila Tasting from Puerto Vallarta

The botanical gardens were nothing short of magical. Met the owner Robert and he was so gracious. And our tour guide was just the best! So much great information and Mexican pride. Loved it!!

This was the best excursion tour I have ever attended in my life. Carlos was an exceptional knowledgeable guide! Right down to the plants, the birds, the wildlife, Mexican culture, symbolism, best beaches, roads, and food! He even was our guide for tequila tasting! We learned so much! This trip is a must do! Pick up and drop off on time, price was great! It includes lunch and all the tequila shots you can manage! Whoa! So fun! Live music! Thank you Carlos!❤️

We loved all the stops it made, we got to see so much for such an amazing price. It was so much value! We got to see how chocolate is made, coffee, botanicals, tequila & a incredible lunch all up in the mountains of Puerto Vallarta!

Jorge was the most wonderful guide! We were so impressed with his knowledge of Puerto Vallarta and enjoyed his enthusiasm for his macaw boxes and all the plants/flowers at the garden. The botanical gardens were gorgeous and we loved the tequila tour! The food was excellent and loved learning “tequila yoga.” Highly recommend this tour! We also had 2 little ones (6mo and 2.5) with us and everyone was very accommodating!

The tour of the botanical garden was exceptional, albeit short. “Candy” was out tour guide and was knowledgeable and a lot of fun. It only received a 2 however, because of the odd logistics. We spent 1 hour and 42 minutes on a bus, stopped at 5 hotels to pick up a total of 2 people and finally brought us to the cruise terminal where we switched vans only to come back within a block of where we were picked up. There was a chocolate tour and an opal farm tour which were not on the agenda that I read. Had we understood that, we would have opted out because our hotel was only 30 minutes from the botanical garden and could have taken a taxi. Plus, we stopped for banos and water about a mile from the gardens. I realize it was a planned shopping experience but by that point we traveled almost 3 hours by the time we got to the gardens. For the record. I understand the hotel pick ups. And I have been on many amazing Viator excursions but this one, sans the garden itself, was a bust. 90 minutes at the gardens, 60 minutes for lunch/tequila tasting and basically 4.5 hours in a van to get to a location 30 minutes from our hotel

As has been reported previously, the pickup process is very poorly planned with several guests riding needlessly for nearly 2 hours. Carlos was able to salvage the experience which is excellent. The lunch option is well worth adding as it was fantastic and much less expensive if prepaid. The van needs the shocks replaced. Viator needs to get after this tour provider as this is an issue that can be easily fixed.

Hotel pickup was expedited by tour bus. Got the van OK had the last two seats. Coffee stop was OK. Botanical Gardens was nice., Tasting and Lunch was a bit crowed but the food was good. They expedited our return on the same tour bus that picked us up.

We really enjoyed this trip. It's a nice combination of a road trip, seeing the botanical gardens, tequila tasting and a good lunch. The guide and the driver were both great. We especially enjoyed hearing about the driver's efforts to preserve the macaws in the area.There's about an hour of pick ups prior to the formal start of the tour then they meet at the marina to put people in the formal bus van. I'd advise people to save time, to meet at the their marina pick up which is pretty close to town. In our case. we were t a private house in the hills and the driver could not have been nicer coming to us. I gave this 4 stars and not five because of the one hour plus pick ups in the am. The tour was very good and the driver and guide were both superb! I'd highly recommend this tour.

This tour was awesome!! We got to see a little bit of the city which was unexpected. The Tequila Tasting was incredible!! We bought a bottle of chocolate tequila :- The botanical Gardens are beautiful. Highly encourage this Tour.

Recommend the Botanical gardens. Tour guide, the lunch and tequila tasting were outstanding.would not use Vallarta Tours again. Their logistics for picking everyone up..awful. We passed our hotel 1.5 hours after they picked us up and took us north to join others before heading south to gardens:(