Mazatlan 5-Hour Guided Tour

We really enjoyed Hector who was our guide the whole day. Learned lots of great things about Mazatlan. Magui restaurant food was great And the ATV use through the country was so different from the coast and beautiful. Overall, awesome !

Loved the ride (bring gym shoes) and the food was too good. Very good tequila bought a few bottles to bring back home.

We had a great time from start to finish. Our driver was very professional. We did the ATV ride and it was a blast! The lunch after was something I will crave when returning home. SO yummy! The tequila tasting was great. We bought two bottles and I got the most comfortable pair of sandals from the local leatherman. Other families did the River ride and zip lines and all said they had a great time.

It was the most fun experience our family has ever had. We went so fast and over rocks, hills, bumps And much more. They gave us helmets goggles and a free bandanna to take home with us. The food was also delicious at the end of the ride. Prepare to be dusty and have a great great time!

Well, expect large rocks on dirt roads, and if we weren't on that, we travel down many paved roads..boring. The area is completely dry and there is dead vegetation every where. Don't let the pictures fool you, didn't get near the ocean, never stopped in town for a drink just flew through the same town twice. Said, the tour was 1.5 hr. we rode for 1hr 10 min. The water they speak about, you ride about 1/2 mile and turn back and go thru 3 inches of water. Avoid doing this ATV in Matalan do it in PV where its green and beautiful. Food was good, but after serving us we were forgotten, never got any more drinks. It took almost 1 hr. to get there and 1hr. back 1 hr 10 min for ride, 20 min to eat, so that leaves almost 1 hr sitting around to go back to the ship. Boring.

Our tour instructions gave us the name of a man to meet at the shops outside the port. We were told he would have our name on a sign. As per usual there were tons of men holding signs and selling tours, but non with our name. One man approached to sell us a tour. When we told him we were already booked he asked for our name and said “we all work together”. Sure enough he came back and confirmed my name and booking. He gave us yellow stickers and told us to wait by a nearby family. The other families with yellow stickers were all zip lining so we were worried we were in the wrong place. After twenty minutes of waiting we were grouped with another family and taken to a van. There were 6 of us and we were grouped with a family of 7. Every seat in the van was full. We confirmed we were there for ATVs and they said it was all the same place. The van AC did not work well and with so many people in the van we got pretty warm. We were expecting a 45 minute drive but it wound up being closer to an hour and a half. The road was very bumpy and got windy in parts. We were pretty exhausted when we arrived. The “town” is really a hub for all the tours. We waited on the patio of the restaurant while people used the restroom. Then we were taken to get helmets. Goggles were only available for our two kids. Luckily we thought to pack another pair. We also brought our own bandanas for the dirt and it was a good thing we did as they did not have any to sell there. Our guide showed us how to use the ATVs then told us to hop on. We needed two double seaters and there was only one. My daughter wound up having to ride behind her Dad and share his seat. The drive was a mix of paved streets, dirt, and rocks. The guide did a good job of telling us when to shift, etc. Our ride lasted a little over an hour and wound through the local town El Recedo and down to the nearby river. We had fun, but if it had been a little warmer we would have been baking! It was about 80 degrees out when we went and it felt HOT! When we got back to the restaurant we were all covered in dirt! We rinsed off as best we could in the sink and made our way to lunch. It was delcious! Fresh tortillas, a molcajete of DIY salsa and a molcajete of melted cheese with chicken tacos and chips. One drink per person was also included. When we finished lunch we were taken to the tequila distillery. No one in our group drinks tequila so we just listed to how they make it and moved along. We were ready to head home! After we left the tequila distillery we were ushered to the leather shop where the owner discussed leather and jewelers making. We listened politely then headed out to the vans. From here things got a bit messy. No one could tell us who was taking us back to port. Finally a driver approached and said we had to wait for the family we came up with. That family was not even back from their zip lining. That means they were telling us to wait for them to finish zip lining then wait the additional 2 hours for lunch and tours. They tried to tell us there was no option and that it would only be 45 minutes. I had two young kids getting to meltdown mode from a full day in the sun and my elderly father with me and we needed to get on the road. I was about to call viator to get assistance when they told me another driver could take us. Our new driver was awesome and the AC worked great. We made it back to port in one hour and ten minutes. Overall, the tour was ok. You just need to know what you are getting. If you have never done ATVs before, this is a great starter experience. If you are experienced, this will not offer you any thrills or exceptional views.

Not worth it! Misleading advertisement and expensive. Avoid this tour at all costs. You travel to and from for over half the trip.

Our driver Ivan was amazing! The tour of the town was great as well! I enjoyed the cows and bulls by the lake too. We really had a good time on this ATV adventure and I’d do it again. Thanks for good food and a good time.

This was a great adventure! Got picked up and dropped off at my hotel. Our guide Hector was awesome! very informative and helpful. The lunch provided was delicious and everyone very welcoming. Overall It was a great experience and will definitely recommend!

The only thing I would recommend is if you get motion sickness sit in the front of the van for the ride to the place