4 years ago
We took the off-road jeep tour to the caves and th...
We took the off-road jeep tour to the caves and the natural pool. If you really like going off-road and getting jostled around a lot, this is the tour for you. If you only sort-of like off-road, pick something else. There were six of us in the back of a land rover and the off-road portion is extremely bumpy for an extended period of time. The jeeps are not in great shape. Our jeep had a zip-tie holding the passenger door shut and the driver side kept falling open so the driver was constantly pulling it shut and I was frankly afraid he was forced to concentrate more on keeping it closed than our actual safety. He was actually a replacement driver because the original one had refused to drive the jeep with the broken doors and subsequently gotten fired that morning. Another jeep on our tour broke down multiple times, once while we were way out in the desert. The cave painting were really cool and the guide, Rocky, had a wealth of information about the history of the island and the indigenous people (who are now extinct, unfortunately). That was the only good thing. After that we headed to the natural pool, which was closed so we spent ten minutes there and moved on. The guide tried to make the rest of the trip worth it by taking us past the goldmine ranch and making a ten-minute stop at a natural bridge, and finally to a little beach for twenty minutes. That meant that for about 80% of the time we were riding around in a broken land-rover on terrifying terrain or waiting for the other broken land-rover to be kick-started. I appreciate their attempts to make this worth while, but this was really a dud. And overall, I wouldn't recommend ABC Tours because while only two of the jeeps had obvious problems, none of the others seemed to be in very good shape. Furthermore, when we got back to lunch we explained some of our concerns with the tour director and she immediately threw the drivers under the bus, saying it was their faults because they could've called for other jeeps to replace the ones they were driving. I would still recommend the attractions because I think they're worth it, but I would choose a different tour company and read the reviews carefully.