If you are planning to be In Belize this is the man to see. If you are looking for the run of the mill tour then find a different guide. Vitalino will take time to show you as much as you want to see. YOu get to pick you adventure with him. I went cave tubing and to the Belize Zoo with Vitalino and had a great time. You are able to handle snakes and a tarantula if you would like.

Vitalino offers a great tour and a very personal experience.


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After much research on TripAdvisor.com, my husband and I decided to cave tube with Vitalino. From the inital email (Judy Wilson takes care of all of the emailing/reservations) to the trip back to our cruise ship, EVERYTHING went flawlessly. We had a small group of 12. The experience of cave tubing was so much fun...we enjoyed the beauty of the rain forest and the cave systems. We were lucky to have such a personalized tour...the huge cruise ship tours (of 60 plus cruisers) certainly did not have the personal attention we did. Vitalino (AKA Vitamin) took us through a cave system that the other tours did not go through. It was so peaceful..eventually our tour met up with the cruise ship excursions, but have the 15-20 minutes to ourselves was wonderful and breath-taking. We were initially hesitant about booking an independent tour, but would do it again in a heartbeat. We were back at the cruise ship with plenty of time to spare...

We're just back from our Royal Caribbean cruise to Belize/Cozumel/Key West in early April and I have to say I had the best time in Belize.

The best decision we made was to book a cave tubing outing with Vitalino Reyes, a local guide and nature officionado in Belize. I originally got his name from right here on TripAdvisor where he was already getting rave reviews. This excursion was was fantastic and it was fantastic because of him. First of all it wasn't nearly as expensive as the excursions booked through the cruise line nor was it as crowded.

We passed several of the cruiseline arranged groups as we were floating down the river through the caves and they were massive (40 people and more) and unorganized. The ratio of guides to clients was insufficient to offer the attention or safety needed for groups that size.

With Vitalino, we hiked further through the rain forest, learned more and tubed through more caves than the cruiseline groups. As those groups were leaving the water, we still had more ahead of us to explore! Later, on the way back to port, we stopped off at a nice roadside eatery for a delicious meal and refreshments all included in the price we paid for the tour.

Vitalino met us in port as arranged, even though we were delayed getting to shore because the cruiseline tries to make passengers who did not book excursions with them wait until last to leave the ship. Since we had to tender into shore in Belize, this caused about an hour's delay from the appointed time we had arranged to meet, but he was there, polite and prepared.

He was so interesting. It was hilarious as he was tried to teach us words and phrases in different languages of the region. It made for a very funny drive though and before we knew it we were at the park! Of course he told us all about the forest and it's inhabitants ( we tasted the termites and cohone nuts and Begonia stems (which I loved)). On the way back he pulled
over and picked a cashew fruit so we could taste that too. That was really something. I had no idea that cashews grew on top of a fruit and that the fruit was so juicy and delicious.

I am so glad I went to TripAdvisor and got advice on who to hire for that excursion. They were right on the money. Can't wait to get back to Belize and hook up with Vitalino again for some of his other excursions!

If you're going to be in Belize, do yourself a favor and book with Vitalino Reyes - you will not regret it.

V. Sanders

Hey all,
Just got back from the Carnival Glory. Great time! The highlight of the cruise was tubing in Belize. We booked with Vitalino Reyes before we left on the cruise. He met us at the tender terminal with a sign. There were 5 of us myself, wife, sister in law, her 10 year old daughter and my mother in law. Vitalino was waiting for the rest of the people so we went off with Manuel in a van. It was about a 45 minute ride. Manuel was great--very articulate and informative. He knew volumes about the flora, fauna and the culture of Belize. He really kept watch on us through the cave and had us linked together in some stretches. All of us thouroghly enjoyed the trip. Can't wait to go back and do it again. Marty