Steftacular Posted December 15, 2014 #1 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I have 14 people in my group, so Cosol agreed that we would have our own private van/tour and we could customize it as we like. I asked for a run down of their itinerary and I didnt really get much back. I read that the biggest complaint is you dont get enough time at the beach (45 mins?) so I want to cut some stuff out to give us more time. The information I was given says they stop every 10 minutes for a photo break. I dont really think thats necessary, but Im not really sure whats worth it and whats not. I was thinking of cutting the botanical gardens as well? For those who have done Cosol's tours, what stop(s) would you cut out? Thank you! - Stefanie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerxspeedy Posted December 21, 2014 #2 Share Posted December 21, 2014 We did the tour this year. I agree that the beach time is too short. We bypassed the garden and it was still not enough beach time for me. The food, falls and banana stops can be done quickly. If you tell your guide what you want he will make it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steftacular Posted December 22, 2014 Author #3 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Great thanks! What about all the photo op stops? Any of those we can skip? Or are those in conjunctions with another activity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerxspeedy Posted December 23, 2014 #4 Share Posted December 23, 2014 It was cloudy when we left so the only real stop exclusively for pictures was at the road near the pitons. The biggest time killer was the mud baths. It takes a while to get everyone in and then cleaned off. You could probably bypass pictures of the steam coming out of the rocks - not much of a volcano to see. I'll be doing this again in March and will attempt to keep it moving - if its a nice beach day. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steftacular Posted December 23, 2014 Author #5 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Thanks again! Reassuring to know that youre taking the tour again! Our cruise isnt until May so let me know how your March tour goes!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bre Posted December 30, 2014 #6 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Oh My Gosh! The Botanical Gardens was one of my fave stops. One of the most beautiful places in the world...The Valcano wasn't all that great.IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justme_85 Posted December 30, 2014 #7 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Thanks again! Reassuring to know that youre taking the tour again! Our cruise isnt until May so let me know how your March tour goes!! :D I think we are on the same Roll Call and I mentioned we are doing the same tour. I have a girlfriend going on the Valor March 1st and she is doing the same tour. I am using her as my Guinnea Pig and really trust her to tell me how the tour is. I can let you know as soon as she gets back the good, the bad and the ugly! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steftacular Posted December 30, 2014 Author #8 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I think we are on the same Roll Call and I mentioned we are doing the same tour. I have a girlfriend going on the Valor March 1st and she is doing the same tour. I am using her as my Guinnea Pig and really trust her to tell me how the tour is. I can let you know as soon as she gets back the good, the bad and the ugly! :) Ah yes! that would be fantastic! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolfndreams Posted January 1, 2015 #9 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Personally if I had a choice I would skip the volcano. Basically flats with sulfer bubbles on occasion. It was pretty underwhelming. It was a larger chunk of time they might be able to add to the beach time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steftacular Posted January 1, 2015 Author #10 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Where are the mud baths at? Is that at the volcano? Or is the only thing at the volcano those bubbling/steaming pits? I might agree with you, we could probably skip that part. Sent from my XT1097 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reedprincess Posted January 1, 2015 #11 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Mud baths are at the volcano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steftacular Posted January 2, 2015 Author #12 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Mud baths are at the volcano. Thats what I thought! So we cant bypass the volcano all together because thats definitely a highlight! Might just speed through the other volcano parts :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reedprincess Posted January 3, 2015 #13 Share Posted January 3, 2015 You can do just the mud baths and not the thirty or so minutes walk through the volcano part..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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