Rony's vs. Victor Bodden tours

[sallybrown2012]

Both of these tour companies seem to be very well reviewed on TR.  Has anyone found any distinctions between them that led them to choose one over the other - and if not, how did you pick?  Thanks.

[crewsweeper]

I believe that Rony has more of a tilt to schools and orphanage visits for those wishing to donate good or $.  Plus his drivers were among the first to go to Daniel's Sloth Farm, although I think Victor's driver can now go there too.  IMO Rony is more flexible in stops on his the "freestyle tour". Victor's Island tour is good though.  Rony has lower priced tours t specific beaches like Parrot Tree Plantation , Paradise Beach, Las Palmas, et.al.. Victor does have all his drivers stop at his place with monkeys and cashew nut wine (skip unless Thunderbird or Wild Irish Rose is your beverage of choice).  Victor also has a zipline. Rony has tours to Pirates of the Caribbean and SouthShore Canopy for zipline adventures.

[c-leg5]

There are any number of tour operators on Roatan that will provide a custom tour.

 

Rony and Bodden are just the main names regularly mentioned on CC. From my experience of contacting operators directly and reading reviews, tour prices are routinely standard from one operator to another on a sliding scale dependent on the number of people in the van. Most require payment at the end of the tour, but there are exceptions. 

 

Internet can be iffy on Roatan but I have always had reasonable response time from operators. The quality of the tour “on the day” is more dependent on the tour guide themself than the tour operator. If you can find the name of a recommended driver that you can ask for I think that is more useful, otherwise it is just luck of the draw.