Leave from the ATV office in Old Town Vallarta and drive 40 minutes south to the orchid-lined expanses of the Puerto Vallarta Botanical Gardens where you begin a jungle ATV expedition through the rainforest around the gardens.
First, our expert bi-lingual guides explain how to use our brand new, FULLY AUTOMATIC 350cc Yamaha ATVs & some basic precautions. No experience? No worries! These ATVs are very driver friendly and require absolutely no shifting or clutching. Their large size and cushioned back rests make it comfortable and safe for passengers, even small children.
On this tour you will leave the gardens and head out to the small Mexican village of Las Juntas y Veranos, passing seasonal waterfalls on the way. Here, you’ll have fun getting wet while splashing through the rivers, see wildlife such as donkeys, cows, chickens, turkeys, exotic birds, bulls, and more in their natural environment. This tour is a great way to get a glimpse of the real Mexico and to see how the locals live on a day to day basis. After conquering back roads and trails we make our way to the most respected & renowned tequila factory in all of Puerto Vallarta. This family-owned Don Chendo tequila factory not only makes their own tequila right there, bottles it there, but most importantly, we get to sample it there! The bi-lingual tequila guide give us an in-depth explanation on how the tequila is made, right from the planting of the blue agave plant. Plus they show us how to find a bottle of good tequila in the stores back home. They offer samples of roasted almond tequila liquor, chocolate coffee & vanilla liquor, white tequila, reposado tequila (5-11 months in barrel), & anejo tequila (up to 2 years in the barrel), so you are sure to find a taste that suites you. You’ll be so surprised by the difference in quality, no salt or lime is needed!
Continue through livestock-lined back roads to Los Veranos, home of the famous canopy tour, where we’ll visit their petting zoo, full of local Vallarta wildlife including monkeys, iguanas, tropical birds, a huge python, and even creepy-crawlies like scorpions and tarantulas. A trained animal expert helps you feed and hold these animals yourself, making for great photo opportunities!
Not far down the road, we’ll visit the famed Chico’s Paradise, where we’ll watch cliff divers thrill us with acrobatics, then cool off by body surfing the river and plunging over a waterfall slide to a pool 5 feet below. Exciting and fun! Then it’s back to the Botanical Gardens, where you can enjoy a delicious meal at the Plantation House Restaurant, featuring magnificent views of the valley below.
In this tour you get to see all the tourist hot spots, rural Mexican neighborhoods, & experience a side of Vallarta that you would never see in town, all combined into one great tour!