点评:I was a little nervous because they charged less than the other places, but it seemed like they own the property and other companies just go through them.
I wonder if the other places charge more to cover fancy internet pages, lots of signage around town and other advertising expenses. They also seemed to have nicer trucks and fancy (less bulky) life vests. Other company(ies) have property off the main road with nice bathrooms and changing stalls. We tried to drive to Don Rafa but our 2x4 wouldn't have made it. NEED 4X4, even if dry! They were able to send a jeep up to get us.
Maybe other companies' guides speak better English than ours? Although our guide, Jonathan, said he didn't speak much, ours seemed to communicate just fine when I wasn't practicing my Spanish! He gave us good advice about beating the crowds. He seemed to really enjoy stopping and offering to take photos (and videos) of us. I didn't specifically request a private tour, but it was just the 3 of us.
Highly recommend starting tour before 8/8:30 to beat the crowds. Also, we wore hiking gear over swimsuits but never took off outerwear. Others were just wearing swimsuits. We packed snacks but didn't have time and didn't need them. I was afraid of blisters so wore wool socks under water hiking shoes, figuring I'd take them off when we got to the waterfall, but they were already wet from river crossing and we didn't really stop and "set up" at the waterfall. My kiddo was fine with water shoes.
Brought hat and sunglasses but took off at waterfall. Guide put in dry bag for us and ended up carrying back to starting point so turns out I hadn't really even needed to bring them. We used bug repellent before starting but didn't actually notice bugs (April).
翻译:我有点紧张,因为他们的收费比其他地方低,但看起来他们好像拥有这块地,其他公司只是通过他们来安排行程。
我怀疑其他地方收费高是不是为了支付精美的网站、遍布全城的广告牌和其他广告费用。他们似乎还有更豪华的卡车和更轻便的救生衣。其他公司在主路外也有场地,配备舒适的卫生间和更衣室。我们尝试开车去唐·拉法,但我们的两驱车根本开不过去。即使路面干燥,也必须开四驱车!他们派了一辆吉普车来接我们。
也许其他公司的导游英语比我们的好?虽然我们的导游乔纳森说他不太会说英语,但当我不练习西班牙语的时候,他似乎沟通得很好!他给了我们一些避开人群的好建议。他似乎很喜欢停下来帮我们拍照(和录像)。我并没有特意要求私人导览,但当时只有我们三个人。
强烈建议在8点/8点半之前出发,避开人潮。我们穿着泳衣外面套了登山服,但一直没脱掉。其他人则只穿了泳衣。我们带了零食,但没时间也没用上。我怕磨出水泡,所以在水鞋里穿了羊毛袜,想着到了瀑布再脱掉,但袜子在过河的时候就已经湿了,而且我们也没在瀑布停下来好好休息。我的孩子穿水鞋就没问题。
我带了帽子和太阳镜,但到了瀑布就摘掉了。导游帮我们装进了防水袋,最后还帮我们带回了出发点,所以看来我其实根本没必要带。出发前我们用了驱蚊剂,但实际上并没有看到虫子(四月份)。