Roatan Shore Excursion: Monkeys, Sloths, and Snorkel Adventure

Had fun with sloth, monkeys and the birds. Best snorkeling experience! Bravo to our tour guides. Thanks!

We had a wonderful time in Roatan! We met the tour guide outside the Carnival cruise port without any problems. First we drove to the animal place. There were other tour groups there, and they lead groups of 10-12 people through at a time. Everyone has ample to time to hold and take pictures with the animals. The sloths are amazing. They are so gentle and sweet. The monkey are just so fun! Then we went for the snorkel boat. "Turtle Man" was our guide for the snorkeling, and he was great! There were about 15-20 people in our group. They took us out to sea, just to 5' deep water. It was beautiful and refreshing. Turtle Man led us around and found different sea creatures to show everyone. Our driver was very friendly and told us a lot about Roatan as she drove us back to the port.

I loved all of the various animals I got to see and interact with. The sloths were the best so soft and funny. The snorkeling was amazing too. So many great things to see.

This excursion was by far one of the best we have been on. Philip, our guide and driver was so polite and shared information about Roatan, the sights while we were driving to see the monkeys. The monkeys, sloths and parrots was definitely the highlight. We got to all visit and took our time with each species. The snorkeling was a 2 minute drive to a shallow reef where we saw a lot of different type of sea life and colorful fish and coral. Highly recommend!

We absolutely loved this tour (family of 4: 2 adults, 15 y.o. & 12 y.o.). The keepers are knowledgeable about the animals and the animals are clearly comfortable with people. Holding the sloths was sweet and unique but I have to say the Capuchin monkeys stole the show! They were hilarious. The snorkeling was amazing - clear, warm, shallow water where you can see everything. We saw many colorful fish, conch peeking out of their shells, a Spiny lobster and a giant crab. The snorkeling gear was really nice and didn't fog up like some equipment. The two main downsides, that detracted only slightly from the overall amazing experience, were the meeting point outside of the terminal (hot, no shade, confusing, crowded, lots of street traffic, etc.) and that we had a long wait at AJ's Sanctuary before we could see the animals - I think there were three large groups in front of us when we arrived and we just had to sit and wait for a while. (And, FYI, face masks were not requested/enforced and temperatures were not taken on our tour as advertised.) But other than those few very minor issues, we had a fabulous time on this tour.

Excellent excursion, great family fun. Our guide Phillip was so nice and went above and beyond to make sure we had an enjoyable day. Kids loved the experience with the sloths and monkeys. Snorkeling was also great - shallow waters with abundant marine life made it perfect for novice snorklers.

Absolutely our favorite part of the whole cruise! Monique, our driver, was wonderful and very knowledgeable and personable. The animals were amazing, so well loved and cared for. Turbo, the sloth, was my 35-year old daughter’s most favorite, but we both loved the monkeys. Turtleman (Zaul) was so patient and kind on our snorkeling trip, making sure I participated fully even though I am not a swimmer. This excursion is one of my favorites of 14 cruises!! Highly highly recommend!

I told him around Royal caribbean and when we got off the port no one knew her this restaurant was for this pyramid thing that was supposed to get left out. So we could not go on the tour. Apparently later I we learned that he gave us directions from the other port that only car ships go on.

We had Katelynn as a tour guide (awesome). Picked us up - Easy to find and escorted us to the sloth / monkey / bird exhibit and then to snorkeling. Loved the whole experience and would do it all over again. Highly recommend.

It was just the 3 of us so like a private tour.Our guide was really friendly . The monkey tour was awesome and the snorkeling as well.