Affiliate Disclosure
Every tour compared here, from Los Arcos snorkel boats to the December-to-March whale watching runs, links to a live booking page. Book through a link and the booking network behind the listing pays this site a commission. That is the entire arrangement.
How The Money Works
The links on this site carry affiliate tracking. Click through, reserve the Marietas Islands all-inclusive day or a Rhythms of the Night dinner cruise, and the network processing that booking pays a commission here. Your price does not move. The mega yacht whale watching cruise lists from $110, the Downtown Vallarta food tour from $59, and every other tour here costs the same with or without a tracking tag. Call the operator's own office instead, the commission goes unclaimed, and your seat still costs the same.
Booked-tour commissions are the only income these pages have. No banner ads run beside the write-ups, no operator has bought a better position, and no tour paid a peso for its listing. The 4.9-rated private ATV ride with its waterfall stop gets judged on what its 977 guests wrote and what the itinerary includes, the same test applied to the $32 hop-on-hop-off bus loop and the $169 Jorullo Bridge run. Should money ever arrive another way, this disclosure changes first and the arrangement starts second.
Booking Tours Without This Site
None of these tours requires this site. Chica Locca, Vallarta Adventures and Mike's Fishing & Tours all have their own channels for the Marietas Islands trip, the Yelapa waterfall day and the whale watching cruise. The comparisons exist to shorten the research: line up the from-prices, hours and review scores first, then book wherever you like.
Every tour compared here can be booked without us in the middle. A Marietas Islands boat day and a downtown food walk both open the same listing page a search turns up.
The Money Part
- Booking a Los Arcos snorkel trip through a link here costs the same as going direct. The operator's side of the sale pays the commission. Your price does not move.
- Commission terms stay flat across the catalog, so a $169 Jorullo Bridge ATV day earns more than a $32 city bus loop because it costs more, not because it gets pushed harder.
- No operator, from Vallarta Adventures to Los Veranos Canopy Tour, has paid for placement, and no one can pay for a higher spot.
- When a comparison leaves a tour out, the reason is fit, not money. A Los Arcos snorkel listing may answer your question better than a Sayulita day trip would.
- Placement on this site is never for sale. A zipline company in the Sierra foothills or a boat operator on Banderas Bay cannot buy a better position, softer wording, or a spot in the catalog. The order reflects each listing's own details, never a payment.
Where Our Prices And Ratings Come From
Every figure here comes from the live listing beside it. The $48 from-price on the Los Arcos five islands snorkel trip and the 4.8 rating across 771 reviews on the Marietas all-inclusive day match what the live booking pages published, no rounding, no editing. Prices and terms shift without notice, so treat each number as a snapshot and confirm it on the live page before you pay.
Every from-price on this site is a per person figure, from the $32 hop-on hop-off bus loop up to the $169 ATV and RZR crossing at Jorullo Bridge. Even the private ATV run with waterfall stop and tequila tasting quotes $94 per person, not per group.
What The Listing Says Goes
What a tour includes is set by its listing, never by a summary here. Does the Marietas Islands national park day cover snorkel gear and lunch? Does the canopy route bundle its speedboat transfer, or does the Sierra Madre hike pour its tequila tasting into the price? The live booking page settles all of it, and operators adjust their own cancellation windows freely, so read those terms there before paying.
A from-price that no longer matches its live listing? Flag it through the contact form. The about page walks through how the roster of 27 tours gets built.