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I stayed in the hostel part and had such a good experience with my Open Water, I left the island and came back after 5 days to do my Advanced Open Water while staying in a private room. The facilities were immaculate I felt like a princess in the private room. Beautiful views, gorgeous everything. As a world traveler, it is often difficult to find community abroad. When I come across this in my travels, it is a treasure to behold. Isla Tortuga and the community around and within it, are one of those life-affirming communities. I am so thankful and relieved that people like you all exist. Genuine, good hearted people with a love for adventure, friends and nature. Just wow. I came across Isla Tortuga on a reddit thread randomly on my search for dive schools... and when I saw they also had a hostel connected to it I signed up. Had no idea what I was getting myself into. What a PLEASANT SURPRISE. The people that work at Isla have a special way of making family out of strangers. I feel I have family here. I should've assumed by the name that there would be many Spanish speakers here, but did not put 2 and 2 together xD Even if you don't speak Spanish, just get in the mix with different speaking people. I always felt included even if I was just observing what was happening. There was people here from all corners of the world. This is a treat. The owners of this place are top notch humans. The people that run a business and their character says a lot about a business in its totality. Carlos was super helpful to me in answering all my dumb questions before I even arrived, was very encouraging and caring in his own way. Javier was super organized and helpful with logistics and was a bright light. I felt very taken care of at Isla Tortuga. My teachers were excellent, even though english was not their first language, they spoke great, were both very thorough and highly valued safety. It made me feel comfortable knowing I was diving with people that have been diving for years. Dani, my first teacher for my Open Water certification, had a perfect combination of seriousness and fun. He was down to business in teaching the skills efficiently, so we could enjoy our time diving as well. While at the same time, carries his personality in a way that is light hearted and makes it a fun time. I felt very safe and comfortable diving with him for my first time ever! Incredible!!!! Antonio was my second teacher for my Advanced Open Water course and is truly a love! He was also very careful with all of our skills making sure that we were doing things right and safely, he was very patient and has this wonderful spunky light inside of him. Very knowledgable diver as well. I wish I could just stay here for months, I can see why some people do. It is hard to leave. I know I will be back to do my dive master someday. Thank you to everyone at Isla Tortuga who made my experience nothing short of life changing. - via 