Joined In Aug 2023
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This company was recommended to me by the Esperanza Inn. They gave a list of about 5 tour companies, and said this company got the best feedback from their guests, and also had clear kayaks. I did the same tour with another company that same week and would agree that Aqua Sunset is the better tour company (the other was Black Beard Sports).
They pick you up in a small bus, and take about 20 or so people on the tour at a time (maybe a little more than that), but it didnt feel too crowded and it was easy to follow their guides. They gave us some information about the stars and the ecology of the bay, but not so much as to overtake the actual purpose of the tour, which was to see the lights in the water. Even when they were educating us, they allowed us some freedom to float around in our kayaks and see the water. They even showed us how to set the shutter speed on our iPhones in order to capture some of the light in photos (fun fact: the way the camera picks up the light is why it looks blue in peoples pictures, but in reality its actually white).
They took us to multiple areas of the bay so we were able to see how the concentration of the dinoflagellates was different in some areas than others (the more of them there are, the brighter the light and vice versa), so it was nice that they let us kayak over such a wide area because we ended up finding the spot where it was the brightest, and it was such a cool experience, and a really neat thing to see.
I highly recommend this company. They were professional, on time, had good, safe equipment, and is the only company that has fully clear kayaks (other companies have clear bottom kayaks which is also cool, but the fully clear ones were better). - via