Galapagos Turtle Bay — Hotel in Parroquia Bella Vista

THIS IS AN REVIEW ON THE TORTUGA BAY HOTEL

This place was an absolute joke and nightmare. Do not be fooled by the pictures, they are not on the beach, they are a $5.00 taxi and 8 minute ride away, from the town center. The hotel is mainly run by a bunch of un trained personnel and kids that want to have fun. The hotel is very outdated.

Don't fall for the All inclusive hype either The breakfast was literally, 2 tablespoons of eggs, a cold roll, a piece of chesse, and watered down orange juice. Yo be honest,after experiencing that,I did not give lunch or dinner a try, I just went to town and ate. As for the excursions that come with the all inclusive deal, we never left on time at 8am, like they said,it was always more like 9am and the tour will have you back at hotel for 12, so you can have there lunch and then that was it,your day is over. I DID NOT PLAY THERE GAME I added tours to the tours they had me on, as well as I found some local guides in town to help me, thank God I did,because I was able to see and experience so much more this way. I am in Galapagos to explore the islands, not hang out at a run down hotel,with bad food,and untrained hotel staff.

The rooms have no type of soundproofing done, I could here the people snoring in the room next to me,the noise in the hallway sounded like it was in your room.

THE STAFF!! My second day there, I had a long excursion, so got back to hotel at 3pm to shower,take quick nap, and go to town for dinner. Could not happen,because the staff party harder at the hotel than the guest do. The literally play there loud music, on blast through out the entire hotel and halls, remember no soundproofing at all!!!. They run,scream,hollar,and yell all day and all night long. This went on every day and every night I was there, until about midnight. If they would of gave me my money back,I would of gladly left the day I checked in and went and found somewhere else to stay, but of course that is not an option, so I dealt with it for 4 nights.

Yes I will definitely return to the Galapagos Islands, BUT I WILL NOTTTTTTTTT IN ANYWAY GO CLOSE TO...

TORTUGA HOTEL AND TOURS||Our first trip to the Galapogos Islands, a bucket list item and adventure of a lifetime. ||Firstly some general comments about the above Hotel. Adverised as 4 stars. The staff is great, friendly, helpful and very polite, although very challenged with language. We have covered the good, now for the rest. ||Our tour was all inclusive from arrival in Ecuador to departure except for alcoholic drinks.||Arrive on the Islands, our guide who spoke no English made it clear that we had to pay the $5.00 per person bus fare from airport to harbor, a five minutes ride. Then a water taxi fee of $2.00 per person. We finally get a land taxi which was good and off to the resort. Fortyfive minutes later we are on a dirt road, followed by a dirt driveway, followed by a dirt parking lot.||Reception staff were great, the reception was not, no place to sit, just stand. We took a look at the pool, beautiful, no sign of filtration. The hot tub was empty. Great.||Off to the room. We were received by two large cockroaches. They didn’t speak English either. Ah, the restaurant was open for lunch. Great. Food was horrible. Grab an orange plastic tray, just like grammar school and point. Food quality, one word, edible.||The included tours were ok. Working boats that spent more time in the air than in the water, bone jarring. We later purchased a tour that used a proper boat, what a pleasure. On our last day, I took a shower, no hot water! That evening, we tried to accomplished some work, but when attempting to log on to the interne the message “Service suspended by provider” appeard, guess the bill needs to be paid. Woke up the final morning to no running water. Manager knew we were leaving at 7AM and said they turn the water on at 7AM.||Avoid this “resort”...

The hotel is very decieving from the pictures . Don't fall for the all inclusive breakfast, lunch,and dinner. After my first breakfast of a table spoon of eggs,an ice cold roll,and one slice of cheese,and not to mention the water down orange juice. I refused to even try lunch or dinner. The rooms are all outdated, as well as the hotel itself,pool area, etc... The towels provide, will give you brush burn when trying to dry off after shower. They will sell you on the all inclusive food plus excursions, which they say they will leave at 8am to start your excursions, we never left at 8am,it was always more like 9am. There is no insulation or soundproofing anywhere in the rooms, I could here the people snoring in the next room. The noise from hallways are extremely loud,due to hollow doors and no soundproofing. |Then there was the staff, which all very unprofessional. Seemed like a bunch of high school kids,girlfriends and boyfriends running the place. You go out on an long day excursion, you come back and just want to shower and catch a nap,before going out for dinner, that is not happening here. The staff party more then the guest and it is all day and every day, even into the late night hours.|It is about a 8 minute ride to the town center, taxi fares are from $4.00 to $5.00 and if your a gringo, they will try $8.00 to $10.00, don't fall for that. |They will also only include one excursion a day for you, that is only about 3 hours and then that is it. Do your homework, we was able to talk to some locals and add some excursions on top of the ones they had booked, thank God we did, because we was able to see so much more.|Yes I will be back to Galapagos, BUTTTTT I WILL DEFINITELY NOT STAY HERE AT TORTUGA BAY HOTEL, IN...