Portimão-Benagil: Caves Trip Manguito

IMPORTANT: DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE...My partner is an experienced sailer and scuba diver with advanced certifications! My partner and I purchased tickets from this company, no terms and conditions were explained to us upon purchase or any information given to us verbally or via brochure - a friendly but rushed sale. Once we left the port, the captain only then informed the customers that we will NOT be swimming or going through the caves due to sea conditions (fully agreed) but if informed before hand, we would of rearranged for a more suitable date...The coast line is stunning but we paid €60 for half the experience! After we returned and docked, we asked the captain if he checked the sea state and conditions as EVERY captain should up to the minute before setting sail, he replied that he didn’t as the morning trip was “fine” - failing to check these conditions is a breach of safety and put everyone onboard at risk, while misinforming their customers as a cheap tactic to scam tourists! We highly recommend that DO NOT use this service and check sea conditions yourself on websites such as “windguru” before purchasing this type of experience. Their attitude and lack of professionalism is disgusting and dangerous. If you choose to venture on this type of experience we employ you to use another company and make sure you do your research, as we would hate for anyone to be disappointed and mislead like we were. Thank you for taking your time to read this and we hope it helps.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE...I am an experienced sailer and scuba diver with advanced certifications! My partner and I purchased tickets from this company, no terms and conditions were explained to us upon purchase or any information given to us verbally or via brochure - a friendly but rushed sale. Once we left the port, the captain only then informed the customers that we will NOT be swimming or going through the caves due to sea conditions (fully agreed) but if informed before hand, we would of rearranged for a more suitable date...The coast line is stunning but we paid €60 for half the experience! After we returned and docked, I asked the captain if he checked the sea state and conditions as EVERY captain should up to the minute before setting sail, he replied that he didn’t as the morning trip was “fine” - failing to check these conditions is a breach of safety and put everyone onboard at risk, while misinforming their customers as a cheap tactic to scam tourists! I highly recommend that DO NOT use this service and check sea conditions yourself on websites such as “windguru” before purchasing this type of experience. Their attitude and lack of professionalism is disgusting and dangerous. If you choose to venture on this type of experience I employ you to use another company and make sure you do your research, as I would hate for anyone to be disappointed and mislead like we were. Thank you for taking your time to read this and I hope it helps.

If you expect to see Benagil cave, you will be given 2 minutes to see this with this tour and from a far distance. Also for swimming. And don't expect to be able to complain because they speak nothing else but Portuguese.

We always try to fit in this boat trip when visiting Portugal. It is usually the highlight of the holiday. Being out on the boat in the sunshine is enjoyable in itself as its so relaxing. However the caves are stunning. The boat gets right into some of the bigger caves. The coastal scenery is beautiful. You pass several beaches and villages and all are beautiful. The trip itself takes a few hours. If you are lucky you might see some dolphins. One time we saw dolphins on the way home and the captain followed them extending the trip by close to an hour. The dolphins swam close to boat. I highly recommend this trip. I never get tired of it. I think it is excellent value for money.

Today is almost a year that we made the tour with captain Miguel. He made us laugh all the way and is a very nice and clever host. Thank you Miguel I will try to retrieve my photos