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Old 01-04-2013, 03:37 PM   #1
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Dune Buggy Jungle & Beach Safari

We booked the Dune Buggy Jungle & Beach Safari excursion on Costa Maya. If anyone has done this can they give me a thumbs up or thumbs down.
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Also if there is another excursion on Costa Maya that you loved please us know.
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As we get close I just wanted to see if anybody had experience with this excursion.
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My friend LOVED the Dune Buggy Beach party. We went on the tour of the ruins and liked it but I'm not sure if you can do that one or not. We could not get into Grand Cayman because of the tides so we were at Costa Maya from 8am-1am so we had time.

We did love the Fury snorkel and Catamaran at Cozumel!!! We are going to do it again in October. Have a great cruise!
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Thanks for the info. I found these two links online this weekend as I was checking around.
Dune Buggy Costa Maya - YouTube
NCL - Dune Buggy Safari & Beach customer reviews - product reviews - read top consumer ratings

The NCL reviews were very good. Good thing we have Passporter for our DCL reviews as DCL does not do this.
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I just wanted to say have a great time! Looking forward to hearing about it when you get back!
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I will post all about our excursions !!!
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