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The advantage of booking with the ship are that you know you will get back in time. However, if you book your tour early in the day you really won't have any problem with this. Smaller tour companies charge less per person and often offer a longer or more elaborate tour. The 10:00 - 12:45 Native way sounds shorter than the one we went on (which was more like (9:30 - 1:00). How do they describe the tour on their website? We took the tour which included the rays and two snorkle stops and it was great! It sounds like the tour they are referring to is a shorter one though.
