We had an amazing time. Everyone should book. Our tour guide was great and personal. Even gave my…read morekids jacket and sweatshirts. Great day! Glad I went out on the limb to book. We did ATV riding and horseback. Horseback was the only disappointment. I would book again and definitely pick different packages.

Amazing experience! Our whole group had a blast. We had all levels of riders and everyone enjoyed…read morethemselves. Booking was easy and we were picked up right outside the cruise ship port. The atv tour was so fun and our guides made us feel comfortable, making sure everyone felt safe and ready to hit the road with some practice runs/skills in the back. Our guide was awesome and he made us feel at home. We look forward to future trips with you guys soon! Support local and book with ATV Ensenada!

I was heading to Valle de Guadalupe for a wedding and the wedding details recommended Ruta del Vino…read morefor private transportation from San Diego. My friends and I weren't too sure of how the process would be since they picked us up after we walked across the border. We booked our rides through WhatsApp and the communication was super easy. They were super responsive, and the day before our designated rides, they shared the driver's number for us to connect directly. Our driver down to Valle was named Elias and made the whole process so simple! He picked us right outside of where we came out after crossing the border. He was super friendly and wanted to make sure we were comfortable for the drive. He told us a little bit about Valle and how he's lived there for 25 years. On my way back, I had a different driver, who was Natalie. She was super nice and the ride back was so quick, probably because it was the morning and traffic wasn't too bad in Tijuana yet. She was helpful in directing me to find the line to cross the border. Without the direction from her, I would have definitely been confused. They made this whole process so seamless! They were on time and available for all the questions I had leading up to the rides as well. I will for sure use them in the future any time I'm traveling somewhere driving distance in Mexico!

Wonderful service from start to finish. They picked us up directly from our home in San Diego and…read moredrove us to our resort in Valle de Guadalupe and back. We added on a wine tour in the valley too. Ivan our driver, a native of the valley, was extremely friendly and knowledgeable about the valley, even providing excellent restaurant recommendations. The whole experience made us feel safe and secure, we would gladly travel with them again. They even suggested and helped us get a fast pass for border crossing that saved us 3 hours in crossing the border. Great team and service.

They were fantastic. Great guidance (never left us), easy travel, flexible with stops, and they had…read morecar seats for my kids. I will be booking with them again if I come back to Ensenada. Theyre wonderful! And they had reasonable prices and fast responses.

Every chance I get, I am recommending Ensenada Excursions to anyone going to the Ensenada area!…read moreDuring our Carnival cruise, our excursion to Valle de Guadalupe for wine tasting was the highlight of our entire cruise trip! They are truly a 5 star business because they are THAT AWESOME! We booked the upscale wine tasting package and it was just the best day ever. Our driver, Jose Luis Blanco, was friendly, prompt, and just a nice and sweet guy. He made us feel safe and is just so knowledgeable as he is from Ensenada. It was just my bf and I so it felt like we had our own private driver. We went to three beautiful wineries in Valle de Guadalupe and we did not feel rushed as he patiently waited for us. The wineries weren't too busy since it was in the morning so it felt like our own VIP experience. On our way back to Ensenada he asked us if we wanted to stop for tacos or souvenirs in the downtown Ensenada area before getting back on the ship. He even let us stop at OXXO for snacks! Though we didn't do the taco and souvenir stop though we had plenty of time to do so, it was just so nice and thoughtful that he offered that! He was just the best driver! 20/10! The best part is, we were back on the ship at 3:30pm and the ship leaves at 5:30pm. They will make sure you are back with more than enough time which was my biggest concern! Even if we stopped for tacos and souvenirs, we were still back to the Ensenada area around 3:00pm from our tastings with enough time to do this and be back on the ship on time. Thank you so much to Jesse, Jose Blanco, and the entire team at Ensenada Excursions! I would love to try the massage add-on next time :) If you are looking for a fun, professional, and amazing excursion company, book with Jesse and his team at Ensenada Excursions!!!

I found Alex through Viator and he was knowledgeable, professional, courteous, flexible, and…read morecommunicative! He arranged for an ATV tour in the mountains, provided transportation to/from, stopped for lunch at a delicious local establishment and gave me additional tour options to choose from for the rest of the day. I had a great time and highly recommend him and his tour service.

We received a recommendation for Alex for a winery tour from the front desk attendant at the San…read moreNicolas Hotel and Casino. After talking to Alex we agreed upon a price of $110 for both of us for visiting 4 vineyards in the Guadalupe Valley. He told us he would pick us up in his cab the following morning at 10 am and we would be back around 3 pm. Alex arrived a bit early and easily agreed to stop at a breakfast burrito food cart he knew about. These burritos were fresh and hot. Alex knows a lot of the locals and has a lot of jokes and stories to tell. We really enjoyed his tour. He told us he also offered deep sea and local fishing, and ATV excursions. He drove us to Don Victor Manuel Vinos Artesanales in the Guadalupe Valley first. Here we sampled lots of varieties of liqueurs, grappa and some wines. This place was packed with two tour buses. While the tourists were being served, Alex told us about Don Victor and even helped the staff pour out samples. We ended up buying a couple of bottles of liqueur and one bottle of almond grappa here. Don Victor even let us fly the drone over the vineyard. Next, we headed to La Sol y Barro. This small, local vineyard is owned by Aime Desponds, a relocated, retired man from Switzerland. This was our favorite winery, and we bought a bottle of his 2017 Graciano red wine. His paintings decorate the inside of his tasting room, and he told us he built all the buildings on his property using Cob, which resembles adobe. Third, we headed to La Casa De Dona Lupe. This was a large winery, with a restaurant, outdoor and indoor seating, and lots of bottled goodies for sale. We bought a gift basket here, a 2013 Nebbiolo red wine and a 2015 Tempranillo. Dona Lupe is in her nineties and in good health and lives on the property. However, we didn't get to see her on the day we visited. On the way to our fourth winery, we passed some olive fields. We asked to stop and buy some olives. Alex took us to s stand along the road and we bought a huge plastic jar of olives, a bottle of olive oil and some hard-boiled quail eggs in a glass jar. Our last winery was by far the fanciest. Alex told us he would wait for us inside the cab. It was called Decantos Vinicolas and had a full-service kitchen and multiple varieties of wine. They had indoor seating and many outdoor picnic tables. This winery let us fly the drone (see photos). By far, this winery had the most people and many of them were eating as well. They charged for their wine tasting and we ended up buying a bottle of the 2020 Cabernet Franc. We felt bad because we ended up arriving back at our hotel at around 4 pm. Alex didn't complain and I ended up tipping him for this extra hour. If you want a great tour guide that gives you his absolute most, then I would recommend booking Alex. Since he can be hard to get ahold of, please call him at 646-107-2073. He'll treat you right.

Wonderful wine tour out of Ensenada's cruise port terminal. Good driver, and a fantastic tour guide…read morenamed Fernando. Comfortable and scenic drive to the Cetto and Dona Lupe wineries

Terrific excursion! I had no idea Ensenada has developed into such a lovely wine country! It was a…read morebeautiful drive, and Ramone delightfully informed us about the area. We bought some of the delicious wine we tasted from both wineries and also greatly enjoyed the bread, cheese, olives, and jellies. I couldn't believe such a fun tour for such a low price! Highly recommend!

I planned this weekend getaway for my friends and I. Two of which was their first time in the area…read more From the get go, Paola, who is the person that I coordinated with was very responsive and always kept me in the loop with any updates. Their policies are straightforward so there were no "surprise" extra charges. Paola provided me with our driver's contact information the day before the tour, which helped a lot. The day of, our driver Martin, contacted me 15 min ahead of schedule, which I really liked. He was very helpful and would always ask if we had a good time at the winery that we happened to visit. He would also accompany us to the entrance of each winery to let the hostess know about our reservation and also, he would communicate with me throughout our stops, without rushing us off course. This dynamic made our itinerary run smoothly. 100% recommend!

My fiance and I decided to plan a trip to the Valle to celebrate both of our birthdays as well as…read moreour 5 year anniversary. We were reading online that rideshares aren't really accessible there and that hiring a private driver is more the norm so we opted to go that route. We were considering several different options but since we were bringing our 93 pound fur baby with us, we needed to make sure we found a company that was dog friendly. Initially, this is what separated Ansell from the rest but the level of service and communication they showed us really left us feeling that we had found the best choice possible. We were coming to the Valle to spend 5 full days and we knew that we wanted to mostly spend that time wine tasting but also were hoping to get recommendations on other things we could do in the region. I had a handful of wineries that I knew I wanted to check out, but apart from that Ansell basically planned out our itineraries for us. In the weeks leading up to our trip Ansell presented several different itinerary options, fine tuning them with our input as the date got closer. The end result was 3 days of wine tasting in the Valle with a lunch stop in between, and 2 days exploring downtown Ensenada as well as making a trip out to Puerto Nuevo, a nearby fishing village noted for its lobster. I also told them that I was planning to propose to my now-fiance and they went above and beyond in helping me select a great venue! Upon meeting our driver, Victor, we felt completely vindicated in our decision. Victor demonstrated a great deal of hospitality as well as knowledge of the region. His recommandations were always spot on and we are so glad we had the privilege of having him as our guide for the full 5 days. Not only was Victor extremely professional, he also was a great conversationalist. My fiance doesn't speak any Spanish (although she definitely learned how to say "no muerde" and "es un perro fresa" during our stay), so it was very helpful that Victor is bilingual. We had many cultural exchanges. My fiance's native language is Russian so we got to teach him some Russian phrases and he taught us about Mexican and Ensenada history. By the time the sun was setting on our last day with Victor, the mood was bittersweet. We felt as though we were saying goodbye to a friend. We know we will be back to the Valle and when we do, we will definitely be asking for Victor and I definitely recommend that anyone reading this to do the same

This is a great winery, just off the road (no long, bumpy, dirt road!). I had the young flight…read more Each wine was really good. Great service. The atmosphere is welcoming and warm. Don't miss the cellar tasting room and the lavender garden.

I definitely recommend this place for anyone going to VDG. We were able to secure a reservation…read morethrough OpenTable and were sat right away. To be honest, there wasn't really a wait to begin with anyway. We did a wine tasting and tour which I believe was $20/pp. The wines are mostly blends, which I like. The tour takes you to their cave where they will show you how their wines are made. The staff was so kind and helped answer any questions we had about the property and the wines! They have light bites like cheese and crackers, but because they're within proximity to Kings and Queens Cantina, you can also order from there too!

Great service and a must do! Antonio was very professional and detailed about the trip. The only…read moredownside was making a deposit. It was hard to figure out, living in LA and not knowing how to transfer to a bank account in Mexico. Luckily my friend was traveling to Tijuana 3 weeks before and she was able to make a deposit at an Oxo. We had a party of 20, he allowed us to bring our own ice chest and we were all very comfortable. My friends had a great time and I ended up being a hero for planning a cool Valle de Guadalupe trip :)

What an amazing day!! Miguel, our driver, was so helpful in recommending places to go. We had a…read moresuper fun day playing music and bopping around the wineries. Highly recommend! Hoping we can go back soon and hang with Miguel and continue exploring his favorite spots !!