My wife and I typically will take the most popular tours when we are visiting a new city/destination. We like to get around and see as much as we can when we are on vacation. In this case, it was our first time in Portland OR. I booked the Portland city tour at 9:00 AM (tour was 9 AM - 12:00 PM) then had the Columbia River Gorge Waterfalls Tour booked for 2:00 PM (2PM - 4PM) the same day. So glad we did this. In my opinion, highly rated tours, get you acclimated to the more desirable places that visitors enjoy seeing. It gives you a “lay of the land” and opens it up to places you might want to go to on your own later in your stay there. For me, this was money well spent on two great tours. For what we saw and experienced, the cost and gratuities were negligible. We could have spent days finding some of these locations and still not know the history behind them.
The buses held around 10-12 people and they were quite comfortable . Air conditioned. Large glass windows provide generous viewing options. Drinks (non-alcoholic) were complimentary as well as some native hazelnuts. Bathroom stops at clean, well appointed facilities were often enough (being a senior, they were welcomed).
Our tour guide for both tours was Aaron. Aaron did a great job on both these tours!!!
Highly recommend. Not sure if all tour drivers do this but, Aaron took group pictures of our tour group at select tour stops. Besides bathroom breaks, we stopped at all the key locations (for the most part) and had some personal time to enjoy, take photos, etc.
Took the tour July 19th