My husband is driving me nuts He can hardly walk right now. He wants me to reserve him a spot on the ATV tour in Huatulco. He says he will be sitting and not walking. He has a new knee and hip on one side and getting a new hip and knee on the other after the trip.He is younger in the mind than in the body in other words. Has anyone done this tour?

Hi Bette,

Yes, we did this tour the last time we journeyed through the canal on the Navigator. It was my first time on ATVs and I was uncertain about my ability to stay on in turns and brake at the right time (alright, really scared). The first half of the tour I spent getting to know the machine and me, the second half was so exhilerating (sp) I whizzed through those dunes like I was born to it.

Now, I have my original knee and hip, but they do not get in the way because you can do all the controls (braking, accelerating) from the hand gears. Also, the company puts you through a very thorough training course and I was impressed with their attention to detail, two were not deemed ready to drive an ATV but did go along as passengers behind a guide. If I remember right, there were six guides for 20 of us.

The only challenge I could think of (if they do the same course) is climbing up and down a set of stairs to get to the beach stop. They did not have your standard 7" risers, more like 11".

I went ATVing here at the Ponderosa Ranch at Tahoe. Huatulco was a sissy ride compared to this one. But I was ever grateful for the training and routing there, because it gave me good basic skills. It was a wonderful adventure.

By the way, we are going to do the tour again. I hope you decide to join us. If you have any other questions I will try to answer them for you.

Three weeks and four days,

Mary Ellen and Bruce

Thank you for such a complete reply. We were on a moped a few years ago in Mexico and fell off going around a turn. The moped and I fell on top of Marty. Mexican hospitals are not the cleanest place to be. After sitting in one for a half hour or so we walked out and went to a drug store to buy things to clean up his wounds. Marty is a retired pharmacist.
He is really in sad shape at the moment from arthritis.I would like to talk him out of the ATV tour. The other thing he wants to do is the deep sea fishing. His arms are bothering him too. I don't know what he would do if he caught a big fish.

We are also planning to do the ATV thing in Huatulco. We did them once in the Colorado mountains and it was a blast. But we got extremely dusty and dirty. We were totally caked in dust. Wonder if Huatulco will be the same?

Bette, although I understand that you want to talk your husband out of the ATV trip, I can tell you from our experience in Colorado that this is not something that is hard on your legs.

Mary Ellen, we are looking forward to joining you on this excursion. Only 25 more days!!!!!

Mike

Hi Bette and Mike,

I agree with Mike that if you have the use of your hands and head the ride will be OK for hubby. But why not let the trainers and guides decide his fate. They were very good picking up the cues from people, obvious or not. You are planning on joining us, aren't you?

If they do the same course the first half is thru a forested area, part pavement, part sand. As I recall (we did it in May) not much dust. We stopped at one beach (no facilities) for a welcomed break. Then the fun really began. We whizzed thru dry stream beds and over a road (traffic stopped for us)to get to the beach with facilities. I usually don't drink beer but being water logged I tried a Corona. It was the best tasting thing I had had in a long time.

Returning to start was mostly the dry river beds, so so so much fun. Still don't remember a lot of dust though. Note of caution: Radisson sent their photographer on this tour. He captured some hilarious pictures, but I won't reveal how.

See you all soon,

Mary Ellen

Thank you for all of your help. We are signing up today. It really sounds like fun and if he can't move for the rest of the cruise I can say "I told you so"