5
Carolyn Agwu -
6 months ago
This review is for my Tuesday, 2-22-22 at 4:30pm experience.
I initially came across Skydive Vallarta while I was looking into potential activities while planning my birthday trip to PV. After reviewing the company’s website, I booked for myself and my friend. Why not sky dive for the first time ever in such a beautiful place?!
Once in Puerto Vallarta the meetup location was found with relative ease; you walk into the Peninsula Plaza Vallarta Mall and take the escalator downstairs (from street level). You’ll approach the back of the mall and walk toward the fenced area, then turn to the right, and walk a little ways forward until the meet-up site/office comes into view.
Everyone in the office was friendly and professional, from the lady at the front desk, to the staff giving instructions in English u0026 Spanish, and of course our tandem instructors. They were also good about having sanitizer available and people wearing masks inside. There is a brief instructional video to watch followed by body positioning demonstrations (think “banana”) for optimal tandem skydiving. All jumpers return demonstrate these positions and are allowed time to ask questions.
There ended up being a total of 4 of us in my group: my friend and I and also this pair of guys. We were accompanied by our videographers and tandem instructors- all were great but I particularly want to shout out Victor, Sam, and of course my tandem instructor Lucio!
I had lots of nervous excitement as we boarded the small plane and then of course because I had the lucky seat by the door we were to jump out of! But, Lucio was good at keeping the nervousness at bay and being reassuring. We enjoyed a scenic flight of PV as we climbed to jumping height. The tandem instructors go through safety checks very thoroughly before reaching the appropriate altitude.
And then the moment of truth comes! I was first up to tandem jump and felt the nerves escalate as the door opened. But you just breathe and go for it, and wow is it a great feeling! The free fall felt like it went by so fast! And the scenic parachuting down was nice, you kind of get to help “fly” the parachute with the tandem instructor. The landing was nice and I felt safe the entire time.
Five stars for my first skydiving experience and for that experience with Skydive Vallarta!