Gilligan's Island, Guanica Puerto Rico: A Difficult to Access Abandoned Island (Plus Parador!)

[@Mory2832]

I remember Guilligans island definitely paradise every time I would go Visit PR Guilligans was number one on my list to see sad that after the storm and earthquakes they didn’t rebuilt it, it was so affordable too and they use to deliver you food from the restaurant where you take the ferry to the island…great memories there… thank you for sharing this video with us… one day I get to revisit it again.

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Oh wow! That would be cool if they delivered food out there! It's really not too far to kayak if you go!

[@Cinedos]

You guys are just too brave for me😅Great video! -Lynda K

[@LifeTransPlanet]

🤣 Thanks Lynda!

[@alvaroestrella7364]

SALUDOS...🙋‍♂️...🇵🇷..THANK YOU FOR GILLIAN'S 🏝️ .. FLASHBACK . A TRULY ENJOYABLE 3 HOUR TOUR...🚣...GINGER.. GILLIAN FOUND A BEAUTIFUL 🐚..🦀.🦎.🐟🐟🐟.🍧...AND THE PROFESSOR FOUND YOU..😆..KEEP THE ..📽️.. coming..👌🏻

[@LifeTransPlanet]

🤗 Love it! Thanks Alvaro

[@valgamesi6107]

Definitely that's a nice place to go thank you for sharing

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Thanks Heriberto!

[@davidcustodio2384]

Beautiful Guanica Puerto Rico... Happy to see you guys enjoying the tour.. Good video.. that is why people fight back to preserve the beach coast and keep away big investors invading the shore. The beach belongs to everybody. Thanks for the video!

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Exactly!

[@KoflaOlivieriPhotography]

When I was a teen, all beaches were easily accessible. Cana Gorda, Playa Santa, etc, No fencing anywhere. I was told that people can take a boat from CopaMarina to Gilligans. So I am going to try that to go snorkeling and take underwater pics when I visit Guanica in a couple of weeks. Thanks for sharing!

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Please let me know how it goes and if they charge you anything to take your own boat from Copa Marina. That was the only place we didn't try to leave from. I do like to go there and have lunch though!

[@KoflaOlivieriPhotography]

@@LifeTransPlanet In June, I will be visiting Mayaguez for two weeks after attending the 50th anniversary of my high school graduation. I hope to be able to spend a day at Gilligans. I will update if I do make it.

[@victoriap3832]

Puerto Rican beaches belong to the people of Puerto Rico, when l was a kid we went to any beach without any problems. I wonder what happened to the island l once knew?. It is a shame.

[@KoflaOlivieriPhotography]

@@victoriap3832 I agree, it is a shame.

[@oscarrivera5363]

Me gustan mucho tus videos,Gracias y muy Hermosa como siempre ❤

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Muchas gracias Oscar!

[@wandasantiago6235]

Gracias por transportarme alas hermosas agua delas playas de Guanica tantos años sin verlas cuando niña iva mucho conmi mama yde joven no voy desde el 1975 que mucho a cambiado Cana gorda eran muchas palmas árboles y muy al natural y san Jacinta al lado era parte de caña gorda y ayi avía una pista de baile cuando salías dela playa ibas a bailar haora veo muy diferente a san jacinto tiene mesas sillas de ve vien porque era al natural eso si unas aguas muy bonitas ❤ gracias por llevarme a esos bellos recuerdos

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Aww que bonitos recuerdos! Saludos Wanda!

[@MrRafa52]

Wow ! I was just in PR the first week in May and went to Ensenada and drove by that very hotel! Been there forever ! Nice they keep it in good shape! Great video as always!❤

[@LifeTransPlanet]

So cool! Thanks Rafa. It was a nice place! I would go back.

[@beatrizrosado898]

Love your adventures and your beautiful family. Dios los bendiga mucho ♥

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Muchas gracias!

[@beatrizrosado898]

@@LifeTransPlanet You bring so much happiness to us,specially those that are far away from the Island. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. BLESSINGS to you and your beautiful family 👪

[@josearrieta4522]

Saludos! We ran into you guys at the Home Depot today. Nice meeting you. Jose y Carmen Arrieta

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Oh yay! Thanks for leaving a message here! Was so great meeting you both!

[@albertomartinez4678]

i had never met a celebrity , wow, congrats!

[@miguelsanoguel9738]

Hola hola buenas tardes mi verdadera presiosisima hermosísima y bendecida familia en Cristo Jesús dé puerto rico wow weeepaa absolutamente muchísimas gracias por visitar mi bello y humilde pueblo de guanica ❤️❤️🇵🇷🇵🇷🔥🔥👏👏 bendito sea Dios los temblores y huracanes lo han destruido mucho una dé mis playas favoritas gilligan caña gorda y playa santa las mejores playas del sur me trajiste muchas memorias y nostalgia me encantó demasiado mucho todo muchas bendiciones para todos ustedes y gracias por siempre compartir tus lindísimos excelentes vídeos buen trabajo Dtb cuidé y proteja siempre mucho más amén amén 👏👏❤️❤️🇵🇷🇵🇷🔥🔥

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Muchas gracias Miguel!

[@VictorPerez-uc5nj]

This is an amazing video! We have missed your video's lately, but are happy to see that you are posting again. It is so sad to see all the fencing, and then on top of that you having to pay 20. to launch, but what a treat for us, that you took us to that fabulous little island. I also loved hearing hubby in the background narrating your 3 hour tour, it made us giggle, especially for me who always watched gilligan's island. Thank you again, love going on your expedition's with you! Villa Rica, Ga

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Aww thanks for sending us some love! I appreciate it! It was a bit frustrating how hard it was just to find somewhere to launch the kayak, but it's part of the adventure!

[@marktirado4527]

Great video as always!

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Thanks Mark!

[@amablemoya5869]

Gracias por sus videos. Me alegra saber un poquito de ustedes

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Gracias! Que bueno escuchar de ti otra vez!

[@amablemoya5869]

Gracias

[@zulmoreno5246]

Saludos familia!! Q emoción que pudieran ir a disfrutar unos días en mi hermoso Guánica q tanto amo ♥️ cuantos gratos recuerdos 😍😍 wow como quedò Gilligan 😔 tan hermoso que era eso ahí. Cassie antes había una lancha que te llevaba desde ahí mismo donde ustedes salieron en kayak hasta la Isla de Gilligan y por cierto había q llegar muy temprano por que si no se llenaba y no podías ir a menos que fueras en lanchas privadas. Era muy popular y turístico. Pero que bueno que pudieron ir y disfrutar de esas hermosas y cristalinas aguas 😍😍 bendiciones y un abrazo!!

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Muchas gracias! Si, muchas personas han hablado de como era, lastima que no fui durante sus buenos tiempos.

[@dennisvera2802]

GREAT SHOW

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Thanks Dennis!

[@Heidi6781]

¡Tremenda aventura amigos! ¡Wow! ¡La isla de Guilligan para ustedes solos! Es triste que casi toda la costa esté con verja y el deterioro de todas las facilidades.

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Asi es! Es triste ver un lugar tan amado en esas condiciones! Pero por lo menos la naturaleza se abunda!

[@normagonzalez7470]

☹️

[@antoniopacheco3471]

Gracias bendiciones 🙏🇵🇷🙏🔥🔥

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Gracias! Igual!

[@jaimemontilla7675]

Such a shame the current state. I remember camping there almost every weekend in the early 80’s. No dock at the time and peaceful clear waters. Such great memories from my childhood. Helped we had a small 13’ whaler to get us back and forth to get ice😃.

[@LifeTransPlanet]

What awesome memories! Hopefully it can be restored and reopened fully to be enjoyed by all!

[@notafraidtogarden4806]

Hello my new friends. I have watched a few of your videos and I enjoy your content. I just subscribe to your channel. We stayed at this parador a few years ago. Nice to see it again. We also visit Gillian’s island but it was very crowded. I like the way it is now nice and quiet. Thank you for sharing your adventures. 👏👏👍👍👍

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Aww thank you so much for the sweet comment and for subscribing! We are also big gardeners! 💮

[@notafraidtogarden4806]

@@LifeTransPlanet yes I know. You have an amazing garden with plants and fruits. I love watching the garden episodes. Wishing I can do gardening in a tropical place. 👏👏

[@victoriap3832]

Love your videos...have you gone to ..La Jungla?. In Guanica? You get there by playa Santa. I know you would love it!!!.

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Hi Victoria! Thanks so much! We have gone once! I loved it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6vEkp2XireokNU

[@incorrigiblycuriousD61]

You and your family make great videos. What is that object at 19:46? Are those concrete things for habitat and coral formation? Thanks for the video.

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Thanks so much! I really don't know! I don't even know if they are natural or man-made. They seemed so perfectly round. Very peculiar! There were others in this canal too!

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Looks almost like a big wiffle ball!

[@iespin6258]

Love your videos!!! All those houses are illegally built, not allowing the public free access to the beach. They think they own the beach.

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Thanks Ivonne! I was actually shocked how difficult it was to find an open bit of sandy beach! Every so often there should at least be a public open access point!

[@eugenefernandez3351]

Yeah what the heck is going on. The beach belongs to us!

[@trinitycouturetwitch9873]

Yes, all beaches belong to the people of Puerto Rico and will ALWAYS be public for access regardless if their house is trying to block public access. No law enforcement can or will stop anyone from accessing those beaches.

[@elmenomaronido6653]

me encanta Guanica 😍

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Si es muy linda!

[@khaliddraper5820]

It's crazy what's become of it. We went there as part of our 1st wedding anniversary in 2016. I've been wondering how it had faired. 😢

[@LifeTransPlanet]

I never had the chance to see it when it was in its heyday. It's pretty sad that it never got repaired! But it's still beautiful in a different way.

[@ggarcia3571]

If had gone a little further down the road you would have found a launch spot for the kayak. The empty spray can is what espiritistas use for cleansing must likely someone went there and used the ocean for spiritual cleansing and used the spray for good luck afterwards. The image on the can is La Mano Sagrada.

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Thanks for the info! Where about was the launch place for the kayak? Is it a dock or sand? We were pretty much at the end of the road I think. That's interesting about the spray! It smelled pretty good!

[@robinsonjustiniano3567]

Hey guys how you guys doing I hope everything okay enjoying the island I see I see but I want to see more videos

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Thanks so much! Been busy lately but I'll try to make more videos! Keep watching and sharing so I stay motivated haha

[@vitamaltz]

Great video, Cassie! Can you just paddle over the buoys at the balneario?

[@LifeTransPlanet]

That was what we were thinking if we couldn't get out at San Jacinto. The problem was we'd have to carry it from the parking lot all the way over to the beach. The guard said there was no launch area since it was for swimmers, but there were no swimmers at the time so I think it would have been ok (just hard to carry that far).

[@albertomartinez4678]

for us ricans this is sad to see, when i was enjoying those places was in the 1980s and they were exuberant with beauty and so many people crowed those areas, it feels like looking at the ruins of what it was once so beautiful,,,,😪

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Si, te comprendo 😥 pero it's still beautiful in a different way.

[@albertomartinez4678]

@@LifeTransPlanet i am jealous because as a Puerto Rican man i cant live in PR , I've been in USA for 23 years straight , i don't even use Spanish anymore , and even more shameful is , i don't even know if i can adapt to live in PR again, i will be 60 next year , as I'm looking forward to retirement i would love to go back to the island, but, I'm so scared, i think i will die in USA. I'm sorry, please, continue to enjoy PR as a lot of us would like to do but, are unable to do so.......

[@LifeTransPlanet]

@@albertomartinez4678 💗

[@normagonzalez7470]

😢

[@gerardogallardo7824]

The boy going to be a sailor he always in the water or a biologist or a swimmer or water lover

[@LifeTransPlanet]

An explorer/scientist for sure! He also loves climbing things!

[@eugenefernandez3351]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@evelynrodriguez2981]

❤

[@trinitycouturetwitch9873]

Balneario Cana Gorda was NOT "blocked" by buoys. That is a floating swim line indicating the safest distance for swimmers. As an avid kayaker myself, any size kayak can easily glide over those swim lines. Also, just because the website says the beach is accessible during "normal business hours" it's not going to be due to repairs of the structures there. Therefore, any gated construction site will operate on construction time, not normal regular business hours. Lastly, most of the island is not "abandoned", most of the older structures were destroyed by back to back hurricanes Maria and Irma and very recent earthquake in September 2023.

[@LifeTransPlanet]

The guard told us that we couldn't cross the buoys, but it seemed like it would be pretty easy to. If I were to do it again, I think I would leave from that balneario. It's nice to see they are doing repairs. Hopefully they take down the fence soon!

[@JamesSylivant]

How hard is the paddle? I'm headed there in a couple of weeks.

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Hey James! Not bad when we went, a few currents to fight but reasonably easy. If we could go from the first point we tried in the video it would be a super short trip, maybe 15-20 minutes paddling -an experienced person maybe 10. From the balneario it would be more like 30. We were in between those points at San Jacinto, but I wouldn't pay $20 just to leave from there again.

[@krisdjames]

The can is from Chan Feliu Laboratory Works, Inc which was located in San Juan, went out of business around 2014. Based on what little I could find I believe this was sold as marble floor and countertop cleaner. Hard to tell for sure without a better view of the label. The way people have come into PR and bought expensive beach front properties, pushing out locals and restricting beach access is a travesty!

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Thanks for researching that! Yes, the beach access issue there was surprising to me!

[@normagonzalez7470]

😢

[@ritagonzalez8923]

No life jackets?ealeh risky! That’s what I like about your videos,not fear.ay bendito!

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Just one for the nino. We are both strong swimmers!

[@edwinodus]

Earthquake capital of the PR

[@juaniki123]

There are no private bodies of water in PR. You should have been able to throw your boat from anywhere. Glad to see you had fun.

[@LifeTransPlanet]

The bodies of water may be public, but if they shut off access to them with gates and fences it makes them practically private! And the one place charged us just to go out on the water even in our own little boat! Thanks for the nice wishes! We did have a great time overall! 😃

[@SuperYolyi]

Nice views and background music. U know what? that island belongs to the mosquitoes. at night is impossible to be there.

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Thanks Super! Oh really!? Lots of skeeters!?

[@carmenjaniratarafacortes7405]

💤15🤚🏼❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Jorge-q9u1y]

Respect nature and wiĺdlife. Leaving that conch to dry out. Then the mom and kid kicking those animal habitat in the shallows. I'm from Guanica, if you visit again please show respect.

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Hi Jorge! Thanks for your comment and for loving nature as much as we do! We didn't leave the conch to dry out, we just watched and learned and then put it back at the edge of the water where we found it. Since you are from there, did you ever go when there were a lot of people? It used to be a party island brimming with people all over from what I understand, but the iguanas are running the show over there now! 🙂 Do you know what those round balls are in the water of the canals?

[@Jorge-q9u1y]

@@LifeTransPlanet I've been going there since the mid 70's. Caña Girda didn't have that fence before, much easier to enjoy. It might have been nice to show you putting in back in the water. Also it's an.aquatic animal. Youre recording it suffering. Not trying to a karen. But animals can't speak for themselves. Just don't do that. Thank you

[@Jorge-q9u1y]

@@LifeTransPlanet also next time drive a bit more to playa ballena. Launch the kayak from there. Row out to punta ballena, and guilligan is there

[@LifeTransPlanet]

@@Jorge-q9u1y Thanks for helping us to learn! It's the first time we had ever seen one alive (and not on a menu haha). It seemed like a snail so we thought it could come out for a little bit to watch it. But yah I forgot to film us putting it back in the water.

[@LifeTransPlanet]

@@Jorge-q9u1y Thanks so much! From what I researched online, it looked the like road to Punta Ballena was blocked by a gate and fence too, but I didn't see it personally so that would be another way to try!

[@victorortiz4752]

Try the Keto diet. I am 59 years old and in a matter of just a very few months I went from weighting 194 hideous pounds to a skinny old man of only 129 pounds. From pants 38” to 28”.

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Good job! That's a lot of weight, so be careful! We are a healthy weight right now, so it's not a concern for us, but thanks for the story!

[@Autumnlife999]

It is a deserted island just like the show

[@LifeTransPlanet]

Right!? That's what I was thinking! Just needs a few palm trees!

[@oscarrivera5363]

Me gustan mucho tus videos,Gracias y muy Hermosa como siempre ❤