The 17 Best Puerto Rico Rum Tours (By a Local)

Rum Runners Craft Cocktails Tour

Bar hop in one of the main nightlife cities in Puerto Rico while sipping on cocktails.

• ⌚ Length: 2 Hours
• 📍 Departs from: Old San Juan
• 🌟 Guest Reviews: 5/5 Stars
• 🗺️ Highlights: Rum tasting, Old San Juan, cocktails, 
• ✅ Includes: Rum sampling, bar hopping, Old San Juan
• 👉 Check prices & availability here

The Rum Runners Craft Cocktails tour takes you to the best Old San Juan bars to sample the local rum.

During the tour, a certified tour guide gives you inside information on the best Puerto Rico cocktails and the island’s rum history. Besides bar hopping, you’ll stop at San Juan’s popular landmarks like Capilla del Cristo and the San Juan Cathedral, and snap some pictures. 

Sip on three different cocktails and get VIP access to restaurants and bars. After 2 hours filled with the best drinks and bar hopping, finish your tour in time to take advantage of the local bar’s happy hours and enjoy the best of San Juan’s nightlife.

Cafe y Ron: Bad Bunny Inspired Local Full Day Tour from San Juan

Sip both coffee and rum on this cultural tour inspired by Bad Bunny’s life and taste.

• ⌚ Length: 9 Hours
• 📍 Departs from: San Juan pick up
• 🌟 Guest Reviews: 4.5/5 Stars
• 🗺️ Highlights: Coffee plantation, Bacardi, rum tasting, Bad Bunny
• ✅ Includes: Transportation, coffee, beverages, entrance fee
• 👉 Check prices & availability here

If there’s one thing I love about food tours in San Juan, it’s how they bring together the best experiences for foodies visiting Puerto Rico. This one does exactly that. You’ll experience both Puerto Rico’s coffee and rum in a single day.

You’ll start your morning at Hacienda Muñoz, one of Puerto Rico’s top coffee farms, where you’ll sip locally grown coffee and learn about the production process. Then, the tour takes a fun twist with a stop at Bad Bunny’s bar in San Juan, and other key sites inspired by his music and his favorite spots around the city.

After lunch, you’ll head to the iconic Bacardí distillery, where you’ll tour the facilities and dive into the story of Bacardí, before and after its move to Puerto Rico.

Bucket List San Juan Neighborhood Experience

Combine a rum distillery tour with a beach day, street art, and historical landmarks. 

• ⌚ Length: 8 Hours
• 📍 Departs from: Condado or San Juan pick-up
• 🌟 Guest Reviews: 5/5 Stars
• 🗺️ Highlights: Piñones, Santurce, Old San Juan, rum tasting
• ✅ Includes: Transportation, complimentary drink, water bottles 
• 👉 Check prices & availability here

This 8-hour group tour by Bucketlist Tours takes you through some of the best San Juan neighborhoods to stay in. You’ll visit famous landmarks, bars, and restaurants.

Enjoy the trip between attractions in the comfort of a BMW. This tour is customizable, so you can make as many stops as you’d like. 

The highlight of the tour for rum lovers is a stop at Hacienda Santa Ana, where Ron del Barrilito is created. 

Finish your day at the infamous Piñones neighborhood to taste the best of Puerto Rico food, and swim in La Pocita, one of the best Puerto Rico beaches.

Legacy Tour – Casa BACARDÍ Puerto Rico

Immerse yourself in the history of the largest rum distillery in the world.

• ⌚ Length: 45 minutes
• 📍 Departs from: Casa Bacardí, Cataño
• 🌟 Guest Reviews: 4.5/5 Stars
• 🗺️ Highlights: Rum cocktail, rum tasting, Bacardi Store
• ✅ Includes: Admission ticket, a drink, historical tour, trolley ride
• 👉 Check prices & availability here

The Casa BACARDÍ Legacy Tour is a great tour for both rum and history enthusiasts. The tour takes you through Bacardi’s interesting history from its foundation to its arrival in Puerto Rico. 

Start by watching a movie at the visitor’s center, enjoy a complimentary drink at the bar, and ride a trolley through the rum cathedral. 

The highlight for most visitors, however, is tasting the Casa BACARDÍ Special Reserve at the Havana bar, the only one of its kind in the world.

👉 Local Tip: This rum tour as well as most rum tours in the list are available for people 18 and older. Eighteen is the legal drinking age in Puerto Rico. 

Mixology Class – Casa BACARDÍ Puerto Rico

Craft cocktails with an award-winning mixologist at Casa Bacardí’s bar.

• ⌚ Length: 1.25 Hours
• 📍 Departs from: Casa Bacardí, Cataño
• 🌟 Guest Reviews: 5/5 Stars
• 🗺️ Highlights: Casa Barcardí Rum Factory, distillery room, aging room
• ✅ Includes: Bacardí tour, cocktail-making class, complimentary cocktail
• 👉 Check prices & availability here

The mixology class at Casa Bacardí is a great interactive experience if you want a more hands-on experience.

The mixology class experience includes a tour of the distillery’s facilities. Visit the aging room and distillery room to learn about the behind-the-scenes process and the making of a world-renowned rum. 

After watching a cocktail-making demonstration, participate in a master class and learn how to prepare cocktails like mojitos and shaken piña colada. 

Once you finish your class, visit the local shop to take a souvenir home or enjoy your free time at the pavilion.

The Barrilito Rum Factory Experience Transportation Included

Discover the distillery responsible for the oldest rum in Puerto Rico at Hacienda Santa Ana. 

• ⌚ Length: 1.5 Hours
• 🌟 Guest Reviews: 4.5/5 Stars
• 📍 Departs from: San Juan pick up
• 🗺️ Highlights: Aging room, heritage tour, complimentary drinks 
• ✅ Includes: Transportation, complimentary drinks
• 👉 Check prices & availability here

Ron del Barrilito offers some of the best Puerto Rico rum tours including The Barrilito Rum Factory Experience. This tour includes transportation so you only have to worry about enjoying the amazing experience and not about how to get there.

The heritage tour covers the rum and distillery’s rich history from the 1880s until the present day. You’ll tour the Hacienda Santa Ana grounds while learning about its founder and Ron del Barrilito. The peculiar name derived from how the rum was served from the small barrel, known as barrilito in Spanish.

Admire the aging room and the mill, where you can see La Doña, the oldest barrel on the site.  After the tour, grab a drink at the bar or stop at the gift shop in the visitor center to buy the local rum produced in small batches.

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Tres Clavos Rum Private Tour

Tour the first and only Sugarcane Estate Distillery in Puerto Rico.

• ⌚ Length: 5 Hours
• 📍 Departs from: San Juan pick up
• 🌟 Guest Reviews: 5/5 Stars
• 🗺️ Highlights: Sugarcane estate, sugarcane mill, aging room 
• ✅ Includes: Entrance fees, transportation, beverages, welcome cocktail, rum tasting, and snacks
• 👉 Check prices & availability here

The San Juan Artisan Distillers, producers of Tres Clavos Rum, offer one of the most interesting and unique rum tours in Puerto Rico. 

While your tour includes a visit to the Casa Pepón Visitor Center, the aging room, and the bodega, what truly sets this tour apart are the stops at the sugarcane estate and the sugarcane mill. There you’ll learn all about the rum’s processing from the farm to the final product.

Rum Art and Biobay Magic

Combine a rum tour with some of Puerto Rico’s best highlights.

• ⌚ Length: 9 Hours
• 📍 Departs from: San Juan pick up
• 🌟 Guest Reviews: 5/5 Stars
• 🗺️ Highlights: Ron Boricua, rum tasting, street art, bio bay
• ✅ Includes: Mixology experience, transportation, lunch
• 👉 Check prices & availability here

Imagine experiencing rum in Puerto Rico, along with some of the island’s best highlights, including its magical biobays. That’s exactly what Borikua Tours offers.

This 9-hour adventure includes a rum tasting and mixology experience at Ron Boricua in Caguas, where you’ll get hands-on with local flavors.

From there, you’ll head southwest to Yauco, where vibrant street art and colorful homes bring the Yauchromatic community to life. After enjoying dinner, your day wraps up with a swim in La Parguera’s bioluminescent bay, the only Puerto Rico bio bay where swimming is allowed.

This tour blends food, culture, and nature into one family-friendly experience.

Taste Puerto Rico : Tabaco, Ron & Casita Vieja

Uncover the rich flavors and traditions of Caguas as you sip, roll, and taste your way through this town.

• ⌚ Length: 5 Hours
• 📍 Departs from: San Juan pick up
• 🌟 Guest Reviews: 5/5 Stars
• 🗺️ Highlights: Ron Boricua, mixology class, tobacco museum, local food
• ✅ Includes: Hotel pickup, transportation, meal, mixology experience, 1 tobacco
• 👉 Check prices & availability here

A day filled with rum, tobacco, and a good local meal sounds like the perfect Puerto Rico itinerary for any rum connoisseur, and you can experience it all in Caguas.

This cultural tour begins at the Tobacco Museum, the only museum in Puerto Rico dedicated to the island’s rich tobacco heritage and cigar-rolling traditions.

Next, you’ll head to Ron Boricua for a mixology session and a rum tasting, all while learning about Puerto Rico’s deep-rooted rum history.

To wrap up the day, you’ll enjoy a flavorful traditional meal at Casita Vieja, a cozy and unpretentious restaurant known for serving some of the island’s best foods, like tostones and alcapurrias.

A Taste of Puerto Rico: Sangria, Rum, and Local Cuisine

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• ⌚ Length: 6 Hours
• 📍 Departs from: San Juan pick up
• 🌟 Guest Reviews: 5/5 Stars
• 🗺️ Highlights: Sangria Factory, Ron Boricua, artisanal tastings
• ✅ Includes: Hotel pickup, transportation, artisanal tasting, meals
• 👉 Check prices & availability here

If you’re a connoisseur visiting Puerto Rico, don’t just stop at rum; make sure to try sangria too, one of the best Puerto Rico drinks! Lucky for you, this tour lets you enjoy the best of both worlds.

Start your day at the Sangria Factory in Caguas, where you’ll indulge in four full tastings of handcrafted sangrías. Unlike sangrias from elsewhere, Puerto Rican sangria is made with rum, wine, and plenty of tropical fruits like passion fruit, guava, and pineapple.

Then head over to Sabor Boricua to sample Ron Boricua Premium, a white rum artisanally produced in Caguas. You’ll tour the production area and learn about Puerto Rico’s deep-rooted rum traditions along the way.

Bunny Vibe Special: Old San Juan Pitorro Rum Tasting Experience

Taste Puerto Rican tradition with this underground-aged, fruit-infused moonshine known as Ron Caña.

• ⌚ Length: 20 minutes
• 📍 Departs from: Calle Marina, San Juan
• 🌟 Guest Reviews: 5/5 Stars
• 🗺️ Highlights: Old San Juan, tastings, moonshine
• ✅ Includes: Shots, guided tour
• 👉 Check prices & availability here

While not exactly rum, Puerto Rico’s moonshine, known as Ron Caña or pitorro, is a bold local drink you won’t want to miss when visiting the archipelago.

This tasting tour at Rustic Vibes in Old San Juan is a great add-on to your itinerary, especially if you’re arriving by cruise. It’s just a short walk from the pier, and the tasting itself is quick and easy to fit in.

You’ll sample five different flavors of Ron Caña, a sugarcane-based spirit similar to rum but traditionally made at home and aged underground to ferment. During your tour, you’ll sample different versions infused with tropical fruits like coconut, mango, pineapple, and passion fruit, giving every sip a distinctly Puerto Rican twist.

Rum, Cigars, and Espadrilles in Old San Juan

Mix rum, music, cigars, and shoes in this unique walking tour.

• ⌚ Length: 3 Hours
• 📍 Departs from: Calle Fortaleza, San Juan
• 🌟 Guest Reviews: 5/5 Stars
• 🗺️ Highlights: Old San Juan, rum tasting, cigar tasting, espadrilles
• ✅ Includes: Snacks, beverages, espadrilles
• 👉 Check prices & availability here

Not all rum tours in Puerto Rico happen inside a distillery, and this one definitely breaks the mold.

This experience combines three activities in one, starting with a rum tasting at Don Collins in Old San Juan. As you sip what’s locally known as Ron Añejo, you’ll also learn about the city’s history, culture, and the rum-making process.

You’ll follow with a cigar tasting featuring local blends. But instead of ending at a typical bar, this tour wraps up at an espadrilles shop in Old San Juan, where you’ll enjoy more drinks, music, and vibes. Best of all, you’ll walk away with your own pair of espadrilles as a souvenir.

Artisan Puerto Rican Winery and Distillery Tour

Learn how this off-the-radar distillery turns local ingredients into flavorful rums and wines.

• ⌚ Length: 1-2 Hour
• 📍 Departs from: Maricao, Puerto Rico
• 🌟 Guest Reviews: 5/5 Stars
• 🗺️ Highlights: Wine distillery, rum distillery, tastings
• ✅ Includes: Snacks, tasting, beverages
• 👉 Check prices & availability here

Not all rum experiences take place in the metropolitan region. If you’re planning a road trip to Puerto Rico’s west coast, make sure to stop by Papa Pedro Wine & Distillers. 

This charming distillery in Maricao produces both wine and rum, so you get to enjoy two locally crafted drinks in one visit.

The tour includes a tasting and a look into the liquor-making process. Unlike most distilleries in Puerto Rico, Papa Pedro is still a well-kept secret, even among locals!

Old San Juan & Ron Del Barrilito Rum Tour

Step into Puerto Rico’s past, from colonial streets to legendary rum barrels.

• ⌚ Length: 6 Hours
• 📍 Departs from: San Juan pick up
• 🌟 Guest Reviews: 5/5 Stars
• 🗺️ Highlights: Old San Juan, Hacienda Santa Ana, Capitol, El Morro
• ✅ Includes: Entrance fees, tour guide, water, snacks, transportation
• 👉 Check prices & availability here

Experience the best of Old San Juan without missing out on Puerto Rico’s rum heritage with this 2-in-1 tour that brings together the highlights of both in a six-hour adventure.

Start your day exploring the heart of Old San Juan, visiting key landmarks of this UNESCO World Heritage Site like El Morro and Castillo San Cristóbal. As you walk the city’s cobblestone streets, you’ll learn the stories behind its foundation and development, gaining insight into Puerto Rico’s rich colonial past.

After lunch, head to Hacienda Santa Ana, producers of the oldest rum in Puerto Rico, Ron del Barrilito. Tour the aging rooms and admire the original Fernández family casona.

While this experience doesn’t include a tasting by default, you can choose to upgrade your tour to enjoy one.

Crab Island Rum Distillery

Sip on handcrafted rum with locally sourced ingredients.

• ⌚ Length: 10 minutes
• 📍 Departs from: Vieques, Puerto Rico
• 🌟 Guest Reviews: 5/5 Stars
• 🗺️ Highlights: Rum tasting, handcrafted rum, flavor-infused rum
• ✅ Includes: Guided tour
• 👉 Check availability here

When it comes to rum in Puerto Rico, Crab Island Rum is without a doubt one of the best. Located in Vieques, it’s the island’s first handcrafted rum distillery. 

While small compared to others in Puerto Rico, you can enjoy a short, guided tour led by the owner himself, Ivan Torres, as he walks you through the rum-making process.

What sets Crab Island Rum apart, besides being small-batch and handcrafted, is its commitment to sourcing locally. From the sugar cane molasses to the coffee and fruits used to infuse their rums, everything is sourced here. 

After the tour, you can sip a drink at their open-air distillery bar while enjoying live entertainment. Just keep in mind that Vieques is an offshore island, and while getting there takes a little extra effort, this rum is well worth the trip.

Don Q Tour

Mix your own cocktail in the very home of Don Q creators.

• ⌚ Length: 1.5 Hours
• 📍 Departs from: Ponce, Puerto Rico
• 🗺️ Highlights: Mixology Class
• ✅ Includes: Mixology class, cocktail, tastings
• 👉 Check prices & availability here

Rum Don Q is one of Puerto Rico’s most iconic rums, and you can dive into its history at Castillo Serrallés in Ponce. This Spanish Revival-style mansion once served as the Serrallés family’s home, the very creators of Don Q.

Today, you can tour the house museum and even take a hands-on mixology class inside. You’ll learn about the rum-making process, the legacy of Don Q, and then mix up your own cocktail in a fun, guided workshop.

Rum Trails Tasting Experience

From the oldest to the newest rums in Puerto Rico, this tour combines both history and tastings.

• ⌚ Length: 7-8 Hours
• 📍 Departs from: San Juan pick up
• 🌟 Guest Reviews: 5/5 Stars
• 🗺️ Highlights: Rum tasting, Ron del Barrilito, Old San Juan 
• ✅ Includes: Transportation, entrance tickets, light snacks, water bottles 
• 👉 Check prices & availability here

The Rum Tasting Experience tour is a fun and interactive tour that takes you on a day trip to get to know Puerto Rico’s rum history.  

Start your day at Hacienda Santa Ana, and taste one of the oldest rums in Puerto Rico. Known as Ron del Barrillito, this 1880’s rum is prepared through escalated aging. 

Connoisseurs love tasting the different flavors, textures, and agings in this first tour stop.

From one of the oldest, you’ll then jump to one of the newest rums in Puerto Rico in Old San Juan. Scryer Rum and Barrel House was founded in 2015 and moved to San Juan in 2018. Visit its barrel house in the old city and get to taste the brand’s rum straight from the barrel in this tour.