Early morning Chichen Itza Tour: Cenote and Tequila Tasting

Highly Recommended! Very well organized and the team is very punctual. The driver was amazing and our guide, Cesar, was very knowledgeable and gave practical tips to make our tour enjoyable.

The tour guide Hugo displayed a wealth of Mayan knowledge. The tour to the first location (Kaua) which presented the Sharman was interesting but the shopping portion could have waited! Seeing one of the seven wonders of the world (Chichen Itza) was very exciting but be prepared for a lot of walking and extreme heat; so wear comfortable shoes/breathable clothing. I enjoyed the cenotes; be careful walking down the stairs! I had a memorable experience and meet a really nice couple who invited me to eat lunch at their table; the lunch was tasty. The last leg of the tour was tequila tasting and it was fun but I wish we could have had time to really take pictures in the town of Valladolid. Would I do this tour again? Maybe… Sincerely, Linda

This tour was very disappointing. We spent 1.5-2 hours at a “Mayan” village where we were encouraged to buy very expensive souvenirs. The guide claimed the obsidian items were genuine and unique, but I later saw what appeared to be the same knives being sold inside Chichén Itzá. Because so much time was spent there, we barely had any free time to explore the pyramids. We were also told we needed to pay about $45 per person for a “skip-the-line” pass, even though there wasn’t a line when we arrived. The cenote and buffet were combined into only 1.5 hours, which felt rushed. On top of that, we had to pay extra for lockers and life jackets at the cenote. The buffet was one of the worst parts of the day. There were very few options, and the food quality was poor. We only had about 35 minutes in the final town before heading back. It felt like the itinerary prioritized shopping over the actual attractions. If the lengthy stop at the first village had been shorter, we could have had much more time at Chichén Itzá, the cenote, and the final town. The only thing that kinda made it worth it was the cenote. In my opinion, just booke a private driver instead that can take you to these places. I would not book this tour again.

It’s a long day, and if you come during their summer be prepared for the 42°C heat. Bring or rent an umbrella ($7usd to rent or buy a smaller version for $100 pesos, lots of people selling by the entrance), water and electrolytes, comfortable shoes for the walk and energy to endure the tour while the heat is scorching you from the ground up. It is indeed an incredible place to visit , the magnitude of the place for its time is incredible. The guide (Alfredo) explained and taught us a lot - he also walked around the place with us (which I heard some guides don’t do). We then had 40min of free time , which both me and my child preferred to go back to the bus and the AC. Be prepared to walk by lots and lots of people trying to sell their souvenirs and arts, cash is king and you should always negotiate. If you don’t want to buy anything, just keep going, say no thanks and move forward. The 1st stop of the tour was a local place where they try to sell you everything (the “selling” starts already in the bus for the Mayan birth certificate). I think it’s great to be able to buy from local communities but they I didn’t like the pressure- there is one vendor following each adult and trying to make you buy if you stop for 2 seconds looking at an item. I left the store without buying anything just because of how it made me feel. Yet, many people from our group were buying so the system works for them. The 3rd stop is the cenote, which is inside a lovely place , it’s clean, very organized and the food was ok. You have to pay for the rental of the mandatory life jacket (80pesos) and a locker (optional). We had about 2h in the place including lunch (which was enough for us). The final destination is a colonial style town and only 30min, which felt not enough. The city has a very old church which was closed, and we did the tequila tasting near it. There are souvenirs stores , coffee shops and ice cream shops- but we didn’t have time for more than one thing ( I did the tequila tasting and didn’t have time to go get an ice cream) . Honestly it’s fine, it had already been a long day. The tour included cold water bottles which was great . The bus is very comfortable and our driver was great too, I think his name was Tiberius.

Dont go on this scam of a tour. First off the Itinerary is a lie, the first stop is a tourist trap where they try and sell you fake authentic mayan calenders and $100 rocks. Then they take you to chichen itza but instead of an hour guided tour and an hour walking around, they give you 40 minutes by yourself to walk around the site and tell you that if you are late to the bus they will leave you behind. This is a scam plain and simple, dont book this.

This trip was not very pleasant for us. In the morning, we were told that the waiting time at the hotel gate was 6:30. We arrived at 6:20, but the tour guide didn't pick us up until 7:00. Later, we passed a place called kaua, where the tour guide took us to a shopping spot, but this place was not in the tour group itinerary at all. We waited there for more than an hour. Later, when we arrived at Chichen Itza, it was already 12:00 noon and we queued up for a long time to go in. There were a lot of people at noon and it was very sunny, which was completely inconsistent with the tour group's title that we arrived at Chichen Itza very early to avoid the crowd. Later, the tour guide asked us to gather under the tree at 2:20. We waited under the tree at 2:05, but there was no one else in the group except us and the other two groups. The four of us were sure that the meeting point we heard was here, so we waited until 2:20, but there was still no one else. The store next to The staff told us that our team had left and gathered at the entrance. We didn't have the contact information of the tour guide, so we quickly ran to the entrance, but found that our tour bus was not there. Later, we contacted the viator platform, and the customer service told us that they had left. We had no choice but to have four We spent 600 pesos to take a taxi to the next stop together, which greatly shortened our lunch and the playing time in the sinkhole.

César's guide was good, the bad thing is the communication since they left me at Chichén Itzá and I had to spend and pay 30 dollars extra on my own because they left me. Also the tour is only in English and I requested it in Spanish.

Very good tour with Tony. The cenote was awesome. Bring an umbrella for summer tour for the pyramid area or rent it. Long day so pleas be prepared.

César was an amazing guide!! He was super knowledgeable and very funny as well. My boyfriend and I had such amazing time. I would definitely recommend this tour to my friends and family.

This was my second tour to chichen itza and Luis and Alfredo were fantastic. I learned a lot that I didn't know. We started by going to a small Mayan village and learning about obsidian and the Mayan people and how chichen itza was built. After we made it to the pyramids and had a guided tour followed by some free time. Again, Alfredo taught me things I hadn't learned on a precious tour. After we went to lunch which was hot and delicious and an opportunity to swim in a beautiful cenote. You had plenty of time for everything. We followed it up with a tour of the town Vallodid and a tequila tasting. The town was cute. Luis was a great driver. It was a long day but a great day