Tulum Mayan Ruins and Cenote Swim from Riviera Maya with Lunch
Description
The day starts with a convenient and easy pickup at your hotel in or meeting point, aboard an air-conditioned and comfortable vehicle, you will be shuttled to Tulum. This archaeological site is a local landmark, since it served as a main port in the ancient Mayan civilization. Enjoy beautiful scenery along the way on this nature-filled ride. You will priority access the archaeological site and enjoy a professionally-guided tour of the temples to see and learn about the main attractions such as the astronomical observatory of the Mayan city of Tulum and cultural buildings throughout the limits of the walls. As you leave Tulum and its turquoise background waters, you will start on your way to the next leg of the journey, a scenic cenote that as expected, has cultural and traditional significance to the Mayan culture. Enjoy the beautiful scenery surrounding you before a smooth-ride back.
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Itinerary
Tulum was a port city crucially important to the Mayan culture and its economy in the region. With a professional tour guide, you’ll learn more about what made this city a powerhouse in its time. With temples scattered throughout the city and many other cultural epicenters within reach, this visit will prove to be not only educational but an interesting experience to learn about the Mayan culture, their advanced knowledge and the heritage of the region.
Take a refreshing swim in the waters of a beautiful cenote, you’ll be able to learn more about the amazing underground networks of water bodies in the region. Enjoy the scenery and even enjoy the depths with your snorkel gear, should you choose to do so.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
You will confirm your exact departure time with the local tour operator.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children 2 and younger are complimentary when accompanied by a paying adult.
- You must be able to walk at a leisurely pace for approximately 1.5miles (2km) and be able to climb and descend stairs.
- An additional surcharge of Mandatory fees of 750MXN per traveler. (Government tax 420MXN, Tulum fee 100MXN and natural reserve 230MXN) is payable in cash on the day of your activity.
- Please be ready and waiting in your hotel lobby or meeting point 15 minutes prior to your scheduled pick-up time.
- Roundtrip transportation is available from most centrally located Cancun, Playa Mujeres, Costa Mujeres, Puerto Morelos Riviera Maya and Playa del Carmen Hotels. You will confirm your exact pickup time with the local tour operator.
- If your hotel is outside coverage you will be asked to meet the tour at a nearby location.
- Hotel pickup from Tulum hotels is not available. Passengers staying at Tulum Hotels must meet the tour at the designated meeting point.
- You should bring swimwear, towel, a change of clothes, sunscreen, insect repellent and spending cash for incidentals.
- Please note that as of January 2nd, 2025, Mexican federal government has imposed a new additional mandatory tax for all visitors attending Tulum Archeological Site (Mayan Ruins). As a result, a mandatory surcharge of 750MXN pesos per passenger is payable in cash on the day of your activity.
Reviews(176)
Actually I am very disappointed to this activity and my booked tour was canceled at later afternoon of Feb 4 and then at afternoon of Feb 5, I have to accept a tour which include Tulum Mayan site only, but my booked tour was Tulum Mayan Ruins Cenote swim. And this new tour took around 7.5 hours, but I seat in the car for 5 hours just for pick up other people and transportation, it’s really horrible experience
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. We are truly sorry to hear that the tour did not meet your expectations and understand how disappointing this situation must have been. Your originally booked tour, Tulum Mayan Ruins & Cenote Swim, had to be canceled due to unforeseen circumstances, and we regret that this caused changes to your plans on consecutive days. When the cenote portion was no longer available, we offered an alternative tour focused on the Tulum archaeological site. We understand that this was not the complete experience you originally booked, and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this caused. Regarding the duration of the tour, please note that this is a shared public tour, which involves multiple pickups and drop-offs across different locations. We understand that spending a significant amount of time in transportation can be frustrating, and we are sorry that this impacted your enjoyment of the day. Your feedback is very important to us and helps us review both logistics and communication to improve future experiences. We truly regret that this tour did not meet your expectations and appreciate you sharing your concerns. Kind regards,
Tour guide Maria was so knowledgeable. Paco- our driver did an excellent job navigating through traffic. Thoroughly enjoyed Tulum & visit to the cenote.
I like the pick up in the hotel where we are staying. I was looking for a tour that we will be picked up because my husband has disability. Even though they are late to pick us up, Cancun Travel Experience did call me in what’s app the reason of delay. Marie, the Tour director is very knowledgeable on Mayan history. My focus is to explore the area, so we didn’t stick to listening to her, we just keep an eye to where they are. It’s a 4 star because the cenote they picked and included in the package is just so so
Not too long of a day. Bring a reusable bottle/cup, no plastics allowed. Quick moving, not a lot of time shopping which was ok. Very knowledgeable guide. It was wonderful having the Cenote to ourselves, no crowds. P.S. their fries were excellent, highly recommend.
This tour was great! Jackie our tour guide was very friendly and knowledgeable! We got to know great insights about the history of the Mayan Ruins and the cenote swimming was perfect! We had the cenote all to ourselves! Would highly recommend this tour!
Excellent Shuttle Service with Operator and Guide, Very Nice Cenote and Suitable Facilities and Amazing Food
It was an excellent experience, the guide and driver are very professional and very friendly. The only downside and reason why I don't give them the 5 stars is that they wanted to collect taxes from my two children when they didn't pay. In the end we were reimbursed but it was because we realized that they did not pay, it did not leave them.
Mari and Hugo have been excellent guides. They have been very attentive and have given us great. Besides Mari has been very close and has told us very interesting things. We'd repeat for sure, thank you very much.
This was not a great experience- the tax payment in cash is a racket across all tour companies but this one charged us for 2 kids under 12 even when we showed them the law states under 12 don’t pay. They refunded us after we argued about I but really ruined the day.
There may be other fees not covered by the purchase of the tickets. It rained hard but still had a great tour.
