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Tulum Day Trip: Explore Mayan Ruins and Swim in a Cultural Cenote
4.6
657 Ratings
Cancún
Embark on a Tulum day trip to explore ancient Mayan ruins and swim in a cultural cenote. Enjoy priority access to the archaeological site and a guided tour of the temples. Immerse yourself in the rich history and natural beauty of Tulum.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Tulum Archaeological Site - 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.
- Cenotes Casa Tortuga Tulum - 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.
What's Included
- Admission fees and priority access at Tulum archaeological site
- Guided tour of Tulum Mayan Temples
- Roundtrip transportation to and from your centrally located hotel (If selected)
- Tequila tasting
What's Not Included
- Natural reserve fee 300 MXN & Tulum Local Tax 80 MXN
- Optional lunch (300MXN) lifejacket and snorkel rental (200MXN)
- Hotel pickup and drop-off if (Tulum Hotels)
- Food and beverages not listed as inclusions
- Gratuities
Additional Information
The day starts with a convenient and easy pickup at your hotel or meeting point of your choice, aboard an air-conditioned and comfortable vehicle, you will be shuttled to Tulum.
This archeological 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.
- 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 380 MXN for the Natural reserve fee for conservation efforts and Tulum Local Tax is payable 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 of 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.
Location
Súper Akí Puerto Morelos
Benito Juárez
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(657 Ratings)
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Alexhc3363gt
May 26, 2024
Great tour with Layla - An amazing tour that started at the Mayan Ruins. Layla, our tour guide had extensive knowledge of their history. The tour could not have ended more perfectly than with a refreshing swim in the Tortuga Cenote.
Overall, great tour and day by Layla! Would recommend it to anyone visiting Tulum and looking for a fun activity or to learn more about the history.
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O702fgrubens
May 23, 2024
Beautiful archeological jewels - Tulum is beautiful!!!!
Marco, our guide, was friendly, helpful, and very knowledgeable of the area.
Cobá is an archeological jewel; those Mayan bike/transportation riders are incredible!!
👍🏻👍🏻
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U3552vjvictoriam
May 19, 2024
Incredible - This trip was a lot of fun and the cenote was incredible. Jackie was so much fun and very knowledgeable. I would recommend going but be prepared for the intense heat.
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Tashjriley
May 10, 2024
Sun and Fun - Such a great experience with the addition of a wonderful driver and tour guide. The sun during the tour was a little brutal but the center made up for it. It wasn't crowded and it provided a great bonding experience with the other people on the tour.
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Travelhostel2018
May 24, 2024
Good tour - Tour was great! Good sites and enjoyed the cenote. Tour guide was very hard working and knew everything you could possibly ask.
Only negative. Our bus was 30-40 mins late but I got the sense it wasn’t a common issue they had. But in the heat waiting for that long wasn’t ideal. But once we were going it was good
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Aylino2016
May 21, 2024
A pleasant day - The tour was a good one. Our tour guide Mary was great. She spoke great English and was very informative. The tour does not have pick up service from Tulum hotels so we had to take a taxi (20-39 mins, 45 usd one way) to the meeting point. We were the last party to join the group. The bus was 40 minutes late to the meet time. But Mary sent us a text to inform. Have cash with you to pay the park entrance fee (360 pesos). We were at the Mayan ruins right around noon. It was VERY HOT. Definitely have a big hat, or perhaps an umbrella because there is no shade. Consider carrying a proper water bottle because they don't allow plastic bottles in the area. There is a big store outside of the ruins where yoi can buy snacks, drinks and souvenirs. They don't accept credit cards unless you spend a certain amount. So again, consider carrying cash.The canote was a small private one. Our group was the only one there. So it was great. Have your swim suit, flip flops and towel. They rent life vests and snorkels if you want. The swim was wonderful. The food was not! They only serve a greasy hamburger. No other choice. If you're not into that, consider bringing your own food or wait until later to eat something. Tip is expected for the tour guide and the driver at the end of the tour, so again, carrying cash is a good idea.
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Charisse_t
May 15, 2024
Fun but duped. - The driver and tour guide were great. However, the stated $20 “port fee per person” was $25 and cash only once on bus. Not cool.
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Rice42pls
May 28, 2024
Could Use Some Improvement - For starters, the cost changed from $59 to $38 two days before our tour which I do not think was fair because we could not cancel and get the better rate.
The bus was 35 minutes late picking us up, which made our time at the ruins very short. We spent more time walking back and forth to the ruins than at the ruins themselves and we felt very rushed. We were taken to one building and told about the equinox and that was it. Then we were on our own. We saw other guides explaining and giving facts about all the buildings. (Maybe you are better off hiring a guide at the site).
The cenote was secluded and refreshing, but don't bother getting a snorkel because there are no real fish to see except guppies.
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Peter_h
May 21, 2024
Great information - Great information on the tour. A couple things I didn’t care for… 300 pesos does not equal 25usd last I checked… I was charged this after paying original entry fee. Also, we passed a restaurant area that included a Subway and other places.. but instead were made to eat at a place near the cave with only one
Menu option.. hamburger with fries. Although the Corona was ice cold, I’d don’t understand why we were asked to bypass all the other restaurants and instead eat at a “side of the road” location.
Lastly, don’t ask, whether or not, for a tip. While I was prepared to (and did), it just was weird to be asked for it in advance.
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Allieo136
May 23, 2024
Disappointed - We waited for an hour for our shuttle at the pre-designated pick up location. They never showed. They never sent an email saying they were running late and then tried to say we were no shows. I called three times to try to get a hold of them about 30 minutes in and got no response. It was very disappointing.
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