Snorkel Boat Tour: Search for Turtles with Experienced and Patient Guides
4.6
169 Ratings
Mahahual

Our instructors exercise patience and adhere to all precautionary guidelines. Should you require aid or feel the need to decelerate the activity, you can depend on their support.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Carr. a Mahahual 56-km 56 - The snorkeling tour takes place inside the reef lagoon (average depth of 1.80 meters), with calm waters and protected from the open sea by the crest of the reef. Two different areas are visited, one with sand and seaweed grass spots, where hawksbill turtles can be seen and another near the crest of the coral reef heads and tropical fish. The tour lasts one hour on the water and 15 minutes of boat trip round trip, in total hour and a half. It includes equipment and guide.
What's Included
  • Snorkeling guide
  • Use of snorkeling equipment
  • Bottled water
Location
Huachinango
Take a taxi and ask the driver to take you to Blue Kay Ecocabañas. Taxi costs $4 US each way. Get off at the parking lot next to the Reception building. Take the path towards the promenade and you will find the diving center on the right, next to the restaurant.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(169 Ratings)
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Diana_j
Jun 11, 2024
Wonderful! - Wonderful experience! The instructor was great, and the snorkeling gear was excellent! We had no issues with it at all. Would book again.
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L_b
May 6, 2024
A wonderful snorkeling trip. - Boat was a little old, but the snorkeling equipment was high quality and the experience overall was fantastic! The location is fantastic, since the snorkeling is on a barrier reef, the waves are small and the coral is close to the surface and easy to see without diving. Our guide was great and was especially good at helping those who hadn't snorkeled before feel comfortable. We found sea turtles and saw much more. Fresh pineapple afterwards was also a nice touch.
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Amber_r
May 4, 2024
Awesome - My family of four loved this excursion. My two daughters are 10 and 13. The little one was pulled by a life preserver d/t rougher seas that day but she always felt safe and we were all able to enjoy ourselves. We did see a turtle and PLENTY of fish! We enjoyed fresh pineapple on the boat after which was a nice treat. I would highly recommend this tour. Taxi ride was $4 per person there and back and they called a taxi for us on our way back. They also kept our belongings safely locked away while we were on the boat.
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Kathy_s
Apr 30, 2024
Our enjoyable trip - I participated in this excursion with my 75yr old mom and 12yr old daughter last week. Getting there and back to port was easy by taxi ($4 pp each way.) We were on the excursion with 3 couples. The boat was good and we were helped on/off it's ladder by the crew, incl my mom who handled this just fine. The snorkeling gear was fine and they applied fresh anti fog gel to it. My daughter had a lot of difficulty with snorkeling the previous day in Roatan but Neto (Ernesto) our guide patiently helped her and though the water was rougher with more waves in Costa Maya, she did much better with her snorkeling thanks to his help. The area they took us to had much more live coral which was way nicer than our experience in Roatan and we saw an abundance of fish plus i saw turtles 4x. Truly a great time. Our only criticism is the life jackets provided did not have the strap that goes between your legs so it kept riding up - had to swim with one arm holding it down which was extra challenging with the choppy waves. It was a workout of a swim for an hour but nonetheless very enjoyable.
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835rainas
Apr 25, 2024
Girlfriend Trip - Had a wonderful time with Jose and team. Yearly girlfriend trip. Lots of fish, beautiful coral, super clear water and saw a turtle having lunch. Great fun!
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Alex_m
Apr 20, 2024
The best snorkel experience so far. (Parce team) - OMG not enough words to described the experience. I booked this tour to celebrate my wife bday in company of my parents and my parents in law. The experience was on point from the beginning. We got to see a variety of fish and also a turtle. Super recommended 100%.
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Deanna_b
Mar 24, 2024
Snorkeling in Costa Maya (ship port) Majahual, Mexico - This was our first time to snorkel in Costa Maya. The tour guys were very professional & did a great job keeping us safe & locating fish. The water was a little rough & probably not as clear as it should have been for snorkeling. There were fish here & there & we also saw a turtle feeding on the bottom. They were very careful not to disturb the turtle & they did not feed it. On the boat ride back (which wasn’t very far) we saw dolphins, which I am guessing that was not that common there, by their reaction. 🤷‍♀️. We had our own snorkeling gear. The dive shop was very accommodating. It was a fun excursion. You must be able to climb up a ladder to get into the boat. We didn’t have any problems with that. The taxi ride was about 10 minutes & cost $4 per person, each way. It was easy.
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X2557xnmelissat
Mar 12, 2024
Bad weather, great company - I can't speak about the actual tour since we did not end up going, but we were very pleased with the company. The weather was bad and gave us the option to still go or cancel. They were honest and helpful!
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William_l
Apr 26, 2024
Good excursion - Good tour of coral reefs. We saw turtles! Friendly staff. We enjoyed the beach after snorkeling. Would recommend.
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Al_d
May 15, 2024
A tough day of snorkeling in strong currents / Get yourself a golf cart - We booked this as our excursion in Costa Maya while on a cruise - after finding your way out of the cruise port getting a taxi was fairly simple and costs $4 per person - they loaded us in a multi-passenger van along with people headed to Crazy Lobster (a bar/restaurant on the beach) - the driver dropped us all in the same spot, so we had to walk about 10 minutes back along the beach to get to the shop - shop checked us in and gave us our gear. Gear was very good. - wind and waves were very strong and current was strong as well - we were a group of 6 altogether with a captain and dive leader - we had to walk into the water to get into the boat. There is no dock, so you need to be prepared to get wet getting into the boat - not much storage space one the boat. I had a dry bag which worked well. - saw a spotted eagle ray and typical reef fish. No turtles. We snorkeled in Roatan earlier in the week and Roatan was much better than Coast Maya for fish and coral - it was tiring swimming against current and waves - everyone used lifejackets in the water. Not sure if that was an option or mandated - they gave us individual packaged pineapple slices on the boat afterwards - no place to change that we found at the beach afterwards. Got in our taxi wet - Dive shop called a taxi for us and it picked us up right at the shop, again $4 per person to get back to the port - some in our group rented a golf cart later in the day and went exploring. They really enjoyed that. $60 for the day. General though was we could have gotten a golf cart instead of a taxi and had more fun and freedom for not much more cost. If we were doing it again we would have done that to get to the beach as opposed to a taxi, then went snorkeling - for the cost, this tour was a good value
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