Tulum Archaeological Site and Cenote Swim: A Cultural Adventure from Riviera Maya
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121 Ratings
Cancún
Embark on a cultural adventure from Riviera Maya to the Tulum Archaeological Site and a scenic cenote. Explore ancient Mayan ruins and swim in a traditional cenote surrounded by beautiful scenery.
Duration:
6 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
Your day commences with a simplistic, hassle-free pick-up from your hotel or a designated assembly point. You’ll board a cozy, air-conditioned vehicle to transport you to Tulum, a famed archaeological site which played a major role as a significant port during the Mayan period. Relish the picturesque landscape along this journey filled with natural beauty.
Priority entry to the archaeological site is included, where you will partake in an expert-led tour of the temples. Discover and gain insights about essential attractions like the astronomical observatory of the ancient Mayan city of Tulum and various cultural edifices within the city walls. Leaving behind the azure waters of Tulum, you will progress to the next phase of your adventure, an impressive cenote that holds historical and cultural value in the Mayan tradition.
Take a moment to soak in the stunning surroundings preceding a tranquil journey 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 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
4.4
(121 Ratings)
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Passport25797739874
Mar 22, 2024
Beautiful - The tour was amazing. Very informative and interesting. The ruins and ocean were beautiful. Don't forget your hat because it was very sunny.
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Jamie_d
Mar 18, 2024
Such a great and informative tour - If you get Jerry as your tour guide consider yourself lucky. He is so knowledgeable, funny and actually cares about you as a group. The lunch is so good get it and I recommend the al pastor burrito and guac so good. Buy souvenirs near the tea restaurant they are so reasonably priced. The cenote is so amazing take some water shoes your feet will thank you. Honestly we learned so much about the Mayan culture on this tour. You will be out in the heat so wear sunscreen, hat, and take an eco friendly water bottle. If u forget your bottle buy the canned water just before you enter the temple you will need it.
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Sarah_s
Mar 4, 2024
Great day of sightseeing! - Layla was an excellent guide. The tour was long as we came from Cancun and the drive to Tulum is ~2hrs, just be prepared for a long day and you'll have a wonderful time!
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Dan_d
Feb 7, 2024
Layla our guide was... - Layla our guide was excellent and totally went out of her way to help my aging parents who weren't exactly up to the walking requirements. Be mindf the Tulum is probably about a mile total of walking. Not rigorous but not easy for an 85 year old.
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Michael_k
Jan 16, 2024
Seeing Tulum the right way - Absolutely great time even with the rain coming down our tour guide was the bomb , made sure we knew history and that we had a good time , the centers were legendary, highly recommended!!!!
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Stacey_v
Feb 20, 2024
Description misleading. Tour was great!! - The tour itself was great. Our tour guide, Mary, was fun, knowledgeable, patient and very accommodating. It’s the description on the tour that was misleading. The actual timeline is double the one mentioned. It said six hours and so we schedule dinner reservations. Luckily for us, Mary worked wonders to get us back so we can have dinner. Be aware, the tour is 12-13 hours.
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Renee
Feb 16, 2024
My experience on the History of the Ruins - Had a great experience! The landscape was beautiful and full of rich history and learned a lot. The cenote swim was gorgeous, & refreshing.
My group got enjoy a surprise treat at the end. 8/10 would recommend
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Vi_d
Apr 8, 2024
Bring water and umbrella - The pick was on time and the overall tour was as describe. Here are a few issues that I had with the tour.
1.) The tour guide might have a deal with restaurant he takes you to because the food deal that he pitch does not taste good. In fact, it was the worst taco I had in MX.
2.) When we got to the temple site, the tour guide talked for about 45 minutes (on 1 ruin temple), and only left 30 minutes for self exploration.
3.) The tour guide does not offer any umbrellas and choose to stand the whole group under direct sun the whole time even though there is near back shade spots. There was no reason to make adults and children stand under the direct sun light.
4.) No water was offer on the tour.
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Pioneer00190352085
Jan 4, 2024
Feel like a rea tourist in Tulum - Fine if you dont mind large crowds and mass tourism. If not stay away. Takes a full day despite the info saying 10-2. Also a fine print extra payment in cash only of 380 pesos plus another 200 for renting gear. You can easily do the same tour independently for less. The cenote was very touristy and crowded. I would choose a smaller out of the way cenote. There are many of them. Also 90 min for lunch in the middle of the tour did not suit me but perhaps good for families.
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Emily_m
Jan 10, 2024
Pick another Tulum tour... - While this tour is advertised as a 6 hour tour it in fact took up 14 hours of my time start to finish. Why? Because of hours of hotel pick-ups. The company was supposed to pick me up at 6:50 AM (I was the first pick up). They ended up picking me up at 7:20 AM. What ensued was then two hours of picking people up at different hotels and resorts. From my hotel to Tulum it was about a 2 hour drive but the bus didn't get to Tulum until 11:30 AM! So the entire trip down there took 4 hours. As one person said, it's really a tour of Cancun's resorts. I noticed there were two resorts where we waited for 15 minutes for people to show up and they were no shows. I wonder if they gave up waiting since the tour was late to start. Another person we picked up in Tulum was given a pick-up time of 9:30 AM when in fact we picked her up at 11:30 AM. Again the pick-up times are sketchy at best.
Tulum itself was nice and interesting. I really enjoyed the beach front area. Lunch was OK- nothing special. The Cenote was nice to cool off in; however, I was annoyed when I was told the bus was leaving at 4:45 PM when in fact that meant we were to be done swimming at 4:45 PM so my swimming time was cut short. Also, I didn't see where there were changing facilities. I ended up changing in the very small bathroom.
All in all I would advise folks to pick another tour. I purposely picked this tour since I was attracted to the 6 hours but in reality it took far longer. Another tour I saw advertises 12 hours but they visit more spots (Coba and Playa del Carmen) so pick one of those. This trip was not worth it!
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