Chichen Itza Private Guided Tour with Skip the Line Access
5.0
21 Ratings
Playa del Carmen
Experience the wonders of Chichen Itza with our exclusive private tour. Beat the crowds, skip the line, and explore the historic site with a knowledgeable guide.
Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Playa del Carmen - Your private tour guide will come to your hotel or rental with private transportation to pick you up. We can pick you up from any hotel-rental between Playa del Carmen and Tulum area. It will take around 2h30-2h45 minutes to reach Chichen Itza, depending on the location of your hotel.
    We’ll take the toll road depending on the location of your hotel.
  • Chichen Itza - Avoid the rush and be the first to explore Chichen Itza!
    You’ll be picked up early in the morning to ensure you arrive at the site right when it opens.
    With your private guide, you’ll have skip-the-line tickets, giving you priority entrance. Not only will you get to be one of the first to enter, but you’ll also beat the heat while exploring. You’ll enjoy a comprehensive guided tour of the Chichen Itza site with a private certified guide.
    And if you’d like, you’ll even have some free time to browse and shop for souvenirs.
    ​The 8-hour tour includes transportation from your hotel, a guided tour of Chichen Itza, and transportation back. Get ready for an incredible adventure packed with history and wonder!
  • Playa del Carmen - We’ll take you back to your hotel or rental in Playa del Carmen or Tulum. It should take about 2h30-45 minutes, depending on where you’re staying. We’ll take the toll road depending on the location of your hotel.
What's Included
  • Water in the cooler of the van
  • Entrance fees to Chichen Itza ruins
  • All taxes and commissions
  • Pick-up and drop-off from your hotel or Airbnb
  • Certified, experienced and dedicated private guide
  • Toll road to Chichen Itza (when applicable)
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Embark on an unparalleled private tour to experience Chichen Itza, one of the seven wonders of the world.

Your day starts off with an energizing early morning pick-up, ensuring you are ahead of the crowds and escaping the midday heat. We provide private transport, picking you up directly from your accommodation and transporting you straight to Chichen Itza. This eliminates any idle wait time for other travellers and allows you to maximize your day. Also, we handle the highway toll charges from your pick-up point, guaranteeing a smooth and uninterrupted journey to Chichen Itza.

Don’t worry about queueing, as our certified private guide will have already procured the entry tickets, offering you instant access to the site.

You’ll have sufficient time to explore the entire site, taking in the splendours of not only the famed Kukulkan pyramid and ball court, but also the holy cenote, observatory, and multiple other Mayan structures. Your knowledgeable guide will be on-hand to offer comprehensive explanations and insights about these captivating historical sites.

Location
Playa del Carmen
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Nomad666097
May 10, 2024
The best tour! - A great experience from start to finish, pick up was prompt and transportation comfortable, stopping for comfort breaks and refreshments. The guide from Chris was very comprehensive, informative and interesting. I would recommend this to anyone. Thanks for a great trip.
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Katsusanna
Apr 23, 2024
A Wonderful Private Tour! - We had a marvelous private tour of Chichen Itza with Chris as our guide and Omar as our driver. It was wonderful! They picked us up at 6 AM at our hotel in Playa del Carmen for the 2+ hour drive to Chichen Itza, which was perfect, because we arrived before the site opened and were the first people to enter the site. We were able to take photos before others arrived, so our pics are pristine! There were no crowds at all while we were there touring, although when we left, the big tour buses were arriving, so the timing was perfect! Chris was a wonderful guide, Omar a great driver, and the communication as we were booking the tour was fast and efficient! We love that they were able to do a customized private tour -- that's the way to go! We would absolutely tour with them again!
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Quintonn2024
Apr 22, 2024
Chichen Itzá tour - Tour of Chichén Itzá was super cool. Joshua was an awesome tour guide he was super knowledgeable and funny. Cenote was refreshing and lunch was super good.
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Jamburl
Apr 18, 2024
Fantastic Day! - A big thank you to Juan and Enrique for such an enjoyable day. We visited Cancun for the first time in mid-March and were looking for a safe, educational and fun way to spend a day off the resort with our teenage son. After much research, we booked the Chichen Itza tour. It was one of the best tours we’ve ever been on. Juan and Enrique picked us up promptly at 6:15am and we reached Chichen Itza before the crowds. Everything was well organized with tickets pre-purchased for us and we were ushered through the gates. We really felt like VIPs. Juan guided us through the ruins and shared his extensive knowledge of the Mayans. It was incredible and we have some great pictures in front of El Castillo without another person in sight. We really appreciated the private tour, especially when we were leaving Chichen Itza and saw dozens of buses and hundreds of people lined up to get in. We then traveled a short distance to a ceynote. Again, it felt like we had the whole place to ourselves with only 4-5 other people there at the same time. It was a spiritual and invigorating experience. After that we enjoyed a delicious lunch at a very nice restaurant in Valladolid. It was a stress-free day. Enrique skillfully and safely drove the entire trip. Juan was a wealth of knowledge and able to share so much about the culture. Both were very friendly and professional. We would highly recommend Absolute and will definitely spend another day with them on our next trip to Mexico.
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Highlnder
Apr 17, 2024
Juan was best guide I have ever had, great service all around. - Now we have had a tour. #1 - Juan (our guide) reached out and strongly encouraged an earlier start (we wanted coffee) and arranged a stop for that life giving elixir for us. Great decision, cooler at Chican Itza and much less crowded. By the time we left it was much busier and a lot hotter. We had the Cenote swim as an add-on and had the out of the way location almost entirely to ourselves. Never had more than two other swimmers with us. Fantastic. Now, back to Juan. I have never had a better guide and interpreter. His knowledge of the Maya and their customs was excellent and accurate. He engaged our children (10,10 & 7) in the details and really excited their imagination. Lunch was in some hidden away local gem and has been our best meal of the trip. ---- Earlier post: I haven't actually done the tour yet, but we are booking late. Website had all the dates as full. They engaged through chat function and Claire helped find a date they could rearrange staff to accomodate our trip. 1st class service.
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996jessicas
Apr 12, 2024
Had a great time - Had a great time with our guide, Chris. He was knowledgeable, accommodating and fun to talk to. Omar was a great driver. Very respectful and nice. Thank you, guys!
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Scottandjunef
Apr 2, 2024
100% Worth the Money - Went on the Chichen Itza private tour with another couple. Our guide was Alex and our driver was Omar. If you’re lucky, you’ll get these guys. They were total pros and we never had any worries at all during the day! Our pickup was early at the hotel and on time. Alex gave us an outline of what the day would entail while Omar drove in a safe yet efficient manner. Made a gas station stop on the way and any time we were away from the van, Omar was standing with it and it was a great feeling knowing our belongings were safe. At Chichen Itza Omar dropped us off at the entrance like rock stars and Alex led us through the already developing long line. We walked right into the site and I was blown away. Alex was an excellent guide and was fascinating to listen to. We learned so much about the Mayans and the buildings we were lucky enough to get to see. We all felt incredible appreciation for the history and respect for the area and the people who lived there. We were toured in a very efficient and enthusiastic way by Alex and we were out of there by 11 ish. By then there were literally thousands of people entering the site and an incredible amount of vans and tour buses. Omar had us hooked up near the exit and we were tail lights thankfully. It’s a pretty big crowd by noon. We then went to the Cenote and it was unlike anything we’d ever seen before. We had a refreshing swim in there and then headed to lunch. We had a wonderful lunch at the restaurant in town and it was really nice to have Alex join us. We weren’t really into the idea of going to a market since we’re not really into that kind of thing and we’d already gotten anything we wanted at the Chichen Itza site, so one of the benefits of this private tour was we had the ability to skip it. On the way back we had a few beers and then learned there was a protest on our route back. No problem-o. Omar knew a route we could take to get us back without getting jammed up in a protest. We got back to our hotel, got a group photo and we all talked the next day about what an absolutely fantastic experience this was. Make it happen folks. This is the way to do it. Zero regrets, and we’ll be sure to be taking the same route for any future tours if we’re in the area again. Thanks again Omar & Alex! You guys made it such a fantastic day! We’ll always remember it with nothing but positive memories!
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K2417rfjulieh
Mar 11, 2024
100% recommend - From the moment we booked to dropping us off the experience was great with this company. Very easy to deal with, flexible with a couple of changes and nothing was too much trouble. The actual experience was fantastic, early start but you are rewarded by beating the crowds, we literally had the place to ourselves and as we were leaving crowds of people where queuing to come it.. great van, guide and very well organised. Shout out to Juan who was awesome, him and my husband got on like a house on fire! Defo recommend this company.. thank you for for making it such a great experience
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Lorrainebr1601du
Feb 29, 2024
Outstanding experience! - Thank you to Arturo and Omar for a wonderful day today. Arturo was an outstanding guide. He was so knowledgeable and engaging. Omar was a safe driver and drove us down many back roads so we saw the culture of the places we visited. We are so grateful that we booked this tour. Way to go guys!
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61912345
Feb 17, 2024
Wonderful private tour of Chichen Itza - We really enjoyed our visit to Chichen Itza. Our guide Alex and driver Omar put us at ease right away. We learned so much on the drive there which made seeing the ruins much more meaningful and interesting. The Cenote swim was lovely and lunch was fun. It was great to get there early ahead of the crowds and the heat. All round a great day!
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