Chichen Itza Tour: Explore Ancient Ruins, Swim in a Cenote, and Visit Valladolid
4.5
136 Ratings
Playa del Carmen
Embark on a captivating Chichen Itza tour and immerse yourself in the ancient ruins, take a refreshing swim in a stunning cenote, and explore the charming city of Valladolid. Join us for a memorable day of adventure and discovery!
Duration: 14 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Cenote Hubiku - The Hubiku Cenote is located in the town of Temozón very close to the city of Valladolid and the Archaeological Zone of Chichen Itza, its name can be interpreted in the Mayan language as “the great lord or nest of iguanas”.

Its main attraction is its young cenote that is underground and that on its roof has a hole through which a large tree once introduced its roots to reach its fresh waters.

To know this cenote you will have to descend through 115 stone steps, its almost circular shapes of approximately 50 meters wide will leave you surprised since you can admire its beauty in any position you are.

Its emerald green waters immediately invite you to cool off in them, its depth is 27 meters and the cavity in its central part allows the sun’s rays to enter and give us a nice postcard of the place.

In this site you can also enjoy a Mayan regional buffet meal

What's Included
  • Swim in a serene Cenote
  • Climate-controlled shared transport
  • Savor a regional buffet lunch
  • Explore Chichén Itzá with included entrance fee
  • Guidance from a professional bilingual guide
  • Discover local crafts at a visit to a craft store
  • Stroll through the historic city of Valladolid
What's Not Included
  • Optional life jacket
  • Optional lockers
  • Drinks (for sale in the restaurant)
  • Local tax in chichen itza 30USD (option pay the tax when boarding)
Additional Information

Embark on a daytime exploration of the impeccably maintained remains of Chichen Itza, marvel at the pyramid of Kukulkan’s steps and refresh yourself with a swim in a stunning subterranean cenote. Pause your journey in the visually appealing colonial town of Valladolid and treat yourself to a scrumptious all-you-can-eat meal. Travel would be in a comfortable tourist coach with a seating capacity of 45 people and equipped with air conditioning.

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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Tanyaporter
Jan 13, 2024
Chichen Itza will wow you! - This was an awesome tour! Tony is an excellent knowledgeable tour guide. He will explain about the Mayan people. Just be prepared, if coming from Cozumel Island. To have a 18 hour day as you will need to take the ferry over and above the tour.
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Liam_s
Jan 5, 2024
Amazing trip - Wendy, Gustavo and Martin best team ever, very long trip but everything went as planned and punctuality was amazing. The only advice would like to give is at least one bottle of free water, at lunch we had to pay for water. The rest was fun highly recommend this company.
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Linda_h
May 26, 2023
Worth the money - It was a lovely experience! Lots of shopping at the ruins. We had a charter bus that made transportation comfy. Bring plenty of water, snacks and money. Ismael was very knowledgable and funny. The driver drove us safely around. Prepare for a very long day!!
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Maryglovermg1
May 4, 2023
Incredible day! ❤️ - This was such a lovely day from start to finish. Marco was very informative and genuinely cared about us all enjoying ourselves. Chichen Itza was spectacular. Validoid was absolutely stunning and the cenote was mind blowing. Very reasonably priced and absolutely worth it. Would definitely recommend this trip! Thanks Marco.
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Christine_l
Apr 17, 2023
You’ll love it - Very good experience. I met lots of people and we did so much within the hours. Went by fast and quick. Transportation takes the most time
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Sn0000
Jan 10, 2024
Our experience - The cenote and the chicken Itzá must see places! The guide was great. BUT we felt it was very very long day! From 0700am to 2230pm!!! I know it was going to be a long day but no breakfast or coffee in the morning! There was lunch at about 1300 at the cenote! Not even stopped for a comfort break. The hotel didn’t provide a breakfast snack box! However at the Chichen itza we arrived in the middle of the day when it was the hottest time of the day; standing around listening to our very knowledgable guide is hard as there was no shade…..smeltingly hot. I just wanted to get back in the coach. Lastly if the groups were smaller a smaller bus perhaps the tour would be quicker, ie not16 hours in total. As we were knackered and the restaurant in the hotel had closed and we were too tired to go out to get food. I given a detailed account as I just expected it planned better with more consideration as we had paid a considerable amount to experience this excursion. So that was disappointing!!!! We should go to the chichen itza when it not the hottest time of the day!!!
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Tita_w
Apr 30, 2023
Amazing trip - I really like the history of those places..consider this place on your trip..I like the Mexican food and people I met in the trip are good the tour guide and the assistant for the food and drinks in the tour..
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Kkamaria
Jan 18, 2024
Solid tour but bus accommodations smelled (back of bus only) like urine/feces thanks to porter potty - The tour is good. People conducting it are good. It is bilingual (English/spanish) but it’s the same person repeating the info twice. Tour started 7am for pick up time and we got dropped off past 9, so about ~14 hours…could be shorter by 2-3 hours. Chichen itza is main attraction and the Cenotes is Hubiku…it’s solid. The last leg of the trip to the town Villadoid is a bit rushed and possibly could do without (town seems fine/historic) but it’s 30 min to explore a touristy shop area so kind of unnecessary. The main reason it has 3 stars is because of the accommodation- we were seated towards the back of the bus and it smelled like urine/feces towards the back of the bus- meaning it was not clean/sanitized and they STILL allowed ppl to use it making it even worse (even though they acknowledged whatever waste goes in the bathroom travels with us and to use it for emergencies only)!! This made the whole experience frustrating as we had to travel like this back and forth!!
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Agata_n
Mar 18, 2024
It's all about tips - The trip started with 30-40 mins delay in pickup from Playa del Carmen. The drive to Chichen Itza, according to Google Maps should take about 2 hours. Instead, it took us I think over 3 hours before we reached our first stop which was a horrible tourist trap. Started with a ''ceremony'' run by a Mayan Shaman. We were then lead to the souvenir shop where we had to wait for 30 mins for our tables to be ready for lunch (in a big, 50% empty restaurant). Lunch was complimentary, took about an hour, and food quality was really poor. I'd much rather go to a regular bar somewhere in the street and pay for food, but the place was in the middle of nowhere. In the toilets there was a very loud, scary lady demanding tips in a super aggressive manner. After all this time wasted in this horrible place we were taken to Chcichen Itza, which was beautiful, the guide was knowledgeable and the tour was not bad, but you could use more time there. Next stop - Cenote. We were given one hour which is really not much concidering you need to shower, change, go down to cenote, go back up, dry, change. Last stop - beautiful Valladolid and only 30 mins to enjoy it. I knew the timings up front, so can't complain about this. But what I didn't know, it would take good 5 hours before we reached first official stop - Chichen Itza. I also wasn't aware, I would be kept in a awful tourist trap where all that matter was tips. About 10 mins from final stop by the hotel, the tour guide started his speech about importance of tips. And that they don't accept coins, only banknotes. That really left a bad aftertaste. I don't mind tipping, but not when I'm being forced to do it. I'd rather have the price of the trip increased and not being subject to such experiences. Having said that, I wouldn't chose this trip again. Next time I'd rather just take car with a driver.
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Kelly
Jun 21, 2023
Buy buy buy! - Prow - Could book this trip on short notice after another company cancelled - Tour guide knowledgeable - Cenote was beautiful - Chichen Itza was a great place to see and learn about Cons - Whole trip felt like a cash grab - Spent 2 hours on the bus driving the wrong direction picking up and dropping people off on various stops. I understand pick ups but it was picking up for different locations or tours and dropping them off as well. I was staying in Playacar so hardly somewhere remote. - Took 4 hours to get to first destination - Tour guide offered to sell Mayan calendars before going to the cenote. I asked what they get and he was reluctant to share anything but the parchment. He then said you're paying for all the time it takes them to calculate and how much work it is, as if they dont just print something pre prepared and calculate online. I lost trust at this point. - Tour guide tried to sell overpriced biodegradable sunscreen and bug spray on the bus to protect the cenote. He said it was a good price. He didn't mention you need to shower before the cenote anyway so it didn't matter about the sunscreen. - we were told we would go to chichen itza in the afternoon as it takes the longest time and we wouldn't have time for lunch if we went in the morning. - Cenote was an absolute tourist trap. The cenote itself was nice but the property just had overpriced everything. The tequila was $170 AUD. - No one was allowed into the cenote until they went into the souvenir shop for some time to shop. - Included lunch was below average and very limited selection of food. For some reason some people had drinks included and others didn't. This was not clear on the ticket that no drinking water would be provided at any point in the day. Juices and water and other drinks at lunch were locked away and you had to pay extra for these during lunch. I understand needing to buy soft drink and alcohol but some drink should be provided with lunch. There was no option when I bought the ticket to include any drinks. This just felt like another cash grab. - we were at the cenote for 2 hours which was way too long and I couldn't wait to leave. - on the bus the guide spoke in both Spanish and English but one sentence each and all the jumping around was hard at times to follow. It felt it would make more sense to split the tours into English and Spanish and it would be more enjoyable but this just felt like they were trying to maximise profit and minimise resources at the expense of the customer. - I was left hungry as lunch was not good and I had missed breakfast at my hotel because I had to leave so early. I also had no liquids as I didn't want to contribute to the cash grab at the cenote until chichen itza in the afternoon. - Chichen itza we went in the afternoon the hottest part of the day. It was good but we only had 30 minutes of free time, and about an hour and a half total including the tour. It was as touristy as expected but I could finally get a drink and at least there was different storeholders. It felt rushed here. - Vallidolid was a short trip on the way back and was just a photo stop. - got back to the hotel at 9pm and absolutely starving. Total 14 hour day. - did not see to Mayan ceremony or other things outlined in description.
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