El Cielo Cozumel: Snorkeling Experience at Three Reefs and Cielito Beach

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Playa del Carmen

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Experience the breathtaking beauty of El Cielo in Cozumel, where you can snorkel with thousands of sea stars. Discover the vibrant marine life and explore the protected natural area. Book now!

Duration: 12 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Playa del Carmen - The tour begins with a convenient pick-up from your hotel, taking you to the stunning island of Cozumel. The journey starts with a brief stop at Playa del Carmen, where you’ll board a ferry to cross the Caribbean Sea to Cozumel.
Cozumel - The excursion includes visits to three breathtaking reefs for snorkeling: Palancar…

What's Included

Box Lunch Breakfast
Ferry ticket and boat ride
Drinks on board (2 per person)
Use of snorkeling equipment
Visit to Cielito Beach
Lunch
Round transportation
Snorkel in 3 different reefs: Colombia, Palancar, El Cielo
Visit to El Cielito beach and the private beach club

What's Not Included

Drinks at the restaurant
Transportation around Cozumel
Cab back to the pier
Government fees

Additional Information

Cozumel is an island renowned for its abundant marine life, making it an ideal destination for diving and snorkeling. Visitors often engage in traditional diving, snorkeling, and exploring this unique and fascinating town.
One of Cozumel’s most captivating attractions is El Cielo, a stretch of white sand located at the island’s southern tip within a…

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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Samla2882

Sep 18, 2024

Speedy Refund - Writing this review to comment on their customer service. We were not able to take the excursion due to weather. We were updated days before of possible reschedule because of rain. We couldn't reschedule because we had to return home. They let me know of my other options and opted for refund. Refund took about 3 days to show on card. Hope to be able to take excursion next time we are in Cancun.

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Realfun11

Apr 23, 2023

Wonder experience and felt very safe - There are multiple transfers to destination, but the travel guide stayed with us the whole trip making us feel very secure. Snorkeling guide was fantastic got us up close with sting rays If we asked. Bring a sun shirt bc suntan lotion isn't allowed, I got a bad sunburn without a sun shirt, very enjoyable tour I would highly recommend!

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Mhblake1

Apr 15, 2023

Snorkeling in Cozumel - This was an amazing experience with an opportunity to be somewhat better. Communication with this company was great. They pick you up at your hotel, which for us was in the Rivera Maya, and transport you to the Winjet Ferry to go over to Cozumel. The company, prior to being picked up, messengers you when you are to leave. Because food was going to be served I notified the company that we have celiac disease and they were able to accommodate the breakfast snack and the provided lunch. The morning (7:30), due to where we were located, was taken up by transporting us to Cozumel by taxi and water taxi. Once in Cozumel you are again taxied to the dock to go to the reefs. We had a total in our group 7 people and at this time had another 3 people joined to us on our snorkeling adventure. We then boated to the different reefs. We had a very clear and calm day. Temp was 84 degrees with a slight breeze. Because of this the water was perfect for snorkeling. The reefs and El Cielo beach were amazing! We were able to see multiple different types of tropical fish. We were able to see huge starfish. There were multiple stingrays. We had an incredible underwater photographer, Ana, that took amazing photographs of my family, the reefs, and fish. She also fed fish which led to our group being surrounded by schools of fish. Her work can be seen on instagram at mimundounderwater. I would recommend purchasing her pictures. They turned out great! The ship's captain had multiple beverages to drink. They also had refreshing pineapple available to eat after each snorkel. After the snorkeling you are brought to a local restaurant and eat tacos. The food was ok; however, they did cater to us being celiac which was a plus. You pay for your own taxi back to the Winjet pier. I wish we could have travelled back to our hotel after the late lunch; however, we had 2 hours to kill at the pier. There were shops around to look. I would have either liked to snorkel for longer or, once the late lunch was done, be brought back to our hotel. After the water taxi we had to wait again at an outdoor mall for another hour before being taxied back to our hotel. If you wanted to shop it would have been a great opportunity to shop at the mall. By this time it was 5 pm and we were ready to be back. We left at 6pm and were back to our hotel by 7pm. It was a fun full day. If we didn't have the two times of downtime we would have been back by 4 pm which would have been perfect. All in all we would do it again.

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Monica_k

Jun 27, 2023

Didn’t have everything they offered in the description - The boat guys were great . Giovanni, Narciso and the photographer were really good and overall we had a great time . I rated a three because out transportation was late getting us and we were picked by a small van that was overpacked and felt like sardines . They had a small boy in one of the front seats with extra space that he didn’t need but my husband and I were the last ones to get picked and had horrible seats. Between two other adults and we were too tight, the front seats were broken so the weight was on top of our legs . I had requested a tour in English and although the guide and other staff were bilingual my husband was the only who didn’t speak Spanish . If I requested a tour in English I should’ve been placed in group with everyone speaking English or at least bilingual so we can all interact with each other . I even asked someone form the company to make sure of that and my request was ignored . The ferry and boat ride to the reefs were great . The view was out of this world and we had a great time after snorkeling enjoying cielito beach . ( ocean ) . I didn’t get the breakfast they offered or lunch box and we didn’t end our tour in a private beach club as it says in the description . It was a little restaurant , with a dry tub on a rocky area that we couldn’t even go in the ocean or enjoy the so called “ private beach club “ as we were told . The ride back from the restaurant to the ferry areas was not included, we ended the excursion at this restaurant that was 35 min walking from the ferry and center of town where the shops and vendors were. We had to pay for a taxis to get back near the ferry and shops . There was nothing to do at this “”beach club” besides eat and leave . We thought we were going to get snacks but we didn’t . Other boats had snack lay out on a floating device on the water we didn’t get that . I know you guys have different people you hire for these excursions but you have to make sure they offer and do what’s in the description!! I actually canceled the second tour I originally have with you because I was not sure what I was going to get .

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Alex_p

Jan 4, 2025

Bad planning - Excursion unfortunately got canceled due to weather and local authorities closing the port. This would not have happened if we would of been on the same ferry departure. As we were staying in Playa del Carmen. Unfortunately they make you wait for Tulum and Cancun passengers. This needs to be looked at and fixed go by zones or city located and not bunch everyone together. As the first excursion was able to realize there excursion

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