Tulum Ruins, Cenote & Swimming with Turtles: A Historic and Natural Experience in Riviera Maya
4.5
247 Ratings
Playa del Carmen
Immerse yourself in history, culture, and nature with this Tulum Akumal Cenote Tour. Explore the Tulum Mayan ruins, swim with sea turtles in Akumal, and take a refreshing dip in a jungle oasis cenote. Round-trip transportation, beverages, and a delicious local lunch included!
Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Tulum Archaeological Site - The ancient walled city of Tulum sits atop a cliff overlooking the turquoise Mexican Caribbean Sea creating vistas that will take your breath away. Explore the Tulum Mayan ruins with an expert guide and discover why this is one of the most popular cultural attractions in the Riviera Maya.
What's Included
  • Lunch
  • Admission to the Mayan ruins of Tulum
  • Use of snorkeling equipment
  • Bottled water
  • Box Lunch with sandwich, fruit, juice, and sweet
What's Not Included
  • Tulum local tax and reef Tax ($20 USD to be paid at check-in)
  • Gratuities
  • 3 U$D Cash Life jacket rental, mandatory for safety during the swimming activity in the cenote.
Additional Information

This tour of Tulum Akumal Cenote offers you a visit to three prime locations in the Riviera Maya, accompanied by a knowledgeable guide and equipped with everything required for an enriching foray into history, culture, and the natural world. The tour features a guided exploration of the Mayan ruins in Tulum, an opportunity to swim with sea turtles in Akumal, and a refreshing cenote swim amid the jungle oasis of the Riviera Maya. Included in the package are round-trip transportation, beverages, and a scrumptious local lunch!

Location
La Bodeguita del Medio Playa del Carmen
07:45 am
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(247 Ratings)
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Elaine_p
Mar 22, 2024
Perfect Excursion - The whole experience was wonderful!! Our guide was so knowledgeable and the restaurant was much more than we expected! Thank you for a fantastic day !! The kids will never forget it !!
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Dakota29456
Mar 15, 2024
Great day out - The tour was great. We started off with the ride to Tulum. Herlan was a great tour guide and very informative about the ruins. We then went to the cenote which was very beautiful. Had a wonderful buffet lunch at a local restaurant. The food was amazing. Then off to Akumal for snorkeling. Saw a few turtles which was very cool. It was a great trip. Herlan was the best!
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Jennamn3256by
Mar 12, 2024
Amazing experience - Was an amazing experience and Herlan gave a wonderful explanation and tour of the ruins. The food we had at lunch was amazing and the driver Erik was so polite.
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Katey
Mar 12, 2024
Tulum tour with snorkeling and cenotes visit - We had a great time on this tour. Adrian and Michael were our tour directors and Jose was our excellent bus driver. The tours were as described..both Adrian and Michael were very knowledgeable and explained the Tulum ruins so we easily understood the culture of the Mayan people and the dwellings we saw. The akumal snorkel was great...we saw turtles..big ones, stingrays,a squid and lots of fish. The cenote was very beautiful....emerald colored with a platform to jump from...approx 18 foot jump. A buffet lunch was included with delicious food. It was a long but pleasant day.
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Debi
Mar 12, 2024
Enjoyable adventure - We enjoyed our day, and our guides were wonderful. Jose was our safe and efficient bus driver. Our tour guides were Michael and Adrien. They proved good information in both English and Spanish. They helped make our day enjoyable. I would highly recommend this tour and this company
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Andrewry6196yy
Mar 11, 2024
Highly recommend this experience - Amazing experience. Herlan & Adrian were great tour guides. Incredibly knowledgable and helpful and friendly. All three pieces to the trip were great, as was lunch. Highly recommend, get to see and experience a little bit of everything from the ruins, to the cenote, and lastly swimming with the sea turtles. Would do it again if/when we return.
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118ashfordc
Mar 9, 2024
Knowledgable and friendly guides for a tour that covers a lot of ground! - My girlfriend and I booked this trip because it seemed to include a little bit of everything we wanted to do, and it did! We started at the Tulum ruins with our guide Adrian, who was very knowledgable about the culture surrounding the creation of the ruins and also where to stand to get the best shade. Then we loaded onto an air conditioned bus with our other guide Michael and driver Enrique and headed about half an hour to a beautiful white sand, crystal clear water beach, where we were fitted with lifejackets and snorkeling equipment and followed a guide into the water in search of sea turtles. We saw 5-6 and our guide knew how to time when they would come up for air (and thus close to the snorkelers) before moving on and finding another. That experience was about an hour, after which we loaded back up and headed to a beautiful cenote. There was a platform about 6 meters up that you could jump off of, or stairs for those who would prefer not to. The fresh water was welcome after snorkeling in the sea and we had another hour in that location. Finally we were taken to a little roadside restaurant with a small buffet of good food and a fantastic lime soup. It also had a small gift shop with a bit nicer merchandise than the ones in town. Overall we had a fantastic experience and would highly recommend it!
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Ashford_c
Mar 9, 2024
Knowledgable and friendly guides for a tour that covers a lot of ground! - My girlfriend and I booked this trip because it seemed to include a little bit of everything we wanted to do, and it did! We started at the Tulum ruins with our guide Adrian, who was very knowledgable about the culture surrounding the creation of the ruins and also where to stand to get the best shade. Then we loaded onto an air conditioned bus with our other guide Michael and driver Enrique and headed about half an hour to a beautiful white sand, crystal clear water beach, where we were fitted with lifejackets and snorkeling equipment and followed a guide into the water in search of sea turtles. We saw 5-6 and our guide knew how to time when they would come up for air (and thus close to the snorkelers) before moving on and finding another. That experience was about an hour, after which we loaded back up and headed to a beautiful cenote. There was a platform about 6 meters up that you could jump off of, or stairs for those who would prefer not to. The fresh water was welcome after snorkeling in the sea and we had another hour in that location. Finally we were taken to a little roadside restaurant with a small buffet of good food and a fantastic lime soup. It also had a small gift shop with a bit nicer merchandise than the ones in town. Overall we had a fantastic experience and would highly recommend it!
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Explorer299404
Mar 7, 2024
May you have as much fun as we did! - We were on this tour today. Our guides were the sweetest beings. They were knowledgeable, one Mayan (Herlan) and one Aztec (Adrian), so genuinely kind and attentive. Engage them and learn about their cultures beyond the tour stories. The stay at Tulum was too short. We saw and learned a lot, yet were eager to understand more. The cenote was awesome. Take the plunge, swim into the cave, buy the pictures. The water is so clear you see everything. Only our tour group of 18 and a handful of locals were present. It felt like a private moment in history before the world knows it is there. Lunch was delicious. All of it was great. Try everything...careful with the salsas. They offer the opportunity to test your ability to handle some heat. Don't show off. There is a cooperative shop here. We took the opportunity to learn about our Mayan birth messages and purchased a obsidian that correlates with this calendar. The spiritual elder washed this stone, blessed it, blessed us and asked the Mayan gods to keep us safe. The adventure with the turtles was a highlight of our agenda. It was so fun, exciting, and way too short. The turtles were in abundance and eating on the grasses as expected. You are closer to them than it felt you should be. Know that they surface unexpectedly right beside you if that is what they desire. Being face to face with a turtle is so exhilarating. I let out a yelp as he was too close, or I was to the turtle. I was not ready for this to be over as quickly as it was. This had nothing to do with the tour, rather regulation of the water guides and government. We highly recommend this adventure. It was a perfect way to spend a day of vacation!
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Heather_r
Mar 7, 2024
Second timer - We had a great time with Jared and Marcella on our tour. It was the second time I had done this tour, as I had also done it two years ago. My only feedback for improvement was that our guide didn’t take us through tulum and we were passed on to another guide. I didn’t learn much about Mayan culture this time as we had last time with Herlan and it was very crowded at Tulum which made it hard to enjoy. The rest of the day was wet and we loved the Zemway Cinote. The ocean was too murky to see the turtles sadly.
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