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Isla Contoy & Isla Mujeres Tour: Snorkeling & Exploration from Cancun & Playa Del Carmen
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15 Ratings
Isla Contoy
Embark on an unforgettable adventure to Isla Contoy and Isla Mujeres from Cancun and Playa Del Carmen. Snorkel in the pristine waters, explore the protected island, and indulge in a regional buffet meal. Discover the beauty of the Caribbean and bring home souvenirs. Book now!
Embark on an unforgettable adventure to Isla Contoy and Isla Mujeres from Cancun and Playa Del Carmen. Snorkel in the pristine waters, explore the protected island, and indulge in a regional buffet meal. Discover the beauty of the Caribbean and bring home souvenirs. Book now!
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Isla Contoy - At Contoy, visitors will have the opportunity to snorkel in its protected reef, teeming with vibrant marine life.
On the island, a guided tour will be provided, and the staff will prepare lunch to recharge energy. - Isla Mujeres - Later, the journey continues to Isla Mujeres, where souvenir shops and exciting attractions await….
- Isla Contoy - At Contoy, visitors will have the opportunity to snorkel in its protected reef, teeming with vibrant marine life.
On the island, a guided tour will be provided, and the staff will prepare lunch to recharge energy.
- Isla Mujeres - Later, the journey continues to Isla Mujeres, where souvenir shops and exciting attractions await. Finally, the group will return to shore and catch a ride back to the hotels.
What's Included
- Buffet of Mexican Food
- Free time and visit at Isla Mujeres (1 hour without guide) (depending on the weather)
- Contoy reef snorkel (35 minutes) (depending on the weather)
- Round Trip from Cancun & The Riviera Maya
- Guided tour at Contoy
- Unlimited national bar (open after the meal)
- Bilingual certified staff
- Snorkel equipment
- Catamaran ride (Double decker or Sail Catamaran assigned at the marina)
- Buffet of Mexican Food
- Free time and visit at Isla Mujeres (1 hour without guide) (depending on the weather)
- Contoy reef snorkel (35 minutes) (depending on the weather)
- Round Trip from Cancun & The Riviera Maya
- Guided tour at Contoy
- Unlimited national bar (open after the meal)
- Bilingual certified staff
- Snorkel equipment
- Catamaran ride (Double decker or Sail Catamaran assigned at the marina)
What's Not Included
- Dock tax $20 USD per person at the marina
- Dock tax $20 USD per person at the marina
Additional Information
This tour offers you the opportunity of visit this beautiful and magical island, enjoy a day in Isla Contoy, this is a protected Island that only welcome a small amount of people per day, walking in the white sand while having the most gorgeous views of the Caribe
The first step of this incredible tour is the reef Ixlache which is our first point of…
This tour offers you the opportunity of visit this beautiful and magical island, enjoy a day in Isla Contoy, this is a protected Island that only welcome a small amount of people per day, walking in the white sand while having the most gorgeous views of the Caribe
The first step of this incredible tour is the reef Ixlache which is our first point of snorkeling. After this, we’ll navigate to Contoy, where you’ll can enjoy a trip of exploration with our certified guide. You’ll have time to relax on the beach or to make a second snorkel on the shore.
Later you will delight yourself with a delicious regional buffet meal. In our way back you will have the opportunity of visit Isla Mujeres where you can walk and buy souvenirs.
A tour filled with nature and adventure!
- Snorkel is not available for non-swimmers, people over 59 years old or children under 10 years old
- Bring your swimsuit, towels and extra clothes
- The marina of departure is located at Cancun
- The Catamaran can be a double decker or one floor sailing, this is assigned a the marina
- Life vest is mandatory
- Does not include Dock tax $20 USD per person
- The free time at the Island is without a guide
- Biodegradable Sunscreen is the only allowed
- Children can only participate in the snorkel with the company of one parent or guardian
- Snorkeling or Isla Mujeres stop may be cancelled due to weather or rough seas. Its unavailability is not grounds for a partial nor full refund.
- Pregnant travelers can’t participate
Location
Isla Contoy
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(15 Ratings)
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Santiagoba6111by
Dec 1, 2025
Amazing! - A 10! Two must-see gems of the Mexican Caribbean! Contoy Island was amazing! Quite a luxury! Would definitely come back again!
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T2390gvricharda
Mar 1, 2025
You need to see Contoy Island! - This was amazing! This Contoy island is a natural wonder that you don't want to miss! Tour guides were super knowledgable, the boat ride was awesome and the crew made the entire trip a blast!
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Mariaquero
Jun 5, 2023
Must-see if you like the sea - For those who enjoy the sea, speedboat ride, great, but you get wet and sensitive people got dizzy. You arrive at a paradise spot, Contoy Island, with very few people, great lunch grilled fish cooked by the crew. The turquoise sea, without waves, ideal for swimming and snorkeling. On island women a lot of people, but I went to buy souvenirs
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Aliciamelina_k
Oct 30, 2025
Excellent - Excellent excursion and guides. Contoy Island is amazing, the boat trip was very good and then we went to Isla Mujeres which, this is personal appreciation, I did not love.
I was sorry we couldn't snorkel.
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674beem
Dec 11, 2023
It was OK but... - The beach was great. Clear water, the tour was awesome but, you must definitely take repellent for mosquitos. Otherwise, they'll eat you alive. NO KIDDING.
It's a virgin island so, no drinking water, no running water so the bathrooms were awful. They could find a way to have them clean somehow.
You're not allowed to take glass bottles but we saw some people from other tours with beer bottles so, yeah, maybe a little bit more control. Don't let this island become like Isla Mujeres!
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Sandyzs
Jun 13, 2023
Long day but so glad I went - The crew was fun and created a party atmosphere. Be aware of this in case you’re looking for a quiet ride. It’s also a long day. From the time of hotel pickup to return, I was gone 12 hours. Isla Contoy was amazing. The stop in Isla Mujeres made me a little uncomfortable as a solo traveler. Lunch was meh.
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James
Mar 2, 2023
Good tour - I really did love this tour. However, there were a few snags that kept it from being a 5 star. The locations were not a problem. In fact, Isla Contoy was beautiful as was snorkeling in the reef. We have 1 hour on Isla Mujeres which was not a lot of time to see much. Additionally, the meeting spot to return to the ship was inside a specific souvenir/jewelry shop. Once inside to see the "meeting spot", we were descended upon to look at jewelry, taste tequila and buy items at a discount. This too away from the 1 hour we had to be back to the boat. The boat ride to the reef and to Isla Contoy was beautiful and was a pretty long ride. I enjoyed the view and the sailing of course. After a wonderful day, it ended on a bit of a sour note. More than half of the boat was English speakers. The boat crew was asked if the (loud) music could include perhaps some familiar English-language party songs like the way over. They said "Sure, we have songs in English as well as French too. Then they ignored the request because the crew was dancing and having fun. Which was all well and good but I paid for us to enjoy the tour. After asking a couple of times and nothing changed, I gave up. I guess as long as the crew has fun, what does it matter if the paying customers have a good experience.
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Escape09127716632
Nov 11, 2025
Beutiful places but the trip is too rushed - The staff was really nice and caring.
But the trip is not worth the price meaning that the time spent at Isla Mujeres and Contoy is very limited, most of it is spent sailing on the boat. The snorkeling is only in a large group of people where you have to continuosly follow the group and with a life jacket, so you can’t really enjoy amd take good pictures underwater. As soon as we landed at Isla Mujeres we had 1 hour only, so the time to go to the public beach and come back is not enough to find a spot on the beach and have a nice swim. After 1 and half hour sailing we reached Isla Contoy, just the time to have lunch and a quick look around was already time to go back on the boat. Again, beautiful places but the trip is too rushed from Cancun. I would recommend to just take a ferry to Isla Mujeres and stay the whole day or take a trip to Contoy only from Mujeres and go back there.
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Canadianguest1958
Apr 1, 2024
Good experience but Over-Rated - Getting away from mainland shore and the water is cleaner. We did see dolphins and turtles from the tour boat, but once we got in the water, the fish and aquatic life were minimal. (A smaller group may have been better.) And the ‘coral reef’ the guide took us to seemed non-existent. I did see the biggest turtle in the bay at Contoy island, but there were more fish and stingrays in the water at the beach on Isla Mujeres.
The trip was OK, and we saw Hermit Crabs and Iguanas on Contoy Island, but spending an afternoon at Playa Norte on Isla Mujeres was more exciting for a fraction of the price.
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Maurice_h
Dec 28, 2024
You can do better - Sorry, but i can't recommend this tour or this company. In summary Isla Mujeres is a must see tour. Isla Contoy not so much. For our experience the transfer to the boat was in a old van crammed with every seat filled. Most of the tour time was spent traveling to and from Isla Contoy. The island itself is not worth it. It's a very small beach front with no amenities (think no flushing toilets). Pretty place, but you can see it all in 20 mins. Once we got to Isla Mujeres we only had 45 minutes to walk around. This could be partially due to the bad weather getting there. We have been to Isla Mujeres before and thought this would be a bonus. My recommendation is to ONLY tour Isla Mujeres where you can spend all of your time there. You can tour the island with local taxi, eat and have a great time on the beach. Much more worth it. Lastly, we had about 30 people on our boat. It was more like a ferry. You will have a much nicer time on a catamaran with a smaller group.
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