Cozumel Shore Excursion: Explore Mayan Underworld through River & Caves Swim Tour
2.9
12 Ratings
San Miguel de Cozumel

This exclusive coastal tour offers a rare opportunity to explore the enigmatic underbelly of Mayan civilization. Given the location’s lack of crowding, this excursion makes an excellent selection.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Cozumel - Let’s start with an enjoyable 45-minute ferry ride to Playa del Carmen from Cozumel, we then take our air conditioned minivan to the awe-inspiring cave area.

Your guide will entertain you with fun and educational tales about the area and this stunning natural wonder of the world.

When you head into the centre of the jungle, you will be amazed at the amazing structures that formed over 65 million years. We recommend this tour for anyone who loves an adrenaline rush or people who love nature and a scenic tour.

We wonder through these incredible caves on a walking tour whilst learning all about the stalagmites and stalactites that have formed over the long periods of time. You can then jump into the fresh crystalline water and swim through the chambers connected by long, incredibly beautiful, low ceiling caves.

This is a true work of art courtesy of Mother Nature and was considered by the ancient Mayan civilization as a sacred place used by priests and warriors for important rituals.

After your memorable tour, we head back with a tasty light snack whilst traveling back to Playa del Carmen, then you will catch the ferry for the return ride to Cozumel.

If you love exploring destinations that are off the beaten track, then our excursion is perfect. Book today to take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity.

Please Note: Water shoes, wetsuit, helmets, lights and life jackets are provided on this tour although do not forget to wear your swimsuit underneath your clothes. This tour is for eight years and older and a great choice for your day in Cozumel.

What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • Bottled water
  • Lights and life jackets
  • Wetsuit
  • Helmets
  • Snacks
  • Water shoes
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Transfer to meeting point (about 10 minutes by taxi)
  • Min age is 8 years old
Additional Information
  • At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time.
  • A camera is advised to take with you.
Location
Cruise Ship Terminal
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Timwear
Mar 18, 2024
Great excursion - Hey Ashley W- we just returned and almost missed the email with the pictures too. We booked through Royal Caribbean if that is the same tour you took. The email was titled “Wetransfer” and was from framemn55@ Gmail.com, so it was not obvious. I deleted it at first, but then went back to look when nothing else came. Doublecheck your trash or junk folders. Also, we were able to bring our phones as long as they were in a waterproof case hung around our necks so we could be hands-free to swim Anyway, the tour was great. We had a lot of fun. Also very interesting learning about the Mayan history. Highly recommend
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240oscaru
May 12, 2022
MUST DO TOUR - This tour is a MUST DO tour!!! Cost and benefit is 100%!!! The guide and all the staff are gentle and very devoted to attend the needs of everyone! Is different from the usual tours! I eill bring my daughters to do this tour in july!!!
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Spiel1121
Feb 22, 2020
Crystal Cave & Underground Cave AWESOME - I booked this tour through Royal Caribbean if this is the same tour. Was amazing. We walked through the first cave with hard hats, water shoes and flashlights (provided). and the second cave we had life vests (provided) and swam through with a guide the whole time. Then on the way back we got a bagged lunch (2 empanadas and juice). Some review complained about the lunch but I think it added to the experience and was great. Whole experience was amazing. Water is cold but you get used to it. There are some steep stairs in the second cave if anyone has an issue with stairs. Would recommend highly. I've done many cavern tours but nothing like this. We loved it. Neither of us are great physical shape and managed fine ( I would only discourage those that can't do stairs).
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John_v
Jul 13, 2022
Pretty Epic on Arrival - Amazing Experience. The cave is Huge & Spectacular! The Rooms just keep going and getting to swim from room to room was something i won’t forget. Ruben was a very well informed Guide that took great pride in explaining the history and geology of cave but also gave me time to explore my own as well. Santiago was a very friendly driver as well. Also got to enjoy a bit of Playa del Carmen and music on ferries. The only down sides were the communication leading up to the day of trip and the distance from Cozumel Cruise Port. Would have preferred a ticket that could be added to Apple wallet like other aviator trips instead of waiting for an email notification days before departure. Trip was from Cruise Port: 10 minute taxi, 45 minute ferry to Playa del Carmen, & 45 minute drive almost all the way to Tulum. Lots of travel for Cozumel cruise stop. Thank you again. Thank you for not canceling trip when i was the only ticket holder! Would recommend!
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Ashleywt6919gm
Mar 2, 2024
Scam! Do not buy photos from their "photographer"! - The cave swim was amazing and very memorable but the pictures that their "photographer" took of our family were never sent to me after I paid him for them. $40 down the drain but even worse I will never have the pictures that I paid for!
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Goplaces62851367810
Jan 7, 2024
Pure Scam! - Terrible expirience. We haven’t been told that they will not allow us to bring our cellphones down but only their “official” photographer will take a picture which should later be payed to take with you as memory. The whole tour circles around 300m2 of cave and stopping every 2m to tell some boring story about the river and fishes and blabla… The whole tour could be done in 15 minutes instead of 2 hours. Of course after the “excursion” everyone was asking for aditional tip and whole concept of it was just to take the money out of your pocket. Avoid at all costs!
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Cheri_l
Dec 23, 2022
Terrible Experience - Reached out the to operator several times for meeting time and location. They didn't respond, finally Viator was able to reach them. We met them, got on the Ferry to Playa del Carmen and when we exited the ferry the operator informed us the road to the caves was closed and our excursion was cancelled. Gave us our ferry ticket back to Cozumel and was done. We were told we would be issued a refund, that did not come. When I contacted Viator they refused to honor the refund as well. HORRIBLE experience!! Caves may be wonderful, but I will never know.
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G8040dpyvonned
Dec 11, 2022
They canceled at the very last minute. - The excursion was canceled by them the day of the event. We were so disappointed. And it was too late to book another excursion. Makes me leary about not booking through Carnival.
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365anastasiar
Jun 3, 2022
Terrible communication that made us cancel - We were most excited about this tour on our trip to Cozumel. Unfortunately, all automated communications offered conflicting information, and most concerningly, did not offer a departure time. Neither I nor Viator could get in contact with the tour operator. To avoid losing out on $300+, we were forced to cancel the tour. Pro-tip: you can find nearly identical tours on other websites for much cheaper - save yourself the money and headache and don't book here.
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Daryl_s
Apr 12, 2022
Terrible communication issues - The excursion was cancelled and I was not notified. Showed up at designated place/time and no show. Tried the emergency help line but no answer
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