Tulum Ruins & Swimming With Turtles Tour from Playa del Carmen

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  • Duration:8 hours (approx.)
  • Location: Playa del Carmen, Riviera Maya & the Yucatan
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This Tulum Akumal tour immerses you in the history, culture and nature of these top attractions in the Riviera Maya with an expert guide, round-trip transportation and all the gear you need. Explore the ancient Mayan ruins of Tulum and swim with sea turtles in Akumal, a spectacular day trip from Cancun to explore the best of the Riviera Maya!


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Posted By : Jennifer_B
Great trip. Loved the small group and our guide, Herman, was wonderful. He took us to a more private Cenote. It was beautiful.
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Posted On : 2024-01-06 09:02:13 full ratings


Posted By : Karen_G
It was nice to see the ruins and the Turtles, but we waited for several hours before boarding the bus. Our tour guide on the bus was nice and polite, but offered us no background about Tulum or the Mayan ruins. We had a different guide at the ruins. We I'd appreciate how much effort is put into keeping the flora and sea life reserved.
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Posted On : 2024-01-02 16:03:17 full ratings


Posted By : JulianDobson
Minibus collection
Tulum interesting but busy
Cenote lovely and quiet
Lunch fine
Turtles fun and tutors safety minded

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Posted On : 2023-08-01 12:27:14 full ratings


Posted By : farrahma
ADRIAN WAS THE BEST TOUR GUIDE I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE!!!! Professional, kind, funny, informative, educational, made us feel comfortable and safe. He answered all of our questions. Purchased Mayan ruins tour and swimming/snorkeling with sea turtles tour and paid for tour prior. Bus picked us up and dropped us off on time. It was easy to communicate with them about pick up and drop off. Bus was clean. They provided sandwich and fruit for breakfast, authentic mexican buffet lunch with drink and food included. We saw shops to buy gifts at. We saw Mayan ruins with great history education, great tour, snorkeled with sea turtles, swam in the cenote. Some people even went tequila tasting after included with the tour, my friend and I did not. 100% recommend this tour!!!
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Posted On : 2023-02-28 13:44:57 full ratings


Posted By : Antonia_D
When booking most trips on viator.com the price is for 2 people, and if you travel alone you pay double, which is frustrating, I hope something is done about this.
Apart from that, which the operator has nothing to do with, the trip was lovely. The check in process is a bit tedious, they should recommend people meeting at the gift shop in playa del Carmen, if possible. Herlan was a fantastic guide, appreciated that he gave us an intro on Tulum in the car rather than out in the sun. And all else was great, efficient drop off as well, back by 5pm.
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Posted On : 2023-01-26 20:12:23 full ratings


Posted By : Vasil_P
Very profesional and polite guide, excellent service. Highly recommended and appreciated. Will definitely use them again
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Posted On : 2022-04-19 10:15:46 full ratings


Posted By : H9925NRedh
Disappointed with the entire tour. It was our understanding this was a half day tour, however we spent close to 8 hours with much of it wait for busses.

We were picked up at our hotel on time at 0650hrs. Then after a couple more stops, dropped off at a shop in Playa Del Carmen to check in and start the tour from there. The check in was in the back of a big shop (I am guessing it is to get you to buy their tourist items). We had to wait here about 30 minutes before they could even check us in. Then, after check-in almost an hour wait to load our bus. (this is a central departure point, so there are many tours leaving here).

The tour guide spoke very poor English, so we really didn't get anything out of the tour from him. Just sort of walked around the ruins a bit.

At the snorkeling site, they had run out of lockers, so our belongs were but in a tote and left sitting outside near the equipment stand. Luckily nothing was taken. They they take you out as a group and all have to stay together. This can slow things down when you have a slow swimmer. The water was not clear at all and we barely saw two turtles.

Then they load you back up on the bus and back to your hotels. Overall unimpressed and not worth the money. A lot of standing around and waiting.

Years ago I did a snorkeling tour on Isla Mujeres that was awesome. I will go back there next time!
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Posted On : 2022-03-06 18:03:49 full ratings


Posted By : John_W
Kind of wish I’d listened to the other people who said it wasn’t worth it. Tulum was cool, enjoyed seeing the ruins. There were a lot of people though. On the swimming part we definitely saw turtles but once again there were a lot of people all trying to see the same turtles. We weren’t over a reef so it’s not like there’s a lot of other cool stuff to look at. A few fish here and there and we did see a ray. The guides who were in charge of the snorkeling part didn’t do a great job of properly fitting our snorkel gear and life vests, which kind of made the snorkeling part miserable and my husband and I generally love snorkeling.
Like other people stated it is a lot of waiting time and a lot of being passed around throughout the day. Our main tour guide was great so we appreciated his hard work but like I said we kind of got passed around between multiple different guides and drivers.
Overall we didn’t hate it and if you just have to swim with the turtles it might be great for you. We just didn’t think it was worth the money and would not recommend it to others.
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Posted On : 2021-11-16 09:25:04 full ratings


Posted By : Anthony_M
Tour guide Toni was phenomenal and did a great job on trying to provide the best experience possible.
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Posted On : 2021-09-24 11:46:09 full ratings


Posted By : 738darjae
I didn't get any information regarding confirmation or cancellation. I only got a mail less than 10h before the tour with departure time and place. I didn’t go on this tour so I can’t say anything about the activities itself.
I wouldn’t recommend booking this tour! Better spend your money on a reliable operator.
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Posted On : 2021-08-29 07:00:32 full ratings