PLAYA DEL CARMEN
The Riviera Maya’s best days out.
The 15 best tours along the Riviera Maya, from a quick cenote swim up the highway to the long days out at Chichen Itza and Cozumel.
Snorkel with sea turtles at Akumal and swim inside Yucatán cenote caverns. Half-day Cancun tour with pickup and snorkeling gear.
Most Popular“Take a waterproof camera. I’d do it again. Sea turtles and the cenote all in one trip ! Hope that’s how you spell it. Lol”
Private VIP tour to Chichén Itzá at opening, then Cenote San Lorenzo Oxman swim and lunch in Valladolid, with hotel pickup.
“This private tour of Chichén Itzá was truly the highlight of our entire vacation. From the moment we were picked up in Playa del Carmen, everything was seamless, comfortable, and incredibly well organized. Our tour guide, Heriberto, was outstanding—extremely knowledgeable, engaging, and a pleasure to spend the day with. We learned so much about the…”
Ride jungle buggies from Playa del Carmen, swim in a cenote, and visit a Maya village. Small group, pickup, and snacks included.
“Excellent jungle adventure with adrenaline filled Razor buggy tour, stop at Mayan village for a yummy snack and then to the beautiful small & private cenote. The guides were fabulous & everything was very well run.”
Walk Playa del Carmen with a local bilingual guide, sampling quesadillas, tacos al pastor, mole, fruit juices, and paletas.
“Great food and Marcel is very engaging would definitely recommend this to anybody that has never been in the area before. The food is very authentic.”
Jungle Buggy Tour from Playa del Carmen with cenote swim and snorkeling. Drive a 4x4 Can-Am, then cool off in a natural cave.
“The tour guide was great. The tour was fun and I would definitely do it again. The roads were dry and got a little dusty. Highly recommend.”
A full day from Playa del Carmen packing Tulum ruins, Cenote Nohoch Nah Chich swimming, and Akumal turtle snorkeling with guides and lunch.
“Great experience and very well priced compared to travel agents and hotel prices. Our guide Yaris was so welcoming and accommodating to everyone in the group. We learned so much and had great fun!”
Private full-day Chichén Itzá with a licensed guide, a sacred cenote swim, and Valladolid lunch, with convenient round-trip transfers.
“My wife and I got Helios as our tour guide. The best tour guide! He had sandwiches with an apple and chips ready for us in case we didn't eat breakfast that morning. He also had drinks for us throughout the tour in a cold ice chest. He's very knowledgeable as he explained all of…”
Long, guided day from Playa del Carmen combining Chichén Itzá, a sacred cenote swim, Maya village culture, and a quick Valladolid stop.
“Cenote is great and yiu may do this first, take sandels and a towel . You eat lunch a bit late, so be prepared with snacks”
A great value Riviera Maya half-day: guided Tulum ruins walk plus two cenotes (Mariposa and Chen-Ha) with roundtrip transport and a real Maya story.
“The guide was very knowledgeable. He made sure everyone on the tour was having fun. The cenotes were beautiful and it was a fun visit. The travel was a bit exhausting all the way from playa del Carmen.”
A guided taco tasting in Playa del Carmen with up to four taquerias, hands-on margarita and salsa prep, plus pulque and dessert tacos.
“High energy and very entertaining great variety of locations. Our tour guide Omar and he was great and seemed to really enjoy what he does.”
Guided Chichén Itzá, a cenote swim at Chichikan, and a Valladolid stop in one long day with transport, entrances, and tequila tasting.
A half-day Cancun adventure with muddy jungle ATV rides, 3 zip lines over the canopy, and a refreshing cenote swim plus tacos and tequila.
Express Chichen Itza tour from Playa del Carmen with reduced-group van pickup, bilingual guide, lunch, and early ruins time.
“An interesting place suitably described by the guide both verbally and pictures. Nothing was too much trouble”
Early access to Ek Balam and Chichen Itza plus a cenote swim and Mexican buffet from Playa del Carmen, with small-group pacing.
“We had this tour guide named pastor and he was very helpful in getting us to understand Mayan culture! He helped my family members with disabilities and never let anyone feel left out”
Swim with gentle whale sharks plus Isla Mujeres beach time, breakfast, lunch, and snorkeling gear on a small-group full-day tour from Riviera Maya.
“It was absolutely terrible, our boat broke down, we had to jump in the water in swim to another boat without mask and fins 5 different times cause none of the other boats wanted to make us their responsibility. We were told to put everything in our bags and they would be handed to us,…”
The cenotes, the ruins, the reef — and every road out along the Riviera Maya.
