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 was an easy 10/10 tour! Tony picked us up from our hotel and gave us all the insider knowledge of life in Cancun, plus a curated overview of Chichen Itza and Mayan culture, and catered to our every need for food and drinks and our endless questions. Can’t recommend him enough!”
Ride jungle buggies from Playa del Carmen, swim in a cenote, and visit a Maya village. Small group, pickup, and snacks included.
“One of the best if not the best excursions ive been on . We have done alot of different excursions in cancun. This one was absolutely amazing. The staff and people you meet are so kind caring and friendly. They always stopped to check to make sure my 5 year old was ok. Also its…”
Walk Playa del Carmen with a local bilingual guide, sampling quesadillas, tacos al pastor, mole, fruit juices, and paletas.
“We just finished our food tour today. This is a one of a kind experience. The food spots were amazing and places my husband and I would have walked past. I’m so glad we decided to do this tour. Our guide, she was amazing. Super friendly and knowledgeable with the culture, food, architecture and art.…”
Jungle Buggy Tour from Playa del Carmen with cenote swim and snorkeling. Drive a 4x4 Can-Am, then cool off in a natural cave.
“I really liked it.you guys were super fun and really cool.it was an amazing experience and I would definitely go again. I loved it! Totally reccomend!!”
A full day from Playa del Carmen packing Tulum ruins, Cenote Nohoch Nah Chich swimming, and Akumal turtle snorkeling with guides and lunch.
“Loved the Turtles, Cenote, and Tulum ruins Our guide Oto was one of the best that I have experienced. Thank you for a lovely day!!”
Private full-day Chichén Itzá with a licensed guide, a sacred cenote swim, and Valladolid lunch, with convenient round-trip transfers.
“Yessica was our guide and she was fantastic! Not only was she really knowledgeable about the history, she was a great photographer! Her suggestions for pictures were great. I did not expect her to lay on the ground so we could get some once in a lifetime pictures but she did! So grateful.”
Long, guided day from Playa del Carmen combining Chichén Itzá, a sacred cenote swim, Maya village culture, and a quick Valladolid stop.
“Wonderful experience definitely needs to be on the bucket list. Also learned a lot about the history of the Mayan people.”
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.
“Activity was great, delivered what was promissed, very good organization.”
A guided taco tasting in Playa del Carmen with up to four taquerias, hands-on margarita and salsa prep, plus pulque and dessert tacos.
“We had a great time. We were picked up on time. Taken to several taquerias and markets. Shown different types of fruits tacos and salsas and even made our own margarita. I highly recommend this tour. We covered more ground than any walking tour could.”
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.
“This is the perfect tour if you want a shorter day away from the resort or don’t have the energy for an all day tour. We were some of the first people into Chichén Itzá. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and we were home in time for a nap, afternoon on the beach and…”
Early access to Ek Balam and Chichen Itza plus a cenote swim and Mexican buffet from Playa del Carmen, with small-group pacing.
“The tour was awesome. The driver Salvador, and the tour guide Juam were farther than their duty. It was a 12 hours tour. Very exhausted but quite interested. The only observation was with the fees. We have to pay them in cash and Mexican currency. Just to everybody, you needvto bring cash andvturn it into…”
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.
