Coba & Tulum Ruins Day Trip

We had a group of 7 on this tour (family mix of Canadians/Americans). Our tour guide, Homer, was excellent. We started at Tulum and he was very knowledgeable about Mayan history and culture. Next we went to the AllTourNative location and swam in a cenotes and ate a Mayan lunch. Amazing experience. Afterwards we drove to Coba and was able to spend some time there as well looking at the ruins. Again, Homer had a lot of great information and he guided us to some reputable places to buy souvenirs. We rented bikes and I highly recommend doing that. I have one tip for those coming from Cozumel. We had taken the 7:00am ferry to Playa Del Carmen where we were supposed to be picked up at 7:40 at Plaza Antigua. The ferry didn't actually arrive until 7:50am and by the time we unloaded and walked to the plaza it was almost 8am and we had missed our pick up. I had to call them and they sent another driver to come get us. So, I would plan for the ferry to take an hour if you are scheduling a pickup at the ferry.

This was the excursion through Tui I cannot praise this trip highly enough … ROBERTO was the best guide I have ever experienced and I have have travelled the world ..! His wit and knowledge was incredible, the COBA site is amazing taller than chichen itza @42 metres high , and the oldest at 500Ad …TIP: please get the tuk tuk round trip it’s ridiculously cheap and they stop to listen to Roberto at each ruin which saves walking 1.6 miles or 3.4 Km !!We were on honeymoon and tui arranged for our marriage to be blessed by the maya shaman in a huge cave … an incredible experience, Roberto took pictures … the best excursion ever !

In Dec2020 Coba ruins were closed for archaeological work. This tour took me to Tulum riuns, Muyil riuns and Coba cenote. Tour guide Selene is really professional and knowledgeable on the subject of Mayan civilization and answers all the questions. Cenote is under ground. Clean, fresh water, lots of space. It has two platforms for jumping if you'd like to add some adrenaline. The tour is a day trip and includes the lunch with local delicious food.

Our guide Rob was so knowledgable. His ability to share and inform was stunning. This trip to see Mayan people , visit there homes and Eat local food was a treat. And swimming in the sink hole was a great experience. We feel that we experienced a peep into the lives of the Mexican people .

Our guide was a lovely friendly local man called Paco Mac he was really informative about the whole area being able to answer ALL questions he was asked without having to refer to any literature. The whole day was a fantastic experience giving a wonderful insight into the Mayan way of life. The trip even included going to the home of a Mayan lady and sampled her breads with the local honey on. These were superb and seeing how they sleep in hammocks in an open building was far beyond anything we could imagine. She was also making a hammock which can take up to 3 months to make and all they are paid is the equivalent of £1.20. Incredible but the demonstration on how it was done was really good. Over all a fantastic day highly recommended