(TE34) Snorkeling with turtles in Akumal, Tulum and Azul or Caracol Cenotes
Tour and private guide
10 to 12 hours
All entrances
Private transportation
Pick up and drop off hotel
Tour brief description
Tour for two to 15 persons from Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Tulum and Riviera Maya.
In first place we’ll do snorkeling in warm waters full of sea fauna in the Akumal bay. We’ll have the privilege to swim from the beach with a certified guide and watch this wonderful aquatic world. We assure you that sea turtles will be the stars of this experience, although you’ll also see fishes and stingrays.
Next will be the archaeological Mayan zone of Tulum, a beautiful site in the Caribbean shore where you can appreciate old buildings from 1,500 years ago. Old temples dedicated to Mayan deities stand out. A travel to the past that won’t dissapoint you.
Later you’ll have to choose one of the two cenotes where we will go to refresh from Quintana Roo hot weather
Cenote Azul: an open cenote with different depths, perfect for families. You can snorkel and make dives in a zone with a wide variety of fishes. This cenote is one of the biggest of Yucatán peninsula.
Cenote Caracol: a semi open cenote, its illumination, inside views and cavern are incredible. You can swim and even dive. In this place you can do a walk into a beautiful grotto full of vegetation, stalactites and stalagmites. The route is over a wood road that continues until the forest. If we are lucky, we could see funny monkeys, perfect for adventurous souls.
In every moment our certified guide we’ll explain you the stories of the place, the curious details, the development and the importance of every site.
The unit price decreases according to the size of the group.
When meals are not included, your guide will be able to recommend the best restaurant in the area.
Departure Time
7:30 a.m.
Included
- Pick up and drop off in your hotel.
- Snorkeling in Akumal beach.
- Entrance to archaeological zone of Tulum.
- Entrance to Cenote Azul or Cenote Caracol.
- Driver.
- Private guide.
- Private transportation.
- Box lunch.
- Bottled water and snacks in transportation.
- Souvenir.
- Face mask and sanitizing gel.
No Included
- Tips.
- Lifejacket rent (obligatory).
- Lockers rent.
- Video and photography permission in museums, archaeological zones and attractions.
Languages
Spanish, English.
Additional information
- Before the tour start you must show your ID to the guide.
- During February and September there is no service due to the reproductive turtle season.
- For a better experience, we recommend you to visit Akumal from May to August.
- In this tour you’ll have to choose between Azul and Caracol cenotes and tell the guide your selection the day of your tour.
- Use tennis or comfortable shoes.
- Use flip flops in aquatic activities.
- You must bring swimwear and towel.
- You must bring a change of dry clothes.
- Use sunglasses.
- Use sun block and hat.
- You must have the physical condition to walk up to 180 minutes. (with breaks).
- Spanish and English languages don’t have an extra cost.
- We don’t do surprise stops in any store to force you to buy handicrafts.
- We strictly respect the itinerary.
- We don’t sell you anything aboard or in the tour.
- If during the tour the maritime authorities decree a prohibition of navigation due to bad weather at sea, the experience will be canceled for the safety of all visitors and the tour will continue, without reimbursement of the maritime experience.
- Confirmation will be received by email at the time of booking.
- Infants under 2 years of age are free of charge, but must travel in the arms or on the legs of their parents. (please inform us in the notes).
- Babies (over two years old) and young children must have their own seats.
- A infant car seat available per tour, (please request it).
- The unit price decreases according to the size of the group.
(TE34) Snorkeling with turtles in Akumal, Tulum and Azul or Caracol Cenotes
$408.60
USD max per person.
Final price in dollars includes all taxes
Itinerary
Snorkeling with turtles in Akumal
In the middle of Riviera Maya, there is a place called Akumal, that means “turtles places” and is a sea fauna sanctuary. Here, the sightings are very common, because this place has all the conditions for the turtles to live happily.
We’ll give you all the necessary equipment to snorkeling, and from the beach, in well bounded zones and guided by and expert, you’ll swim inside the bay in calm, blue and crystalline waters, and with a little patience, right in front your eyes, will appear the famous turtles of Akumal. The route lasts one hour. You’ll also see fishes and stingrays.
Tulum archaeological zone
We’ll visit the most famous Mayan city of the Caribbean, that means ‘wall’ and delimits the city by north, south and west. On east there is the Caribbean, from where the first Europeans were impressed to see the city while navigating in this turquoise color waters.
We’ll cross the wall to the archaeological zone, and from the entrance, we’ll see this beautiful city built over a cliff in where stand out the main avenues, palaces, temples and mainly, the castle, that is the biggest edifice just before an exit to the Caribbean.
We’ll know the importance of this city as a marine and land trade city. We’ll tell you about the importance and secrets of this civilization, while you delight with its wonderful sea views and colors.
In this tour you have to chose one of the following cenotes, Azul or Carcol.
Cenote Azul
Of the most visited cenotes in Quintana Roo. An enormous sweet and fresh water cenote, open type, that is like a natural swimming pool with little fishes, low deep pools for all family members and perfect areas to swim, jump and snorkeling to admire the beautiful sea fauna. If you stay quiet, you can see and feel a little shoal. A very funny sensation!
The tour ends taking you back to your hotel.
Cenote Caracol
Miles inside the jungle, far away from all urban noise, there is the famous semi open cenote Caracol with a beautiful grotto and footpath.
We recommend you first walk through the footpath under ground’s level and watch the vegetation, stalactites and stalagmites, and with a little luck, see multicolor birds, specially the toh. Visiting this grotto, in some moments, let us see beautiful landscapes and listen sounds from another world. And with another piece of luck, we can see funny monkeys in the jungle.
In the main cenote, apart from swimming pleasantly, there are beautiful caverns at the bottom, some of them a little hidden, where you can swim too.
The tour ends taking you back to your hotel.
