Top Tulum Day Trips - page 17

The ruins are really interesting. You can see original colors and layouts of the city. The place is very well kept. The guide Candy was very knowledgeable as well as concise (a plus in a 38 celcius degrees day at noon), giving us very interesting insights about Mayan gods, and how they are portrayed in architecture. Snorkeling with turtles was successful. We saw several of them, quite close but carefully. Fernando (our main guide) was always taking care that we could all see them without disturbing them (or the least as possible). We also saw a big stingray. One thing that could have been mentioned in this tour's description: you are not allowed to enter the water with sunscreen to not disturb the fauna, which makes sense, but if they mentioned it beforehand we could have taken extra tshirts with us... which also comes in handy because they were selling tshirts! This is a bit shady. I don't dislike the tour for this, but for anyone reading: take extra tshirt (or water shirts). The closed Cenote was stunning. And since we still had the snorkeling masks we could see how the cave was underwater. Really beautiful experience. About the guides: Fernando was both nice and giving us very good information. He is truly competent at his job. He answered every question we had and he appreciates the questions, actually. The photographer (another Fernando) took really good photos. Now, we cannot avoid mentioning Maria Teresa. Thankfully she wasn't our main guide, but we went with her to the entrance of the ruins. She made sure that that would take us at least an hour coming, going, coming back, going again... just for bathrooms. And, of course we understand people needing bathrooms, but then why not using them at the entrance? Also, the group was going to be divided in 2 groups either way, and the people that wanted to go to the bathroom suggested for the rest to continue, but no... we had to ALL go back to the entrance (with a golf cart which we had to wait for). By the end, we could have just gone back on our own, but we were engaged into waiting again for people who, again, suggested for the rest to be able to leave. Another thing: we are adults, we don't need to be called little children, have every answer sugarcoated as if I was a 5 year old. Since this was the very beginning of our trip, we were really, really regretting choosing this tour. However, after we managed to just go with Candy, then the rest of the tour (Cenote, Snorkeling) was really amazing, so the mood was restored, thankfully.

Overall, an awesome trip! Carlos Moo was a wonderful tour guide - very knowledgeable, easy to understand, has clearly been doing this a long time. The bus was clean and the whole operation was pretty smooth. Ekinox Tours did a great job! Your enjoyment will depend on what you are looking for in a tour. The whole thing felt a bit rushed (especially Tulum) but it had to, in order to fit within 7-8 hours. It’s the price you pay for a half day tour. If you want a more comprehensive tour, go for the 10-12 hour tours. They’re that long for a reason Also, your pickup time depends on your location. We got a WhatsApp text less than 24 hours in advance with our time. Would have been nice to know that info sooner, but that’s our only real complaint. Very enjoyable overall!

Pablo was an excellent guide. He was so friendly and knowledgeable about the area. He was an absolute delight and made the day even better! We enjoyed all of the different activities very much. The Nohoch cenote and Mayan lunch were exceptionally wonderful. Highly recommend!