Maya Temazcal Night Ceremony from Cancun with Cenote Swim and Dinner

Cancun, Mexico

4 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Interact with the world of the ancient Maya during a ‘temazcal' purification ceremony led by a local expert. Meaning ‘house of heat,’ temazcal is a type of Maya sweat lodge. Follow up with a cenote swim and a dinner of Maya cuisine after you learn to make your own tortillas. This 4-hour evening experience includes a professional guide and round-trip hotel transport from Cancun.

Maya evening purification ceremony and dinner
Participate in a curative ritual, led by a Maya shaman
Swim in a sacred cenote after sweating inside a temazcal
Learn to prepare tortillas and eat an authentic dinner
Hotel pickup and drop-off in Cancun included

What's Included

Beverages
Dinner
Driver/guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Gratuities
Souvenir photos (available to purchase)

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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Pickup details

In case you cannot find your hotel please contact our Call Center team to provide a pick-up time or to assign the nearest meeting point.

Operating hours
.3:30 pm

Itinerary

Get acquainted with the pre-Hispanic Maya cultures of the Yucatan Peninsula during a shaman-led purification ceremony. After hotel pickup in Cancun, your guide accompanies you inside a type of ancient Maya sweat lodge called a temazcal.

You’ll receive an explanation of the ritual the Maya people use to cleanse body and soul, and have the unique opportunity to partake in its curative powers. Learn about the symbols, elements and plants, including resin from the copal tree, commonly used to relieve symptoms and ailments.

Once you’ve sweated out your impurities, refresh with a cenote swim. Then observe women from a local Maya community as they prepare authentic dishes for dinner. You’ll learn to make your own tortillas before sitting down for a delicious meal.

The 4-hour tour ends with drop-off at your hotel.

Cancun

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Dos Palmas

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Dos Palmas

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Dos Palmas

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Cancun

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Minimum age is 18 years
Dress code is smart casual
Not wheelchair accessible

May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

3.9

based on 11 reviews

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Waaaay too far from Cancun!

Elaine_B, Apr 2024

Although the Tour says that it is four hours, that did not include the 2 1/2 hours drive to get there and 2 1/2 hours back. The driver never said a word, to the point that we thought we may be kidnapped! The tour also was advertised as small group however that is just how many people are in the van. Once we got to the site, many other vans drove up so the actual tour was nearly 40 people. Not what we had signed up for! Other than that, the actual experience was very interesting and the food was better than it needed to be.

Tour operator can cub...

visvanathan_m, Dec 2023

Tour operator can cub travel experts is a terrible company. Did not pick us up from my location twice , and said it’s a no show

Wonderful and so connective

Emily_D, Dec 2023

This was an incredible experience. The guides were wonderful and the entire ceremony was well explained. I will say it is about 2 hours down from Cancun though so bring some snacks! Thank you to the Mayan people for sharing this experience with us!

Great experience, but it is the tourist sweat lodge experience

Kris_H, Apr 2023

The entire experience met our expectations. There were guides who spoke as many languages as needed. While we would recommend the experience to others, there were two things that disappointed us. We booked a hotel pickup in advance at an upcharge, but we were informed they weren’t from Viator, so we had to walk to a meeting point. Secondly, we were informed by our guide at the site that the sweat lodge experience at hand was just a tourist version, so it lacked the four openings feature of the authentic version, among other things. The experience was a great primer for a deeper experience for most.

Response from Host, May 2023

Dear Kris, Thank you for sharing your feedback, this helps us a lot to know the experience of every visitor and to improve our service. We are more than glad to know that you enjoyed your tour! We hope to see you soon again. Kind regards

Incredible experience, must try!

Kyle_D, Apr 2022

This was an awesome experience. Being in the temazcal was incredibly intense, but it felt amazing to be able to make it through the whole ceremony. The guides were very helpful and told everyone many times how they could let the shaman know that they needed to leave the temazcal before the ceremony was over if it was too much for them. One person left as soon as it started, others in the middle, and a couple just before it ended, and there were no issues, those people were let out promptly. I would recommend doing a little research on the culture and their use of the ceremony before going as it will make the experience even better. My only issue was the lack of timing details in the event page and confirmation email. The timing varies depending on where you are getting picked up. It says it's a 4-hour event, but for us it was 8-hours because we didn't realize we were staying 2-hours away from the ceremony location. This was not an issue but it would have been better to be prepared for that. Overall great experience, wonderful and friendly guides, AMAZING food, would recommend, and would go again.

Response from Host, Apr 2022

Dear Kyle, Thank you for taking the time to share, this is a valuable feedback that will help us to deliver an even better experience next time.

Awesome experience

Vanessa_N, Aug 2020

It was a beautiful experience! Everyone and every part of it was awesome! Our tour guide Luisa was very good and organized. Would highly recommend and do again!

Response from Host, Sep 2020

Thank you for sharing your experience in this amazing tour and thank you in advance for your recomendations.

A must do!

Tania_C, Mar 2020

Do it! Great experience! They provide transportation, dinner, and a beautiful experience you won’t regret.

Response from Host, Apr 2020

Thank you very much for your recommendations and for sharing your experience. Yes!, we do provide round trip transportation from most of the hotels to do this amazing experience.

Do not go, you can do this for way less money somewhere else

Eduardo, Mar 2020

I search “temazcal near PLAYA MUJERES” this thing is 2 hrs away from here, even worse, we spent 1.5 hrs picking up people from many different places, all of them long distance among each other. The experience is overrated and there were big spiders inside the temazcal, food portions were very good and there is no chance to ask for anything else, not even freaking sauce. The only good thing are the guides, all of them are freaking hot and speak multiple languages.