Tulum Ruins, Cenote Tours and Boat Trips

The Ruins and a Cenote Swim

Tulum's ruins stand on a cliff above the sea and are best seen early before the heat. The Tulum ruins, Cenote Mariposa and Playa del Carmen tour covers the site and a swim in a day, and the Tulum and Cobá tour adds the taller pyramid inland with cave exploration and lunch.

Sian Ka'an and the Lazy River

The Sian Ka'an boat trip is the highest-rated day on this page: a lagoon crossing, dolphins and turtles, lunch and a float through the mangrove channels. The Muyil ruins and lazy river tour is the half-day version, drifting down the ancient Maya canal in a life jacket.

Chichen Itza from Tulum

The Chichen Itza, cenote and Valladolid tour leaves from Tulum and follows the same route as the Cancún version: the pyramid, a cenote swim and the colonial town, twelve hours door to door.

Buggies, Turtles and Timing

The Riviera Maya buggy tour with a cenote swim is the top-rated adventure, three hours in a small group. The two-hour snorkel with sea turtles and rays is the easy add-on for an afternoon. Cenotes are coolest in the morning; most tours cancel free up to 24 hours before.