Cozumel Mayan Culture Tour: History, Food, and Beach

Embark on a half-day tour of Cozumel Island and immerse yourself in Mayan culture, indulge in traditional cuisine, and relax on stunning beaches. Expert guides ensure an unforgettable experience!

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Palm Beach - our last stop will be at the beach club “palm beach”, enjoy your time at the beach club, go into the water and let them go and just enjoy the blue a refresh water or you can take some refresh drinks.
  • Playa de San Martin - we will made a stop at beautiful sandy beach “San martin”, you can enjoy the time at the beach taking a…
What's Included
  • Pickup at the meeting point
  • Certified bilingual guides
  • History of Cozumel exploration
  • Mayan purification ritual in Otoch Park
  • Craft tequila tasting
  • Chocolate tasting
  • Natural bee honey tasting
  • Typical Mexican food tasting
  • Relaxing beach break
  • Water bottles provided
What's Not Included
  • tips
  • soft and alcoholic drinks
Additional Information

Every stop is crafted to ensure passengers have a delightful vacation in Cozumel from start to finish.
The guides are specialists in Mayan culture and the history of Cozumel’s founding. During the visit to the Mayan park “Otoch,” guests will experience and appreciate a glimpse of Mayan culture, guided by experts who will ensure an unforgettable…

Location
Marti Sports
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sherriterando
Feb 6, 2025
Awesome day! - Our private Jeep tour was with Emilio. He allowed me to customize our day. He was extremely knowledgeable and kind to allow us the options. I would highly recommend him and you will have a wonderful day!
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Jadyn_w
Jan 31, 2025
Personal and Variety! - This was our favorite part of the trip!! Our guide was really knowledgeable and we visited so much in our time. With so many options, it's nice how much time we were able to spend at each spot. Our favorite was the honey tasting, but we wish we had brought checked luggage to be able to take some home! At the beach club, there were so many activities (snorkeling, kayaks, paragliding, water toys, etc.) and even a mariachi band walking around!
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Holly_m
Jan 20, 2025
Great time in Cozumel - We had a great time with this tour, especially since we were the only couple on the tour, han solo gave us the best tour! We absolutely want to come back from our wonderful experience!
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Flausa65
Jan 13, 2025
Excellent customer service and ethics - We were booked for this trip and had communication difficulties with the tour operator. I called Tripadvisor customer service, which was not helpful; told me that I lost the payment for the tour and that nothing could be done at seven minutes after the appointed time. I was unhappy with the response to say the least. The tour operator attempted to contact me 30 minutes after the appointed time and then emailed me that a full refund was provided which I received before I got home. I would book with this tour operator again.
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Seekthesunshine
Mar 14, 2025
Worth the trip - This was an amazing experience. The first half of the trip was snorkelling. The main guide was excellent and dove down to show us at hand the different fish. The second half of the trip was where we could paddleboard or kayak, enjoyed by all. The main leader/diver was engaging and friendly and knowledgeable. The team as a whole were very nice
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Paula_d
Feb 24, 2025
Good excursion for small group - Nice stop at Mayan experience …beautiful stop at beaches…knowledgeable guide. Maybe better signage on meeting spot
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Deanna_d
Feb 18, 2025
Overall pleasant experience with a few hiccups - Great communication! Our ship docked at a different location than originally planned and Alejandra responded immediately and had the driver pick us up at our location. Our driver, Gizmo, arrived after about 20 minutes. We had to climb over seats to sit in the back of the SUV which we shared with another couple. Gizmo, our driver, was friendly, eager to please and made easy conversation while driving through Cozumel to the first location but didn't talk about any history or culture. We expected to walk in the main area of Cozumel to see shops and historic buildings (as in the tour description) but we didn't stop at all. We then expected the Mayan otoch park (as in the tour description) but it was a thatched roof open area with 3 small areas of folding chairs, completely unlike the pictures. A drummer and dancer in Mayan costume performed a very elementary dance in front of a crudely painted picture of the ruins for 3 minutes before asking for a tip. The informative tequila tastings were interesting and delicious. We then moved to the third area for tiny tastes of different flavors of local honey and chocolate which were also delicious but, again, heard little about its cultural significance. We learned nothing of customs, religion and tradition of the Mayan culture. We were never offered the real Mayan cooking with cochinita pibil and Mayan tamales as in the tour description. We didn't see any food at this location. After this, we got back in the car and drove across the island to a beach which was truly beautiful. After an hour on the beach, we got back in the car and drove to a tiny bedraggled roadside shopping area where the merchandise was very over priced. Haggling made costs more reasonable. Then Gizmo asked us what we wanted to do. By this time we were hungry so we asked to find some good local cuisine. He drove us to a small roadside kitchen with shaded tables alongside the beach where we got very tasty tacos, chips and guac and beer and enjoyed the ocean breezes while chatting with the other couple. That was a lovely spot. We stayed there for another hour until Gizmo drove us back to the port. This would have been an easy 5 star review if we had received everything the description offered. Instead, we left knowing little more about Cozumel and the Mayan culture than we did when we arrived, despite our delightful driver, Gizmo. Reading other reviews, it seems that perhaps different drivers offer different experiences. That said, we'd consider doing this tour again but would confirm with the tour company a more accurate itinerary.
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Aleksandr_r
Jan 19, 2025
Great potential tour but bad driver/guide - The tour itself was great. There were multiple stops with some local tacos, tequila tasting and pictures of nice spots, and with the beach break at the end. But pick up situation was not smooth. And the driver was extremely rude, offering to cancel right away because he said he not making any money and wanting us to give him big tip, which he didnt get any at the end. The car was all in sand
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Cunfl2
Mar 14, 2025
Not what I expected - We were picked up 20 mins late from our resort In his personal mini van. The other couple was picked up a hour late since they were supposed to get picked up first. . Not a lot of explaining going on. I feel like it was just a drop off at different beaches to take a picture and tourist shop. The tequila, taco,honey,chocolate tasting is extra. Costs $17 a person. There is no free lunch. You get dropped off at a resort and have to pay for that as well. Also, We were never offered water.
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Cari_v
Jan 19, 2025
Disappointed - would NOT recommend - This was the most unprofessional tour I have ever taken. There was confusion from start to finish. We were 15-20 minutes late in leaving. The van was fiflthy with sand and used water bottles. We were told that we were going to the beach first rather than last. After all of us complained that was NOT what we signed up for & one passenger called the tour office, the driver reluctantly agreed to take us on the tour as advertised. The driver left us at the Myan experience & we waited almost 20 minutes for him to return. He was NOT aware that lunch was included. Because of the delays, we only had 35 minutes at the beach. The driver was a good driver but only talked about the island when asked a question.
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