Chichen Itza Tour: History, Culture and Swimming in a Cenote from Playa del Carmen
4.4
962 Ratings
Tulum

Immerse yourself in the history, culture, and natural beauty of Chichen Itza on this exciting tour from Playa del Carmen. Swim in a cenote, enjoy a regional buffet lunch, and explore the charming town of Valladolid. Book now!

Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Chichen Itza - A VIP guided tour of Chichen Itza is an unforgettable journey to one of the world’s most famous ancient civilizations. Explore the ruins of Chichen Itza and discover the pyramid of Kukulkan, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World and a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. Your expert local guide will share the fascinating facts

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What's Included
  • Cenote Admission
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Lunch
  • Bottled water
What's Not Included
  • Admission fees
  • Admission fees
  • Taxes of 40 USD to be paid at destination
  • Life jacket rental (5usd) in the cenote not included, payment at check in.
Additional Information

A Chichen Itza tour includes everything you need for a nice experience in history, culture and natural beauty. An exciting tour with a bilingual local expert, round-trip transportation, premium beverages and snacks on board, exquisite regional buffet lunch with drinks, a swim in a cenote and a visit to Valladolid make this a complete day of Yucatan


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Location
Naala Tulum
Avenida Coba
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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I2762zzfrankm
Sep 24, 2025
Great experience. - “Our tour guide, Rhett, was incredibly friendly and knowledgeable. He kept us well-informed about the schedule and destinations. The welcoming Mayan ceremony was a truly heartwarming experience. The buffet was delicious, with plenty of meat options. Our driver, Marcos, was also very kind—he let us into the van early to escape the heat and made sure we had drinks throughout the day. Overall, it was a comfortable and enjoyable experience.”
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Excursion00181824236
Sep 21, 2025
Excellent - I highly recommend it, our Guide David explained and treated us wonderfully. I would definitely highly recommend it.
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74damarisp
Sep 21, 2025
Experience Chichen Itza - Unforgettable experience, positive things: Our guides Rodolfo expert in the subject, an impeccable narrative that connects with people, with a beautiful and pending energy at all times of the group explaining every thing of Mexican and Mayan culture. The place is just amazing, the first stop was to enter the cenote where we could launch and swim, a beautiful and very organized cenote, the second stop at the place to have lunch and make a small ritual with a Mayan shaman, very nice the ritual the knowledge and the place, also have a shop with crafts and sale of stones and quartz very nice. The delicious, buffet lunch, you ate what you wanted and if you wanted to repeat it you could do it... Typical Mexican food and very delicious. .. Finally Chichen Itza a place that leaves you breathless, beautiful and incredible and its history very interesting.. Fast stop in Valladolid a beautiful colonial city. The not so good: Balancing the time between the cenote and the Mayan village for shopping, ritual and lunch I think is important, a little more enjoyment time in the cenote is worth it. In the local crafts place, the advisors or people who are there make quite a lot of pressure to buy, I felt literally persecuted without being able to admire things without the pressure to buy. Prices are all in USD Everything else was perfect, they fulfilled the package we selected that included snacks, drinks and lunches, water and beer enough for the day and I repeat that the difference was made by our guide Rudolph ❀ impeccable his guidance
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Hodors2025
Sep 20, 2025
Great times - Had a wonderful time with Rodolfo, Gonzalo and Enrique. Very professional guides and we were well taken care of. The cenote was beautiful and we had a great time seeing the Maya in modern Mexico before visiting Chichen Itza.
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U4121wswillh
Sep 20, 2025
Fun times at ItzĂĄ - It was a good time. The guides were very charming. The experience was very nice and pleasant the whole time. They had a good sense of humor.
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Pazertazer
Sep 19, 2025
Great day learning Mayan culture - Rudy and our other guide were so good. Amazing energy throughout the day and very passionate about teaching the Mayan culture. The day is LOOONG. If I could go back I’d probably sign up for something not as long. We left the hotel at 7am and got back at 9pm. Definitely could’ve been happy with just doing the cenote and the ruins. Or the ruins and the Mayan village. Maybe I just max out at 2 major events in a day.
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Craigcl3902mj
Sep 18, 2025
Great Day Exploring the Mayan Culture! - Rhett and Charlie took us on a very special journey today to learn about the Mayan Culture. We got to experience a cenote, a Mayan village where we had a nice buffet lunch, we then got a guided tour of Chichen-Itzá which was amazing! I loved learning about the culture in so many ways. Lastly, we stopped at a charming town of Valladolid. All along the way, Rhett gave us tips about what to see, what to be cautious about, and when to take the time to use the bathroom. The only slight issue was the microphone made it hard to understand sometimes
but we appreciated his knowledge and enthusiasm!
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Companion50885728015
Sep 18, 2025
In my opinion, it was spectacularly amazing and it was once in a lifetime experience, but you can experience it as many - Amazing every tour guide was great friendly and hilarious, i’d recommend everyone to come with these guys to take you on tour because frankly everyone else scams, and these guys were amazing and lived to their
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Naty
Sep 20, 2025
The one that covers a lot... - The tour in general was well organized and the guides (Rudy, Gonzalo and Enrique) were very friendly, attentive and with a great knowledge of history and culture, which is greatly appreciated. However, I felt that the time in Chichen Itza—which should be the main attraction—was too short. First we were taken to the cenote, which would have been much better done after visiting the archaeological area. We arrived in Chichen in the afternoon, with rain, and although the guide tried to give the explanation, many of us were uncomfortable, getting wet and unable to hear well. The guided tour covered only two main points and then we had to run on our own to try to know more about the site. After the cenote we also passed a cooperative, where the prices were quite high, which was not very attractive.
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B8670ozpacos
Sep 19, 2025
Poor planting of activities - The organization is LOUSY took us to places of little interest and the “need” to sell us crafts was overwhelming Starting the tour first in a cenote and then in a Mayan village is a lot of time. A tired one already arrives at the destination that was Chichen-Itzá By the time we got there it was raining Anyway. Circuit restructuring would be very appropriate
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