YOU MUST BE HERE! This is one of the most enigmatic activities in Mexico.
Chichen- Itza is unique in the world since there is no such thing anywhere. This activity is cataloged as mandatory for all travelers who visit Mexico. The food is prepared with the highest standards of hygiene.
We recommend to bring towel, swimming suit and comfortable shoes like tennis or sneakers. It is important to mention that you need to use biodegradable sunblock and products, due to our commitment to nature.
The experience is so incredible that it takes you to live the unique history of the Mayan culture. Explore the ruins, discover interesting facts of Mayan civilization, swim in the incredible cenote and visit an authentic colonial town
*The cenote may vary depending on availability and COVID restrictions. Available Now: Cenote Saamal, Selva Maya.
Posted By : ayalgx
Our guide was very knowledgeable and made it very interesting. Our only negative was the length of the trip which took 14 hours.
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Posted On : 2024-04-24 19:56:47 
Posted By : 417guenters
Good value for money. We waited 30 minutes without any information that that the pick-up service is delayed. The registration process was not at the bus, we had to walk through a shopping center. The bus journey and support team was capable and supportive
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Posted On : 2024-03-18 10:14:15 
Posted By : Mariluz C
The tour is good, the journeys are very long, the food is horrible, not even lunch, the time is very limited to carry out the activities.
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Posted On : 2024-01-22 18:36:00
Posted By : Amel_A
Victor our tour guide on the bus was amazing, he deserves 100 stars! But overall the process was long and required lots of driving and waiting. The initial time I thought it would take was much longer and the stops were very touristy. We didn't get to stop in the town either. Overall, was not impressed based on the price.
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Posted On : 2024-01-03 11:29:37
Posted By : DANNY_W
Tour was good. Loved the time given at the pyramids and the information provided.
I'm used to tour groups giving a sales pitch, but this was particularly long and brutal. 45 minute speech selling modern day Obsidian stones (read: snake oil) when rubbed on your head will cure your insomnia and headaches. Then on the bus there was a second sales pitch for liquor.
The hard and persistent sales pitches really detracted from a the tour.
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Posted On : 2023-12-09 14:14:02
Posted By : Albert_d
We spent the day with Julio (tour guide) and Andres (driver), and they took great care of us. Everybody had a great time, and I would definitely recommend this tour (even with its flaws), because it’s a safe, reliable and easy way to see these sites. However, the tour isn’t exactly as advertised, since yes, we left a little after 7 a.m., but we didn’t get to Chichen Itza until about 12:30 p.m. Before we got there, we had to “check in” for the tour at the back of a gift shop in a mall, and then hang out outside of that gift shop for about 20-30 minutes until they called our tour’s name. Our first stop? Another souvenir shop about 20 minutes outside of Chichen Itza. They disguised this particular selling stop as our “lunch,” but really, you’ve got to endure an entire presentation of alleged Mayan rituals (really, it was a way to sell you stones and other stuff you don’t really need), and about another 20 minutes of hanging out in the souvenir shop with your tour guide’s name on your shirt (clearly, these folks make a commission from all these sales), before they’ll even call your lunch group into the dining area. No complaints about the buffet-style food, though, as it was all delicious. After this stop, we finally headed toward the star of the tour — the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza — and how do the locals respect these sacred temples? By turning its outer rim into an area where you can purchase everything from luchador masks to animal-noise-making blow toys to probably anything and everything else. All the selling of things was a little overblown the entire tour, but we did eventually get to all the advertised sites, and they were all amazingly beautiful locales. We had two hours in Chichen Itza (one hour guided, one hour not guided), then one hour at the perfectly-temperatured and absolutely picturesque Cenote Saamal (Selva Maya) in Merida (you will need to purchase a life jacket and possibly a locker if you plan on swimming in the Cenote), and lastly, 30 minutes in the main park at Valladolid (just enough time to catch a portion of the show going on around the fountain and to grab yourself some Mexican street food — in our case, elote). By the time we got home, it was about 9 or 10 at night, but we did get dropped off back at our hotel, which was ideal because we were exhausted by then. LOL! All in all, I’d say the sites were astonishingly beautiful, the tour itself was interesting at times but focused waaay too much on math, the food was good, the driving was safe, but the sales hustle was definitely real and overdone. And for what it’s worth, our tour guide Julio seemed nice. Do with this info what you will, but I just wanted everybody to know what they were signing up for — you’ll be away for an entire day on a tour that could’ve really been done in three and a half hours plus driving and eating time, so bring your pesos, but don’t bring your drones, tripods, selfie sticks or children’s toys since none of those will be allowed in the ancient ruins. Have fun!
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Posted On : 2023-11-29 06:02:40
Posted By : Jason_C
We have taken half a dozen tours with viator, and this, by far was the worst one. Started with being herded like cattle into a shopping area for bracelets. Waited 30 min to get herded again into different buses. 20 min unto our drive, we randomly stopped on the side of the road for 45 min, with no explanation, except, we are waiting. A dozen people got on there. Then we were taken to a buffet lunch, which was completely bland. They randomly took our photo,again, no explanation. We finally got to chichen itza, and that was the best part of this tour. Unfortunately, the beauty and awe inspired ruins were ruled by the countless illegal vendors. We were then taken to a cenote where you had to rent life jackets and lockers. It took 30 min to get down the line to swim, and you were in there for no more that 5 to 10 min. Finally, Valladolid. Wich was a 30 min useless stop. 6 PM, dark, police presence everywhere. On the bus, the AC only worked on the front half of the bus. We were gone from 7 AM, to 9PM. The only worthwhile part was the 2 hours in chichen itza. The bis ride back was so bad, a few people went and were throwing up in the bus bathroom, including my daughter.
I think there should be an option on Viator for ONLY chichen itza. The other two stops were completely and utterly useless and a waste of time.
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Posted On : 2023-11-23 12:54:11
Posted By : Tour633203
An excellent tour in every way - the guides Rheet and Victor and the driver Victor, a team that made us feel very good. The program was completed 100% with exemplary punctuality. We learned a lot about the Mayan culture and their world until today. Special thanks to guide Víctor for his didactic explanations, his support sheets in Chichen and during the trip. We would gladly be students of this very entertaining former professor. People like him promote tourism in this area.
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Posted On : 2023-11-11 18:28:24
Posted By : Megan_M
We had a great tour guide. There was a long speech about the first stop being a local poor community that hand make all the souvenirs but when we got there it was all the same drop ship items from china that were available for a heck of a lot cheaper at our hotel: some items still had made In china stickers on them. One item we intended to buy turned out to be £85! Where you can get the exact same item on amazing for £9. Which was a little disappointing but it is very clear that the community isn’t struggling as they all wear very nice watches and the building is very new and well kept. The man in the toilets blocked the doorway In front of my husband because he wanted a tip (for passing him a hand towel) and the same happened with the food venders. Although we had paid a lot for the trip they wouldn’t give you more than one taco unless you tipped them extra. So it was really disappointing that they get a little greedy with the tourism in that stop off but everything else was amazing and I would definitely recommend the plus option as you can have beers and drinks throughout the day without paying a premium price. All other stops were amazing and well worth the visit!
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Posted On : 2023-11-09 17:04:05
Posted By : Hope_N
The tour did not start or well and for the reason I wouldn’t recommend this company. It said the tour started at 8. We got picked up at 7. Thought after picking up a few more people we would be on our way. But we were dropped at a mall where we got wristbands and then had to wait for over an hour. There was nowhere to sit so we had to sit on the pavement. The communication was also terrible. No one explained what was happening.
We finally got on a bus at 8.35 am but didn’t leave until 8.50. Because we left late, the plans changed and we went for lunch first instead of going to chichen itza. This was quite annoying.
The bus we were on also had broken aircon that was freezing and dropped constantly.
Our guide had good knowledge of Chichen Itza and we loved the cenote but the stop in Volladid was very rushed. Would have loved a bit more time here.
Thankfully we didn’t have to go back to the mall and change transportation after the tour. We were dropped back at the pick up point.
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Posted On : 2023-11-08 20:08:28
