Immerse yourself in Maya culture during this 4-hour evening that combines a 'temazcal' ("house of heat") purification ceremony, a swim in a 'cenote' (a naturally formed, underground swimming pool), and a traditional dinner of Maya cuisine prepared by local home cooks. Your tour includes round-trip transport from Cancun and a professional guide.
Posted By : Elaine_B
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.
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Posted On : 2024-04-14 21:13:17 
Posted By : visvanathan_m
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
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Posted On : 2023-12-24 22:44:52
Posted By : Emily_D
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!
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Posted On : 2023-12-13 20:56:32
Posted By : Kris_H
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.
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Posted On : 2023-04-27 10:57:59
Posted By : Kyle_D
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.
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Posted On : 2022-04-21 09:32:38
Posted By : 5haleyr
The ceremony was not only a cool cultural experience but was really cathartic. When you are in the temazcal its pitch black and they have everyone scream at the top of their lungs to get all the negeativity and stress out! Where in our daily lives can you just scream?? It felt great!
The cenote is so beyond gorgeous.
The guides were great.
The dinner is very simple which of course is totally fine but there were so many bones and little bit in the chicken i just couldnt keep eating.
Very long commute to get there.
Overall great experience!
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Posted On : 2022-01-27 20:25:59 
Posted By : Vanessa_N
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!
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Posted On : 2020-08-30 11:31:52
Posted By : Tania_C
Do it! Great experience! They provide transportation, dinner, and a beautiful experience you won’t regret.
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Posted On : 2020-03-30 14:51:53
Posted By : Eduardo
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.
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Posted On : 2020-03-08 13:18:56
