On these tours, we'll talk cultural nuances, Mexican ingenuity, and queer activism in Latin America.
You'll climb down a ladder through the well, down into a private cenote. The family who cares for this land has created a botanical garden from the plants they find on their adventures in the jungle. If this is a private tour, there's an option to skinny dip.
Optional add-on: visit a local cenote with cliff jumping, perfect for free diving and amazing snorkeling. +700 MXN per person.
Itinerary
- Meet at a cafe in Tulum town
- ~20-30 min drive to the cenotes
- Optional add-on: local favorite open cenote (cliff jumping)
- Secret Cave Cenote
- Picnic at the cenote
- Drive back
Included
- Round-trip transport from the cafe
- Professional guide
- Entrance fees
- Life jackets & snorkels
- Picnic with traditional Mexican and healthy regional snacks
Not included
- Hotel pickup/drop-off (available on request)
Optional add-on: taco breakfast. +300 MXN per group.
Relaxation tour. Float through canals built by the ancient Maya. Boat through lagoons and mangroves. It's the most relaxing day in Tulum, and the one people keep talking about long after they get home. Bring nothing but yourself. The water does the rest.
Itinerary
- Meet at Story Horse Cafe in the morning
- ~20-30 min drive to Muyil
- Float the ancient Mayan canals
- Boat through the lagoons and mangroves
- Picnic by the lagoon
- Drive back
Included
- Round-trip transport from the cafe
- Professional guide
- Entrance fees
- Life jackets
- Picnic with traditional Mexican and healthy regional snacks
Not included
- Hotel pickup/drop-off (available on request)
Optional add-on: taco breakfast. +300 MXN per group.
A tour of two off-the-beaten-path cenotes. Taak Bi Ha is an amazing cave cenote, a cenote in the jungle with great lighting for freediving and stalactite and stalagmite formations. Nicte Ha is a fully open cenote with lily pads, cliff jumping, and amazing snorkeling.
Itinerary
- Meet at a cafe in Tulum town
- ~20-30 min drive to the cenotes
- Taak Bi Ha cave cenote
- Nicte Ha open cenote
- Drive back
Included
- Round-trip transport from the cafe
- Professional guide
- Entrance fees
- Life jackets & snorkels
- Picnic with traditional Mexican and healthy regional snacks
Not included
- Hotel pickup/drop-off (available on request)
Optional add-on: taco breakfast. +300 MXN per group.
Our most adventurous tour. Spend the day in the jungle looking for wild monkeys while enjoying swimming, canoeing, and zip lining over a pristine lagoon. And because your guide is a UCLA wildlife biologist, you'll actually understand what you're looking at, not just see it. Includes picnic lunch.
Itinerary
- Meet in Tulum town
- ~1.5 hour drive to the lagoon
- A moment of intention with a local guide before entering the jungle
- Walk the jungle looking for wild spider monkeys
- Harness up and rappel into a cenote holding an underwater ancient Maya burial site
- Zip line
- Canoe
- Play in the lagoon, a full picnic spread on the dock, shaded area to relax
Order can vary by day.
Included
- UCLA wildlife biologist guide
- Zip line & canoe
- Picnic lunch
- Snacks
Not included
- Hotel pickup/drop-off
Optional add-on: taco breakfast. +300 MXN per group.
Find out what it's like to live in Tulum. Get the chisme, eat our favorite food, and go out to the places that make people want to call this place home. This is the town behind the town, the locally-owned shops, the makers, and the people whose stories you'd never hear as a tourist passing through. We stop where the owners know us by name, explore the murals, and taste what the neighborhood actually eats. You'll leave knowing the difference between the Tulum people visit and the Tulum people live in.
Sample Itinerary
- Meet in Tulum town center
- Share a meal together at a local restaurant
- Explore murals around town
- Learn local chisme (for example, Tulum as a municipality is only 17 years old)
- Learn the nuances of Tulum's different neighborhoods (La Veleta, Cancha Maya, Centro, Aldea Zama, Tumben Ka'a)
- Visit Ladle, a local community center, for snacks and more
Personalized based on what your group wants to see and do. This is just a taste of what's included.
Included
- Professional guide
- Food and drink at the local stops
Explore prehispanic Mexican food and the amazing fusions that make Tulum one of the best places to eat. It's mix and match: three of our favorite local spots, blending street food stops and sit-down restaurants.
Itinerary
- Meet in Tulum town
- Three stops, mixing street food and sit-down spots
- Transportation between stops, walking or driving depending on the day
Included
- Food & drinks
- Local guide
- Transportation between stops
Not included
- Hotel pickup/drop-off
