Private Tulum and Beach from Riviera Maya

We had an excellent guide, Tony, who gave us lots of interesting facts about Mayan culture, innovation, counting and language. He was very engaging, even holding our 4th and 2nd graders' attention. He was very accommodating and made sure all of our wishes were met. The driver was safe and timely. The van was very clean and the air conditioning was very welcome.

We had a private tour for 8 people. We swam with turtles in Akumal, saw the Tulum ruins and then off to the Cenotes. Our tour guy was very knowledgeable and told us many stories along the way. The drive was always informative and never dull. He joked with us and made things fun. We went to Akumal and swam with the turtles first. This is something our daughter wanted to do. The bay was beautiful, sandy beach and it also had a couple of restaurants on it as well. The down fall I think was the guide there told us we had to pay extra for chairs, I thought that was a little silly but we did end up paid an additional $8.00 per chair for the non swimmers in our group. If we didn’t rent chair they would have had to sit in the sand. This wouldn’t be too bad for younger people but they were seniors. It’s not a deal breaker just would have like to know this ahead of time I guess. And since English is a second language when we asked questions to the Guide he didn’t seem to know anything about the turtles or what we spoke to him about, just where to find them which I guess what what we came for. Would I do this tour again, no I would go somewhere else where there is more to see. Tulum Ruins were great. Very HOT. Our tour guid here (someone different from Akumal) was so knowledgeable and explained the history of the building to us. We were able to walk around and explore and he walked around with us answering any questions. On the way back to the van he older people in our group were having a hard time with the heat so we decided to take the trolly bus back instead of walking. This was a good idea even if the walk was only 10 mins, if that. The cost I believe was a couple of pesos each and the stop is just outside the exit of the ruins. Lastly the Cenotes, they were amazing to swim though. We haven’t ever done that so we really enjoyed that. Three under ground and 1 open. We all enjoyed this. If I were to change anything on this tour it would be that we would to Tulum first. I would do this for two reasons, first to beat some of the heat and second if you snorkel your wet then need to change into dry clothes to do Tulum then need to change back into wet clothes to do the cenetos. As this was a private tour I should have told him to do it this way however I just went along with what they suggested. I’m the end I would change it next time. This by far did not change the fact the tour and guilds and driver were amazing and we loved every moment! Thank you for a great time!