Akumal Snorkeling: An Intimate Encounter with Sea Turtles in Their Natural Habitat

Experience an intimate encounter with sea turtles in their natural habitat during an Akumal snorkeling adventure. Discover their behavior, diet, and more while exploring a protected marine area.

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Centro Ecológico Akumal - Akumal is the “Place of the Turtles” in the Mayan language.
    We participate as local guides Martín and Melqui, and we will be happy to accompany you to swim with turtles.
    Akumal Bay is a protected natural area, for this reason we will follow the animal protection regulations. We will snorkel and swim with white and green…
What's Included
  • Access to bathrooms, showers, changing rooms, and lockers.
  • Private bracelet for beach and turtle protected area access.
  • Unlimited GoPro photos.
  • Snorkeling gear provided, including visor, vest, and snorkel tube.
What's Not Included
  • Parking
Additional Information

Immerse yourself in the underwater world of sea turtles in their protected environment, well-loved and nurtured. We’ll encounter these magnificent creatures in a unique way, gaining insights into their diet, lifespan, size, and behaviors. We will venture into a safeguarded natural region, where we might also get to see various other marine life including rays, fish, squid, and barracudas.

Location
C. 16 100, Lote 001
Calle 16
"The 7 eleven store."
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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T788nstimp
Dec 19, 2024
A magical way to see the Akumal turtles! - Quick version: this trip was excellent and delivered exactly what it promised. Martin was a kind, knowledgeable, helpful and patient guide and we saw everything we hoped to see: probably a dozen sea turtles, plus stingrays, fish and even a sea snake. The equipment loaned was in very good condition and the scuba breathing apparatus was in new/fully sanitised condition. The underwater photos provided afterwards were brilliant, too. I have never booked a trip directly from Tripadvisor before, but took the plunge based on the user feedback in these reviews. I’m glad we did: Martin was a superlative guide. Our main advice? Take the pain and get up early: this trip is best done early in the morning and you should beat the worst of the crowds. We snorkelled in the early slot of 8.30am and by 9.30/10.00am the beach was getting quite busy. Overall, an excellent activity and we’d 110% recommend Martin. It was a magical, memorable trip! 🐢
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Destiny
Dec 16, 2024
Turtle Scuba dive - We had an amazing time with our tour guide very friendly and professional definitely worth the money, I would recommend this to everyone if you come and visit Tulum
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Danielarg4164ia
Dec 13, 2024
BOOK THIS ACTIVITY!!! 1000000/10 recommend - OH MY GOD! DIOS MÍO! Absolutely incredible experience. My boyfriend and I went snorkeling with Martin to see the sea turtles. First of all, great communication when we arrived. He messaged me through WhatsApp for the meeting point. We ended up being on the beach before going to the meeting point for some lunch and he found us there instead! Spoke very good English. I spoke Spanish but my boyfriend did not. He was very diligent about taking GoPro pictures of us and guiding us through every step. It was my first time snorkeling so he was able to help us understand how to put the mask on, clean the goggles if the got foggy, and breathe through the tube. We saw SO many turtles of all different sizes. We saw sting rays, beautiful fish, and magnificent coral. I cannot recommend this activity enough. If I could give it 10000 stars I would!! BOOK THIS ACTIVITY!!! Increíble la experiencia. Una aventura que nunca vamos a olvidar. Muchísimas gracias Martín!!!
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André
Dec 5, 2024
Cosy tour with great guide! - The tour at 8:30am is worth it, it is very quiet as the many groups only come around 10am. The small group (4 people) is very cozy and the guide shows you everything very calmly. The pictures from the guide have also become great!
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Companion62082717036
Nov 26, 2024
Perfect!! - Very nice and clear guide. Beautiful experience, privileged in the morning (less people and clearer water) I highly recommend.
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Johannes
Nov 17, 2024
5/5 - First, we were informed by the Guide picked up at the meeting point. From there we went to the beach - within walking distance. Once there we were able to rent a locker. After that we changed, got vests and snorkeling equipment, after that another one got a briefing. Then we're already snorkeling. Were a small group of 4 people. It went on for about 1 hour and saw various marine animals, such as turtle, rays and squid. The photos that were taken were also very good.
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Violet_n
Nov 5, 2024
Amazing Turtle Swim - This was an awesome experience! The weather wasn't the best and the ocean had some high waves, but still worth the experience. We were able to see turtles, rays, fish and even an old cannon and a wheel. A turtle swam around us, which was pretty amazing. It took a bit of effort to remember to breath through the mouth. Our guide was wonderful, met us on time, pointed out the wildlife, and explained about the turtle conservation.
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Z267eoryanj
Oct 27, 2024
Turtles on my girlfriends birthday - Fantastic snorkelling tour with Melqui, really enjoyable 👍🏼 private tour just me and my girlfriend which made it the more special.
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Annabel_r
Sep 19, 2024
A magical experience - We've had the best time! I'd absolutely recommend it! My friend and me were alone with our tour guide Martin, who was really friendly. We met at the selected time & location and went straight to the beach, where we got our snorkeling equipment and life vests. Make sure to bring 100 pesos in cash as deposit for the locker (you'll get back the money afterwards). During our snorkeling session we were quite lucky and saw many turtles as well es stingrays and fish. Martin was constantly looking out for turtles to see and took pictures of the animals and us, which we got the next day. It was a perfect trip! We'd recommend taking the first session at 8:30 am, as the waters were pretty empty when we entered. Later other groups joined and it got fuller.
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Federicagb6693cb
Dec 27, 2024
Akumal and snorkeling with turtles - The site is very nice. A paradise on earth... Too bad so many people poured into the water to see these creatures that feel watched. Experience however nice
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