Great Maya Reef Snorkeling: Explore Colorful Marine Life

Embark on a thrilling adventure in Cancun as you navigate through jungle channels in a speedboat and snorkel at the stunning Punta Nizuc coral reef.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Puerto Morelos - Snorkel the Great Maya Reef on a half-day snorkeling tour of the coral reef near Puerto Morelos. Spot fish, marine wildlife, and vibrant corals as you swim alongside the snorkel guides, then enjoy some free time to explore the fishing village of Puerto Morelos. This snorkel tour includes all equipment, lunch at a beach club, and

What's Included
  • Roundtrip transportation to and from most Cancun and Riviera Maya hotels
  • 1 hour of reef snorkeling
  • Use of snorkeling equipment
  • Professional maritime guide
  • Beachside lunch
  • Free time in Puerto Morelos
What's Not Included
  • Reef tax of US$ 10 per person
  • Beverages
  • Photographs
  • Souvenirs
  • Lockers
Additional Information

Explore the stunning tropical seascapes at the world’s second largest reef formation, the Great Maya Reef, during an hourlong snorkeling adventure. Swim along the surface surrounded by colorful fish and keep your eyes opened for crabs, lobsters and even sea turtles.
Upon arrival at Puerto Morelos, go over the basics of snorkeling safety and technique,


Cancellation Policy

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

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Lando
Sep 23, 2023
Speeding to happiness! - Amazing and so fun! After picking up our life jackets and snorkel equipment, we were shown how to operate the speed boats. You will drive through the jungle, see flamingos, stop to snorkel through clear water and a chance to see tropical fish and an underwater statues! Get ready for some bumps, driving in circles and lots of memories!!
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Peggyr71
Nov 30, 2024
Great Experience - Really good excursion, our family loved it and appreciated the guides. Everyone was friendly and efficient! Thank you. The Rowland family.
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Charlotteboudouk
Sep 16, 2024
sekréké beach at taboo. beautiful seaside village with its beautiful beaches surrounding village concession - nice experience. nice Pension, nice sea view. for the holidays this month of October, I wish to relive this moment of instant court.
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216mezc
Nov 1, 2023
Fun boating experience with a bit of snorkeling - This was a very fun experience. Jorge is a great guide, taught us everything we needed to know about the speed boats and lead everyone on a fun ride. The snorkeling is pretty short, so if you're looking for a primarily snorkeling experience, this isn't the one, but it's still great fun to drive the boats, see the mangroves, and do a little beginner snorkeling. Overall, I really enjoyed myself. It was easy to get to on the bus from our hotel.
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362veronicaf
Aug 10, 2023
Lagoon/Caribbean Sea Adventure - The tour was very good. As there were 3 people, we went on a single boat. The tour lasted about two hours... a very pleasant adventure... we left on time. The diving stop lasts around 30 minutes. It is important that the person knows how to swim and has the ability to stay in the water for a long time, to complete this trip completely. I didn't feel completely comfortable diving and stayed on the boat.
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F4165xikevink
Jan 2, 2025
FYI To Those Looking To Book This Excursion. - I will start with how the snorkeling experience itself was great for the 45ish minutes we got to snorkel. The reef was beautiful and full of wildlife. The staff were fairly interactive and made the experience itself enjoyable. Now for the FYI for everyone looking to book this tour. There are quite a few extra rules we were unaware of as well as extras to the excursion that are not posted in the information here. 1) You will not be allowed to take pictures via go pro or underwater camera/bring your phone with you onto the boat (they offer pictures for you which you obviously have to pay a premium price for). You also will not be allowed to bring practically any personal belongings, all of which they have lockers available for deposit so ensure you bring extra cash for the deposit (I believe it was $200 pesos or so). 2) You can NOT wear any sun screen on this excursion (INCLUDING REEF SAFE SUN SCREEN). Do not go purchasing expensive reef safe sun screen for this trip as you will be told to wash any sun screen off of you in the showers at the tour meeting point. 3) The tour is offered on the website to children as young as 3 years old but should be more like a 6-7+ range as the equipment they have will not fit a toddler/younger child. As stated in the excursion info everyone attending should be able to/be comfortable with swimming on their own. 4) The tour is listed to have a duration of 4 hours. This will not include travel time and wait times for shuttles. Do not expect to be picked up immediately once your excursion is complete. We ended up having to wait an additional 2 hours for pick up which brought our total time from pick up to drop of at roughly 7.5 hours. 5) The tour unexpectedly has a tequila tasting after snorkeling which was actually a great surprise and enjoyable. However, if you are doing this excursion with your kids they will be sitting there for up to an hour doing nothing while you taste tequila with the tour group so keep that in mind. 6) Unfortunately the beach lunch is underwhelming and you are limited to 3 small bland tacos per person. Be sure to pack snack or bring extra cash if you intend on having lunch out in Puerto Morelos. As stated above, you likely won't be back at your hotel for a a couple hours once the excursion ends. 7) Not so much a surprise to most who have been to Mexico before/done excursions like this before. You will be expected to tip for many of the services provided so bring some extra cash with you (tour guides, tequila tasting guide, lunch staff, lunch entertainment.) Hope this info helps anyone looking to book this trip. Cheers.
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Marta
Nov 25, 2024
I had to wait for one hour before we started . The snorkling was quite short about 30 min. which was disappointing consi - I wish I could snorkel longer especially since I had to wait for an hour. I also didn’t care for the other activities and had to get a taxi back
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Jason
Nov 23, 2024
Enjoyable trip but could be better - Actual snorkeling time was limited to just over an hour. I would have very much liked to visit a second site on the reef. Tequila tasting was good but not all in the group drank alcohol and the taco's for lunch were nice
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Y2280zjmollyc
Dec 31, 2024
Book another snorkel tour - Honestly this was not the best tour. There were alot of issues with it- first of all being that this tour is NOT as advertised online!!! On trip adviser it says it is a 4 hour tour. We arrived at 1:30pm and were told that the shuttle wouldn’t be back to pick us up until 6:00pm. False advertising!!! Some people in our tour actually left early because they had dinner reservations. Another issue is that there was a tequila tasting included which was not advertised (which I’m not mad about but they should probably advertise that anyway). There seemed to be a lot of incompetence and not good communication on behalf of the tour guides and tour operators. And the restaurant they took us to totally sucked!!! They were out of fish tacos even though they are a “seafood” restaurant. What a joke. Book another tour
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Sonny
Oct 30, 2024
Not the best customer service. - Excursion was canceled due to weather. They scheduled for hotel pickup at 12:15pm. I go wait in lobby I’m waiting I’m waiting at 12:45pm I call and ask was there a problem dude like oh it’s canceled today because of weather đŸ€” I’m just like were you ever going to call and say that an email would suffice but trip advisor did refund money in 2 days so that was nice.
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