Rio Secreto and Tulum Tour from Riviera Maya: A Journey Inside Mexico’s Alluring Nature

Embark on a captivating journey through Rio Secreto and Tulum on this tour from Riviera Maya. Explore Mexico’s alluring nature reserves and be transformed by the beauty of Mother Earth.

Duration: 5 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Tulum Archaeological Site - Upon reaching the Tulum Ruins, their guide will deliver a 40-minute briefing on the region and offer guidance for the tour, allowing guests to savor nearly an hour of independent exploration before proceeding to Río Secreto.
  • Rio Secreto - Upon arrival at the nature reserve, a guide will equip them with the…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Bottled water
  • Life jacket, wetsuit, lockers, towels, and helmet with lamp provided
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Lunch included
  • Umbrella provided
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic Beverages
  • Photos
  • Souvenirs
Additional Information

Río Secreto serves as the latest ecological marvel in our region. It has recently earned the recognition as one of Mexico’s most extraordinary and captivating nature conservation areas, becoming a symbol of national pride swiftly.
Tourists usually experience a profound change after their deep exploration within Río Secreto. This unique chance to behold…

Location
Río Secreto
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Lina
Sep 2, 2024
Excellent Tour - It’s beautiful. Gorgeous. The cenote was freeeeeezing cold, but it was soooo worth it. It was stunning. Seeing the Chichen Itza pyramids was another amazing experience we had. We loved the history lesson from our tour guide. Make sure you wear comfortable sneakers! We didn’t get to go down to the beach, but it was a beautiful view.
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K8043mfstevenm
Aug 16, 2024
Caving and Culture! - A great day spent. The morning was a thrilling cave adventure with an excellent guide (Javier). He told us of both heritage and legend. Very knowledgeable. We were then brought to a lunch which was OK. Mind you the photos that were taken by an excellent camera man in the cave named Patrick were very overpriced. The photos were great, but the outrageous cost turned us away very quickly. The afternoon was spent at Tulum. Again Javier was knowledgeable and passionate about the heritage of the site. Transportation was excellent the entire day. The Tulum market had its fair share of aggressive sellers, but I've seen much worse... so overall not bad. My wife did get a chance to get a high five from a small monkey which made her trip. Overall, don't skip out on this adventure. You will have missed an excellent cave experience, and some important cultural spots. Cheers Rio Secreto Staff.
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315renak
Aug 9, 2024
One of the hightlights of our trip! - I was hoping to visit Tulum first and then cool off in Rio Secreto. Due to our hotel location, we did the cave first and Tulum second. This turned out to be a great thing. According to our incredibly awesome guide, Jorge (a.k.a. George of the jungle) being the first cave tour is best because you're the only people in the cave. And he's right, it was awesome. I cannot wait to go back to Mexico to do the wild tour (hopefully with Jorge!!). Tulum was beautiful. It was also August and unbearably humid and hot!!! Very beautiful and Jorge was very informative! I highly recommend this tour, particularly if you are interested in history. We visited Chichen Itza the day before this tour, and it was really neat to see the change in the Mayan society between the two cities. If I had to choose one or the other, I would definitely do the cave! It's just a little more fun. Although if you're a real history fanatic, Tulum is very worthwhile.
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Jackie
Aug 2, 2024
Must Do Underground River Tour - We loved touring the underground river after a hot week in Cancun! Our guide Diego was great! I suggest booking directly with Rio Secreto because they will pickup from any hotel whereas Viator only offered two pickup options. The lunch was good but could use more variety. We toured Tulum (Zama) in the afternoon. It was scorching hot so we didn't want to spend much time at the site. I wished Tulum was toured in the morning when it was more temperate with the refreshing river tour afterwards. The underground river tour was one of our favorite things to do near Cancun
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Flyer42532514735
Jul 24, 2024
Thank you Ana! - The rio secreto was probably one of my favourite activities to do in Mexico, especially with our lovely tour guide Ana. She was super approachable, knowledgable, and ensured our safety throughout the whole trip. Tulum is incredibly hot, so prepare with a tumblr (anything but plastic for water, as it is forbidden). A great combo of water and views. I highly recommend! We miss Ana already <3
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Giovanni_p
Jul 2, 2024
Cave Rio Secreto - Omar our tour guide was amazing! Very professional with high knowledge of history. We highly recommend this tour experience!
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Peter_o
Jun 26, 2024
Great excursion! long day be prepared - Overall a very good tour, though it’s important to know a few things prior Pickup at our hotel was right on time. After picking up a few other groups, van drove to rio secreto where we got wristbands. Then a different driver drives to Tulum. Spent about an hour and a half in Tulum (our day was overcast so not too hot). Suggest bringing water containers. After Tulum headed to Rio Secreto, spent a couple hours getting prepared and going through the caves was amazing! Great to swim and see sights. Unfortunate they don’t allow any cameras in the cave so you have to rely on their photographer (120usd for the photo set) Lunch buffet around 3:30 pm so was definitely starving by the. Back to the hotel (in a 3rd van) made about an 10 hour day Memo was an amazing tour guide ! Such great info and a lot of fun ! Definitely recommend!
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Zaida_j
Jul 19, 2024
Good and bad = ok - The experience was extremely unique, and our tour guide (Diana) was absolutely wonderful. It was not permitted for us to take pictures with our phones throughout the tour as they have photographers who take photographs throughout the tour and charge $30 per picture at the end of the tour. In addition, the buffet was gross.
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Tony
Jul 2, 2024
Beautiful caves, just didn't meet expectations - My family and I visited Rio Secreto. We had our 4 year old and 8 year old with us. There was some miscommunication from the beginning as our resort said Rio Secreto was the only cenote that would allow our 4 year old. I didn't know much about toi Secreto, as I just wanted swimming cenotes. I didn't get my wish. It was really hot and my kids loved getting to put on the headlamp and wetsuit. After getting on the gear, we hiked down to the caves. Our guide provided everyone a walking stick as the ground was pretty rocky. Tomas was a nice guy, but had the personality of a chunk of clay. Getting down to the caves was a little tricky for me as I had a really sore swollen ankle. However, we all made it down some rock cliff stairs to the bottom of the cave. From here it was just a hike through maybe two feet of water with rocky footing. The cave waa indeed beautiful, but I have explored several caves including Carlsbad cavens in New Mexico and wasn't looking for just another cavento explore.It was a slow pace as we went single file with a photographer taking pictures every 2 minutes it seemed. I was concerned about falling with my ankle in the cave and so it too alot of the fun, relaxation and joy out of it for Mr. I kept waiting for the water to get deep enough to swim in, but it never did. There are a few points water might get to maybe 5ft. However we just bobbed around in it for a few moments before trekking back through more sharp somewhat slippery rocks. Both our kids absolutely killed this event..they went right through the cave, dark. Rocks, the whole thing without a single issues. True troopers. It finally ended with us climbing some stairs back to the surface. All in all..it was fine if you were looking for just a cave exploration. I was not so while I did not hate it, I didn't love any aspect of it. It was ok I guess. I never did fall or get hurt, but it was on my mind the whole trip. My wife and kids liked it, however I am fairly certain I would not do Rio Secreto again.
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Vadim_b
Oct 9, 2024
Just didn't happen. - Night before the tour we got message that they will not pick us up from our hotel. Got full refund from Viator, wasn't able to reach out to provider.
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