Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve Safari: An Wildlife Excursion from Playa Del Carmen & Tulum
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Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve

Embark on a thrilling wildlife safari in the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, exploring mangroves, spotting sea turtles and dolphins, and snorkeling in the second largest coral reef in the world.

Duration: 13 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve - The clients are transported in Van to the base in Tulum, where we will take the truck to start our safari, Upon crossing the National Park, we offer non-alcoholic drinks, an explanation by our guides in their respective languages. In Sian Ka’an we will take the boat (3 hours) visiting mangroves, where the clients can…
What's Included
  • Soft drinks aboard
  • Tea and coffee
  • Lunch provided
  • Mask and snorkel equipment
  • Boat Trip at Sian Ka’an biosphere
  • Life jacket for safety
  • Roundtrip transportation included
What's Not Included
  • Photos and videos.
  • Gratuities
  • Maritime TAX $400 MXN each
Additional Information

Sian Ka´an, in the Mayan dialect, translates to ‘Birthplace of the Sky’. This moniker is given to the Biosphere Reserve found on the southeastern zone of the Yucatan Peninsula. Our guests are driven via van to our Tulum base where they hop onto the truck that kick-starts our safari. After crossing the National Park, we provide refreshing non-alcoholic…

Location
Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Lori_t
Dec 3, 2023
Welcome to the jungle - Great trip. We had a fantastic guide. Extremely knowledgable about the ecosystem, area, animals and culture. We saw dolphins and turtles. Beautiful birds. Thank you.
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689luciah
Jun 6, 2021
Amazing day - We were on a trip in the Sian Ka'an reservation by boat. We have seen dolphins, crocodiles, turtles, many birds and other animals in their natural habitat. We swam and dived. Valentin and Adolfo both guides are friendly and we had so much fun with them. Adolfo held my hand all the time while diving, as I can't swim well. You can definitely trust him and go with him if you don't want to go on your own. We also had lunch at Fisherman's village. It was a great day and I definitely recommend everyone to go on this trip. You will not regret.
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Alison_f
Feb 28, 2024
Long day but informative. - Appreciate the diversity; rough ride in the vans; punctual; very knowledgable guide; decent lunch. Not too many people is good.
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Ali1956
May 1, 2024
Sian Ka'an - Long day. Well organized but the reserve itself was not that impressive. Did not see any wildlife save a little island with frigate birds nesting...
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Kelly_p
Jun 25, 2024
Waste of a very long day - This trip was a total waste of time, it was unsafe and we did not do what was advertised. Maybe in better weather it is good but if there is fain forecast definitely skip this tour. First off, viator says this is a 6 hours tour. What a joke. I was the first pick up which happened at 5:30am and I didn't get back to my hotel until 7:30pm. Even the last pickup was at 7am and then returned at almost 6. The tour company ahead of time told me I would be back at 5. I had a meeting to attend that I completely missed so do NOT trust the time. The bus to Tulum was nice, though it had no seatbelts. Then we switched to a truck. This truck was not completely waterproof and on the way there (where it was just raining a little) we were all being dropped on. On the way back when it was pouring rain we were all just continuing to get wet. The truck broke down two times and one persons seat broke. So very unsafe The actual tour when we arrived started good. We got into boats and went out to spot dolphins, we saw them and this was really good! Then we went to find turtles and did not find any. I think this was when we were supposed to snorkel? But that didn't happen which seemed like what was mainly advertised on the tour so didn't get that. Then we went swimming for a little then we had lunch. Then it started pouring and we had to take the boat back to the truck, we all go absolutely drenched and there was thunder and lightning so again very unsafe being on the water. I'm not sure given the forecast how the company decided to still run the tour Then to end the longest wasted day when I got dropped off they asked me to pay the park entrance fee (400 pesos as it says in the notes) which I had already paid. There were two English speakers on the tour, I paid and the other was supposed to be taken to an ATM, she never was and she was dropped off before me. So then by the time I got dropped off somewhere someone decided I was the one who had to pay. I refused as I had already paid. So what a terrible job the guide did saying who needed to pay as that was an unfair thing to ask of me and unfair of someone who did not pay. For a 14 hour day seeing dolphins for an hour? Absolutely a waste of time, maybe on a nice day its better but the tour company should be more responsible and not run this trip on a bad weather day.
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