Chichen Itza and Cenote Saamal Tour: Experience Mayan History and Natural Wonders from Tulum
3.9
53 Ratings
Tulum

Embark on a captivating tour from Tulum to Chichen Itza and Cenote Saamal. Immerse yourself in Mayan history, explore ancient ruins, swim in a magical cenote, and stroll through the enchanting streets of Valladolid.

Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Chichen Itza - In this guided tour you will visit one of the seven wonders of the world, where you will learn about its history, you will know the sacred cenote, the temple of the warriors, the temple of Kukulcan, after the guided tour you will have free time to take photos or walk around the archaeological area.
What's Included
  • Short visit to the town of Valladolid
  • Bilingual guide
  • Regional Buffet Lunch
  • Round trip transportation
  • Entrance to Chichen Itza and Cenote Saamal
What's Not Included
  • Does not include drink buffet and life vest in cenote; costs $60MXN
  • Preservation tax for ruins: $22USD per adult and $19USD per child
  • Lockers 3 usd & Vest Life 3 Usd
Additional Information

One of the stops will be Chichen Itza, one of the seven wonders of the world and the largest Mayan settlement of this civilization. Visitors will have the chance to learn about this culture and explore some of the ruins at this site.
During this tour, there will be an opportunity for a guided visit through this place rich in tradition and history….

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Location
Súper Akí Tulum
Pick up time Tulum super aki right where the sliding doors are at 9:45 am and you have to wait the guide, you must know rhat time is a lot of traffic
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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X7778cnemilyk
Mar 3, 2025
Great day trip - Great day trip! Tour guides were incredible speaking in both English and Spanish and very informative! Chichen Itza and the cenote were highlights!
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Ryandn656si
Feb 6, 2025
Tour was great! - Edwin was a great guide and very informative! Little bit of time killing in tourist shops required but it really didn't detract from the experience at all. I would highly recommend it.
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Goplaces23223146724
Jan 30, 2025
Chichen Itzà tour - Everything was fine, the “check-in” was a little bit slow. The bus was nice and clean, there was AC on the bus and it worked nice. There was a restroom on the bus. Our guide was really cool and informative. The cenote was beautiful. The english guide at Chichen Itzà was 5*.
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Michelle
Jan 20, 2025
Great Pyramid/Cenote tour - This was a great tour. It was very well planned and the instructions of where to meet up and checking in went very smoothly. The guides were so good at explaining the day and what we should expect. Jimmy was one of our guides and he did an amazing job at explaining everything in Spanish and in English. I highly recommend this tour.
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G551vxryanh
Jan 7, 2025
Really great - Had a great time and I am 100% glad we went. Some of the criticisms about this tour are valid. The food was pretty mediocre. There wasn’t much need for me to spend time in the “Mayan village” shopping. I would have gladly traded those 30 minutes for extra time in Valladolid. But I also understand the need for tourism in small villages. So…. No matter what, we loved this tour. The guides were all amazing. Truly excited about sharing their knowledge about the ruins and Mayan Culture. If you just want cute pictures… hire a guide for the day and do your own thing
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C7459wgelenas
Dec 20, 2024
Go! Expect a Long day! - Really spectacular - long day - tour! Well organized, guides were entertaining and lovely. Only recommendation would be less time at the market place and lunch (lunch was a little underwhelming), and more time at Valladolid at the end. Still would recommend to any friend visiting the area.
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Maria
Dec 14, 2024
Recommended - Really good The guides tell you a lot about the mayan history The food was good and enough quantity The places were amazing The bus was ok but they need to clean the bathroom and make it able for use as it’s a 3 hrs trip
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388julikah
Jan 4, 2025
Maya Culture Experience - It was a suprise to us that the Tour included also visiting a mayian community where we could buy Souvenirs and had a mayian ceremonie. All in all also interessting, but we spend approx. 2h hours there (including Lunch). Therefore, all the other activities that were actually mentioned un the descriprion of the tour like Chichen Itza, Zenote and Valladolid were quite delayed. But as there were a lot of other Tour buses at the Mayian community, I think all other Standard tours to Chichen Itza do the same. Apart from that "suprise" it was a really nice and organized tour. The transfer time in the bus was filled with interesting information about Maya by the Tour guid3.
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Axelhz57ni
Dec 11, 2024
Tourist Trap. Avoid! - My girlfried and I were really looking forward to this trip. Mostly because of Chichén Itzá. Unfortunately we spent most of the time at Tourist traps where everybody just wanted to sell you something. Jimmy, one of our guides talked half an hour about himself, in a pace that it was obvious he said it a thousend times before with the exact same words. He even talked half of our bus into buying a Mayan Calendar for 30 USD or 500 pesos each. The Cenote was nice, but there are hundreds if not thousends of them, so you do not need it on a Chichen Itza tour in my opinion. Victor, our other guide was okay. Though we both have had way better tour guides on other trips. Jesus showed us around in Chichén Itzá and although it was a bit chaotic he did quite a good job for the little time we had there. The „buffet“ was very very bad. It actually was the worst food in three weeks of Mexiko. If you are interested in chichen itza, go on your own.
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Julia
Jan 10, 2025
Never again - Excursion Pick up was 30 late. The driver registered us for another 40 min and made us pay more money on the top of what we paid. Like 100 usd per family. In the bus ac was very strong. Cold. Toilet did not work. 1 stop - senod.  Was  good. Then they brought us to sm place with 30 min of cheap marketing. Trying to sell us smth we don't need. Then we had to stay 30min in a shop where we had to buy that obsidian things for super expensive price. Noone did. Then we had lunch. Disgusting.  On the way to Chechen Itza (finally) in the bus they gave us some green alcohol to drink amd straight away tried to sell us a bottle of this alcohol with our picture on the bottle stocked with scotch. On the way back we stopped in another town. It was dark already. Bus tried to park for 30 minutes driving around. Then we had 30 min to buy the food or go to the toilet.  On tbe way home it was raining.  So water started to leak from the windows inside the bus. In total exosting tour. Never again.
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