Wild places and wildlife · All year
Sian Ka'an Reserve Ancient Maya Canals Tour
Float the Maya canals through the biosphere south of Tulum, with a Maya community cooperative.
4.8 · 620 reviews on GetYourGuide
Villa ExperienceExperiences · TulumNovember 2026
The Mexican Caribbean · Ruins, cenotes and Sian Ka'an
Start with the Tulum Archaeological Zone Guided Walking Tour, the Sian Ka'an Reserve Ancient Maya Canals Tour and the Mexican Cooking Class in a Local Home. After that it is Sian Ka'an by kayak, the cenotes at Casa Tortuga, the underground river at Rio Secreto and the ruins of Cobá in the jungle.
7 tours · checked 6 November 2026
Wild places and wildlife · All year
Float the Maya canals through the biosphere south of Tulum, with a Maya community cooperative.
4.8 · 620 reviews on GetYourGuide
Wild places and wildlife · All year
Six hundred meters on foot and swimming through an underground river near Playa del Carmen, with a guide. Pickup in Tulum, Akumal, Playa or Puerto Morelos.
4.6 · 203 reviews on GetYourGuide
Wild places and wildlife · All year
Sian Ka'an by kayak, through the Maya canal between two lagoons, starting at seven.
4.9 · 97 reviews on GetYourGuide
Wild places and wildlife · All year
Five cenotes on one property, three open and two semi-open, with a guide, then the park until it closes.
4.7 · 88 reviews on GetYourGuide
Food and drink · All year
Cook and eat in a Tulum family's kitchen.
4.9 · 62 reviews on GetYourGuide
Culture and day trips · All year
The clifftop ruins with a guide who knows them.
4.9 · 115 reviews on GetYourGuide
Culture and day trips · All year
Cobá on foot or by bicycle, monkeys in the Punta Laguna reserve, a meal and a cenote.
4.9 · 65 reviews on GetYourGuide
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Frequently asked
All seven start in Tulum or collect you there. The ruins walk and the cooking class each meet at a set point in Tulum, and Casa Tortuga is on the Cancún–Tulum highway; you make your own way there. The two Sian Ka'an trips and the Cobá day collect you from Tulum town or the beach road, and the Rio Secreto day collects you in Tulum for the underground river near Playa del Carmen.
Casa Tortuga is sold as a family day, with a guide and five cenotes on one property, and the ruins walk takes an hour and a quarter. The cooking class is not for children under seven, the Sian Ka'an kayak tour does not take children under eleven, and Rio Secreto takes children from four. The canals tour, Rio Secreto and the Cobá day run from six and a half to nine hours, so judge those by the child.
Yes. At Casa Tortuga you swim five cenotes with a guide, three open to the sky and two semi-open. At Rio Secreto you walk and swim 600 meters of an underground river with a guide, and the gear is provided. Our Tulum guide's advice for any cenote is nothing on your skin.
No. All seven run all year; the time of day matters more. The Sian Ka'an canals tour has an early departure with breakfast as well as a midday one, and the ruins fill up as the morning goes on, so book the first walk you can.
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