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Playa del Carmen · CANCUN TOURS

The 15 Best Cancun Tours and Day Trips

74 tours reviewed

Cancún is an hour north and most of what people book there leaves from the hotel zone rather than the city itself. These are the best Cancún tours: reef snorkelling inside the marine park, the big jungle and zipline parks, dinner shows and boat parties, plus the long inland runs to Chichén Itzá, priced and timed so you can see what fits into a day.

Cancun: Chichen Itza, Cenote & Valladolid Tour with Lunch

Cancun: Chichen Itza, Cenote & Valladolid Tour with Lunch - Pickup, coach timing, and how to pace a 12-hour day

1.Chichen Itza, Cenote & Valladolid Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 6,722 reviews · 12 hours · from $49Our pick

Chichén Itzá plus Cenote Chichikán and Valladolid on a 12-hour guided tour from Cancun. Skip lines, tequila tasting, optional lunch.

“Great experience. We have a great time with Pastor and Victor adventuring into mexcoan culture. They gave great insight and information about the history and took us around the 7 wounder and it was a great bucket list experience. Would highly recommend.”

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Private Roundtrip Transportation from Cancun Airport to Cancun Hotel Zone

Private Roundtrip Transportation from Cancun Airport to Cancun Hotel Zone - The Van Ride to Your Hotel Zone: What “Private” Looks Like

Cancun ATV Jungle Adventure, Ziplines, Cenote and Tequila Tasting

Cancun ATV Jungle Adventure, Ziplines, Cenote and Tequila Tasting - Pickup Timing, What to Expect, and How the Day Flows

3.Cancun ATV Jungle Adventure, Ziplines, Cenote and Tequila Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4,873 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $49

ATV jungle loop, 3 zipline flights, cenote swim, and tequila tasting with hotel pickup in Cancun. Short, action-packed 4 hours.

“I couldn’t tell from the reviews what exactly to bring or wear because I wasn’t sure about lockers/changing areas/order of events. The order of events won’t be decided until you get there, but there are lockers and dressing rooms. Make sure you wear water shoes or rubber shoes or something for atv as I was silly and wore fabric tennis shoes which were impossible to clean off. Everything was great and the guides were so helpful the entire way through!”

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Cancun Best ATV Tour, Ziplines and Cenote Swim with Lunch

Cancun Best ATV Tour, Ziplines and Cenote Swim with Lunch - Getting picked up: Cancun and Playa del Carmen timing that matters

4.Cancun Best ATV Tour, Ziplines and Cenote Swim with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3,406 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $48

ATV through the jungle, zip lines over treetops, and a cenote swim, plus tequila tasting and tacos, with hotel pickup and insurance.

“The good and the bad. First the good- the cenote swim was the best part just wish it was for longer. The tequila tasting was cool as well. Now the bad- the atvs are just riding In a complete straight line that you just keep turning around and you keep doing the same thing over and over again. The atv’s are also very out dated. The ziplines are just three tiny ziplines barely off the ground. The worst part though is they try to ask you to tip on every little aspect of your experience. Like no joke every area we went to the tour guilds are giving you some…”

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Tulum Ruins and Cenote Guided Tour, from Cancun

Tulum Ruins and Cenote Guided Tour, from Cancun - Morning pickup and the A/C van reality

Luxury SUV arrivals from Cancun Airport one way

Luxury SUV arrivals from Cancun Airport one way - Finding your rep fast after customs (WhatsApp and a name tablet)

6.Luxury SUV arrivals from Cancun Airport one way

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,380 reviews · 25 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $128

Private one-way luxury SUV transfer from Cancun Airport to Riviera Maya hotels, with confirmed pickup, WhatsApp tracking, and fast, stress-free arrival.

“Quick and easy, great communication from the time we landed until we got in the vehicle. Excellent direct and private transportation.”

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Half-Day Sea Turtle and Cenote Snorkeling Tour from Cancun & Riviera Maya

Half-Day Sea Turtle and Cenote Snorkeling Tour from Cancun & Riviera Maya - Parque de Cenotes Yax-Muul: what cenote swimming is actually like

7.Half-Day Sea Turtle and Cenote Snorkeling Tour from Cancun & Riviera Maya

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,039 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $99

Half-day snorkel for sea turtles at Akumal and swim in Yax-Muul cenote, with pickup, gear, and empanadas. From Cancun.

“First up, our guide, Luisa, was great, with fluent English (and German) and en route provided excellent commentary on what we could expect from both the snorkelling and the cenote. On arrival at Akumal, we were again fully briefed on how to use the snorkels and fitted with life jackets. We had been told that we couldn't - and indeed mustn't- take our phones but not to worry because the company had an excellent photographer, our own personal 'papparazzo'. There was then a slightly forced photoshoot on the beach. After that we boarded a little boat and were taken out to a point beyond the snorkelling area and jumped in.…”

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Adults only Hip Hop Sessions Boat Party Cancun

Adults only Hip Hop Sessions Boat Party Cancun - Getting Started at Playa Tortugas: Meeting Point, Timing, and Expectations

8.Adults only Hip Hop Sessions Boat Party Cancun

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,797 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $105

Adults-only hip hop booze cruise in Cancun with live DJs, open bar, champagne showers, and a swim stop, plus free professional photos.

“Listen, if you're thinking twice about booking, Don't. This is the most fun I ever had in Cancun. The experience was well worth the money”

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Mera VIP Lounge at Cancun International Airport

Mera VIP Lounge at Cancun International Airport - The 3-hour calm plan: what happens once you are inside

9.Mera VIP Lounge at Cancun International Airport

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,795 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $49

Prebook Mera VIP Lounge at Cancun Airport for 2 to 3 hours of Wi-Fi, food, and open bar. Small spaces can get crowded.

“We were happy to have reserved comfortable reserved couch seating through the Viator ticket purchase. However, the place was very crowded. Probably due to a lot of flight cancellations from recent winter weather issues. The food was good and we appreciated the airline information screens. However the regular TV screens just stayed on the golf channel which was boring. Instead the tv should be on BBC or other international news channel.”

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Private Roundtrip Transportation from Cancun Airport to Playa del Carmen

Private Roundtrip Transportation from Cancun Airport to Playa del Carmen - Your return pickup, with a departure ticket ready

10.Private Roundtrip Transportation from Cancun Airport to Playa del Carmen

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,792 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $194

Private CUN to Playa transfer for up to 7. Green-shirt greeter, direct air-conditioned van, and roundtrip return ticket, in English.

“Very professional service. Communications prompt and courteous. The transfer was waiting for us outside the airport upon our arrival despite multiple delays by the airline.”

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Reef Snorkeling in National Park from Cancun with Beachside Lunch

Reef Snorkeling in National Park from Cancun with Beachside Lunch - National Reef Park snorkeling, what the water time is really like

11.Reef Snorkeling in National Park from Cancun with Beachside Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,781 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $44

Half-day Great Maya Reef snorkeling from Cancun, plus Puerto Morelos time and beachside lunch at Boquinete. Hotel pickup included.

“Excellent activity, well coordinated. Pick up at hotel on time toPuerto Morelos, keeps it townish aspect. Very professional guide, captan and team. Pleasent snorkeling in shallow reef with time to enjoy. Later tekila tasting, and a very nice snack/lunck of tacos in a cozy restaurant by the beach.”

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Horseback Riding and Cenote Swim from Cancun or Playa del Carmen

Horseback Riding and Cenote Swim from Cancun or Playa del Carmen - The horseback part: how you get matched and guided

5-in-1 Cancun Snorkeling: Turtles, Reef, Musa, Shipwreck, Cenote

5-in-1 Cancun Snorkeling: Turtles, Reef, Musa, Shipwreck, Cenote - Reef snorkeling off Cancun: fish-filled water without the drama

13.5-in-1 Cancun Snorkeling: Turtles, Reef, Musa, Shipwreck, Cenote

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,678 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $79

A small-group Cancun snorkeling day with sea turtles, reef, MUSA art, a shipwreck, and cenote water time, plus hotel pickup.

“Excellent crew, well organized and managed tour. Wonderful experience, exciting underwater scenery. Quique, chuie and Itzel were amazing, took extra care in the water and in the boat.”

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Jolly Roger Pirate Show and Dinner in Cancun

Jolly Roger Pirate Show and Dinner in Cancun - Check-In at Punta Sam and The Real Timing of the Evening

14.Jolly Roger Pirate Show and Dinner in Cancun

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,602 reviews · from $136

A 3.5-hour Cancun pirate night: sail the coast on a galleon, eat included dinner with unlimited drinks, enjoy a lively show, fireworks.

“This was a wonderful family experience. Our personal pirate was a bit scatterbrained with orders and also tried to seat us (a group of 7) at dinner, at a table with a family who only had 4 places to sit....The language at times was a bit strong for children (*gosh darn* could be used or "malvado" instead of the actual expletives that were said, just as a suggestion). The food was rather tasty, in actuality. The pictures were fantastic as was the memorabilia picture frame. I would suggest getting the arranged transportation because if we had not, I did not see many taxis at the pier, when we were finished…”

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Private Roundtrip Transportation from Cancun Airport to Ferry Isla Mujeres

Private Roundtrip Transportation from Cancun Airport to Ferry Isla Mujeres - How This Private Transfer Solves the Cancun Airport Problem

15.Private Roundtrip Transportation from Cancun Airport to Ferry Isla Mujeres

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,534 reviews · 40 minutes (approx.) · from $109

Private air-conditioned van roundtrip from Cancun Airport to the Isla Mujeres ferry, with drivers waiting for you at both ends.

“We found our “Happy” Transportation really quickly! He called our driver Leo and we were delivered for the next available ferry! Leo explained the return trip! We know where and when to meet and look forward to a smooth ride back with our “Happy” driver! The contact from this company is extraordinary as they keep you updated, explain throughly and chat return quickly! Very great service by all our contacts! Thank you”

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