Coba Mayan Traditions
Coba Mayan Traditions
4.5
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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COBA MAYAN TRADITIONS is one of the greatest Familiar and Cultural tour in the Riviera Maya! Offers you one of the most authentic insights of the Mayan culture, ancient and actual world in Coba archeological site, a real Mayan Village and a fabulous Cenote. In this tour you will visit the tallest Mayan Pyramid (Nohoch Mul) in the zone. The only one still available to climb nowadays! The view on the top is mesmerizing!! Coba ancient city hosts two courts of the famous and mysterious “Ball game”. After our ancestral Mayan journey, we will transfer to the Mayan contemporary Village. Where our visitors enjoy and have a connection with this unique place inside the rain forest with a local lunch in an ecological restaurant, a Mayan Purification with a Chaman, a visit to the Mayan descendants, a demonstration of the extraction of the “Mayan Gum”. The final activity, we will invite you in to immerse in a wonderful Cenote discovering one of the attractions that you can only find in the Mayan Riviera. Our archeological guides will be your host of the area and country they are very knowledgeable of all the information and service that you can imagine about Mexico. In COBA MAYAN TRADITIONS you will spend the day exploring and embracing the amazing Mayan World!
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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2023
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Mathew G
7 contributions
Mar 2024 • Couples
First holiday as a couple, we decided to go and see the Coba ruins in Mexico. We had an amazing experience there with our tour guide Raul, great to see it wasn’t commercialised.
Written 2 March 2024
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Fred C
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Nov 2023 • Family
A very cool spot to travel. The history is unbelievable. You can rent a bike for $6 cnd, its worth it to make it easy to see all the ruins without having to walk this huge area. You cannot climb any structures, this is to preserve the crumbling pyramid. Watch out for the turkey guarding the ruins, its not at all friendly lol.
Written 19 February 2024
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Luke
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Jan 2024 • Couples
Where do i begin? i was excited about this trip but having Raul as our tour guide from TUI well he just made the trip even more exciting and fantastic. Very informative, funny and easy going. He knew so much regarding the mayan culture you felt as if you went back in time when he was speaking. The ruins themselves are incredible and the cenote swim and village visit to the mayan people is phenomenal. Thank you so much Raul. I hope TUI realises how lucky they are to have you.
Written 5 January 2024
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Kelly G
4 contributions
Nov 2023 • Couples
The best trip!! Carmen the guide was nothing short of a lovely person who had incredible mayan knowledge and made the day fun. It is a long day, so bring comfy shoes, swimming costumes and cash. Thank you Carmen!
Written 28 November 2023
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Tim
Manchester, UK3 contributions
Nov 2023 • Couples
Great tour, Carmen our guide was great, very informative. Finished the day with a swim in a Cenote. Long day out but would recommend.
Written 17 November 2023
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Denis S
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Oct 2023 • Couples
Really enjoyed this trip and our guide Carmen was amazing, very knowledgable and made the entire trip a fantastic experience.
Tour of ruins was great and enjoyed the ‘tuc-tuc’ ride (although did feel a little guilty!) please tip the guys its well deserved
Carmen really made the tour very informative and interesting - a lovely lady
The mayan family visit was great although i was annoyed that some other guests on trip failed to respect that it was their home - smoking in the home as well as stubbing cigarettes out on their floor - just rude
Cenote was amazing but if you have mobility issues you may struggle to make it down
All in all a great trip - made extra special by Carmen. Could have listened to her for hours she deffinately knows ‘whats cooking’
Also shout out to Raul our driver - kept us well hydrated
Tour of ruins was great and enjoyed the ‘tuc-tuc’ ride (although did feel a little guilty!) please tip the guys its well deserved
Carmen really made the tour very informative and interesting - a lovely lady
The mayan family visit was great although i was annoyed that some other guests on trip failed to respect that it was their home - smoking in the home as well as stubbing cigarettes out on their floor - just rude
Cenote was amazing but if you have mobility issues you may struggle to make it down
All in all a great trip - made extra special by Carmen. Could have listened to her for hours she deffinately knows ‘whats cooking’
Also shout out to Raul our driver - kept us well hydrated
Written 11 October 2023
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ae
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Oct 2023 • Couples
Fascinating day with our amazing guide Carmen. We booked through TUI having visited Chichen Itza and Tulum on previous visits to Mexico.
The site is incredible set in amongst the jungle. Lovely visit to the ruins followed by a great lunch and visit to Mayan family and refreshing dip in a cenote.
We were recommended by our rep to take apples as gifts for the family which we procured from the hotel breakfast bar. We were glad we took water shoes as the steps to the cenote are slippy and not suitable for flip flops. Make sure to take bug spray - we bought ours at the hotel and weren’t bitten once.
Thanks for a fab day! X
The site is incredible set in amongst the jungle. Lovely visit to the ruins followed by a great lunch and visit to Mayan family and refreshing dip in a cenote.
We were recommended by our rep to take apples as gifts for the family which we procured from the hotel breakfast bar. We were glad we took water shoes as the steps to the cenote are slippy and not suitable for flip flops. Make sure to take bug spray - we bought ours at the hotel and weren’t bitten once.
Thanks for a fab day! X
Written 6 October 2023
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Aleksandra C
Glasgow, UK2 contributions
Sept 2023 • Couples
Great day tour booked with TUI. Our guide was Raul, he did amazing job explaining Mayan history and traditions. We started the tour with Coba visit where we took tuk tuk. We paid 150 pesos for it plus tip for the driver, defined worth the money. After that we've visited local Mayan house and then had lunch. Food was lovely. Our last stop was cenote, before getting there we went to see Mayan Shaman who gave everyone a blessing and then did a separate one for all couples that were on their honeymoon. I highly recommend this for everyone who wants to see a part of Mexico history!
Written 3 October 2023
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Debbie R
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Sept 2023 • Family
A very well organised day trip
Our guide for the day was Carmen,she is a very warm and friendly guide who really connects with you,she has a fantastic way of getting you engrossed with the history of the mayan culture
We rode in the tuk tuk for 150 mexican pesos fir 2 people and tipped the driver 50 pesos on top well worth it,I'm sure our driver had had 3 weetabix in the morning it was no mean feet peddling the cycle with 2 adults in the heat of the jungle
Each stop at the ruins was explained to perfection
Lunch was provided and it was very well cooked and delicious
Next sop was the cenote.we were dropped of a 5 minute walk away through the jungle in a little light shower of rain,down into a dry cenote for a cleansing ritual which I found very fulfilling
Then another walk this time in the pouring rain and thunder storm which made it more realistic being in the jungle to the wet cenote for our swim
decending down a spiral staircase to the awe inspiring cenote the water is so clear and cool.we spent about 20 minutes swimming
Take water shoes they are the safest for climbing down the wooden stairs
This has to be one of the best trips I have been on and well worth the money
Our guide for the day was Carmen,she is a very warm and friendly guide who really connects with you,she has a fantastic way of getting you engrossed with the history of the mayan culture
We rode in the tuk tuk for 150 mexican pesos fir 2 people and tipped the driver 50 pesos on top well worth it,I'm sure our driver had had 3 weetabix in the morning it was no mean feet peddling the cycle with 2 adults in the heat of the jungle
Each stop at the ruins was explained to perfection
Lunch was provided and it was very well cooked and delicious
Next sop was the cenote.we were dropped of a 5 minute walk away through the jungle in a little light shower of rain,down into a dry cenote for a cleansing ritual which I found very fulfilling
Then another walk this time in the pouring rain and thunder storm which made it more realistic being in the jungle to the wet cenote for our swim
decending down a spiral staircase to the awe inspiring cenote the water is so clear and cool.we spent about 20 minutes swimming
Take water shoes they are the safest for climbing down the wooden stairs
This has to be one of the best trips I have been on and well worth the money
Written 29 September 2023
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Sally G
Sherborne, UK30 contributions
Sept 2023 • Couples
Such an interesting and varied day out. We visited the Mayan ruins and then a traditional Mayan dwelling. The blessing from the Mayan priest and then the swim in the cenote. Really enjoyed it.
Written 27 September 2023
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Melissa T
4 contributions
Does anyone know if you are still able to climb Coba? Or if anyone has done it recently (since Covid). I read that Covid put restrictions on climbing.
laura c
United Kingdom133 contributions
We went in November and was advised you aren't allowed to climb it anymore due to covid. It may have changed now.
kayla p
Post Falls, ID1 contribution
are you currently able to climb Coba? in years past you could, we plan on visiting again but want to make sure you can still climb it? i saw somewhere that you could no longer climb it that's why i ask
Nicki West
Spokane Valley, WA22 contributions
When we were there February 2021 tourists could not climb it due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Krystal
Houston, TX
How far is this from the Grand Mayan Rivera Maya and how long is the activity?
adam p
Borehamwood, UK1 contribution
Me and my wife went here was absolutely beautiful and had a fantastic day out the sononta was amazing and are tour guide Alex the Mexican James bond was absolutely brilliant money well spent would highly recommend it
MattOlsen75
3 contributions
Do you need to take pesos or can you pay at the shop and tequila place with US dollars?
Lee Michael Dunbar
Middlesbrough, UK141 contributions
Everywhere accepted either currency. Going back I would of taken dollars it would of been so much easier and I.would strongly advise you to do the same.
Have a fantastic holiday we did
I am kicking myself because we didn't have time to buy the Tequila our tour guide mentioned was made in this area of Mexico. We had a great tour and visit to the Coba Mayan ruins but wish we could remember the name of the Tequila. Would you be able to tell me?
507487Tracy
Romford, UK22 contributions
It is called Atalaje Tequila. I have not been brave enough to try it yet.
ALN0729
Lancaster, PA57 contributions
Hi! Do you remember what the tour package was called?
DuncanAshwell
Bourne, UK29 contributions
it was arranged by TUI
Sidious-Durham
Stockport, UK84 contributions
What’s the name of the cenote visited on this tour please?
josecoba
Playa del Carmen, Mexico2 contributions
It has no name because it is private Cenote and only for TUI guest. We want to keep it private.
What is the name of the coffee they serve in the Mayan village? My husband and I visited there a few years ago and they served, by far, the best coffee I've ever had.
josecoba
Playa del Carmen, Mexico2 contributions
cafe Koba Clasico
cafekoba