Tulum CenotesFrom Cancun: A Cenote, the Ruins and the Turtles
This cenote tour from Cancun runs ten hours and stops three times: the Tulum ruins, the open Canamayte cenote with a buffet lunch, and the protected turtle bay at Akumal. Transport, guide, cenote entry, lunch and lockers are included, while US$40 per adult and US$25 per child in taxes and entries is collected as you board the bus. Compare it against every Tulum cenotes tour.
About This Cenote Tour
10 hours
$84 per person, checked September 2026
4.5 from 366 reviews
Coach group; a private option is sold
Canamayte, the open cenote also sold as Mariposa
US$40 adult and US$25 child in fees; drinks at lunch and tips
Listing at a Glance
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- Tour name From Cancun: Tulum, Canamayte Cenote and Akumal Turtle Swim
- Operator EKINOX TOURS
- Booking platform GetYourGuide
- Product ID 499390
- Starting price $84
- Price note Listed at $121, showing $84 in September 2026; US$40 adult and US$25 child in taxes and entries are collected on the bus
- Price last checked September 2026
- Rating 4.5
- Review count 366
- Review source GetYourGuide verified bookings
- Listed duration 10 hours
- Cenotes visited Canamayte, the open cenote also sold as Mariposa
- Type of cenote Open cenote
- Time in the water Two hours at the cenote with lunch, one hour snorkelling at Akumal
- Entry fees included Cenote entry and the Akumal snorkel guide yes; the ruins, Parque del Jaguar and ecotaxes are US$40 per adult and US$25 per child, collected on the bus
- Paid on the day US$40 adult and US$25 child in fees; drinks at lunch and tips
- Transport Round-trip air-conditioned bus, 1.5 hours each way from Cancun
- Hotel pickup Yes
- Pickup areas Cancun and Puerto Morelos
- Pickup window Early hotel pickup in Cancun or Puerto Morelos
- Expected return Back about ten hours after pickup
- Group size Coach group; a private option is sold
- Guide Yes
- Guide languages English, Spanish
- Gear Guided snorkelling, life jackets and lockers
- Life jacket Yes
- Lunch Yes
- Drinks Two water bottles; drinks at lunch cost extra
- Cancellation 24 hours before the activity
- Reserve now, pay later Yes
- Minimum age Not for children under 2
- Difficulty Easy, but it is a ten-hour day with two hours on the road each way
- Accessibility None stated
- Not suitable for Children under two, recent surgery
- Weather Runs rain or shine; the Akumal leg depends on the sea and the bay's wind limit
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Quick answer The same three-stop day, built for a Cancun base - ten hours, fees on the bus
A ten-hour day from Cancun or Puerto Morelos: the Tulum ruins, a swim in the Canamayte cenote with a buffet lunch, and an hour snorkelling with turtles at Akumal. Transport, guide, cenote entry, lunch, life jackets and lockers are in the price. The site entry, Parque del Jaguar and ecotaxes are not - US$40 per adult and US$25 per child, collected on the bus. Three hours of the day are spent driving, which is the price of staying in Cancun rather than Tulum.
Key takeaways
- Ten hours door to door, roughly three of them on the road
- US$40 per adult and US$25 per child collected when boarding, not at checkout
- Canamayte, the cenote here, is also sold as Mariposa - an open pool, not a cave
- Children under two are not accepted
- Staying in the Riviera Maya instead? The shorter version runs from there
The Long Day, Filmed
What a coach day from the north actually looks like: the drive, the ruins in the heat and the cenote stop afterwards.
What a Cenote Day from Cancun Involves
The distance problem
Cancun to Tulum is an hour and a half each way before anything else happens, and this itinerary adds the drive out to Akumal and back on top. That is roughly three hours seated in a coach on a ten-hour day - the single biggest difference between booking this and booking the same operator's Riviera Maya version, which starts closer.
It is still the efficient way to see three things in a day you would otherwise spend arranging. But if you are choosing between bases rather than tours, the drive is the argument for sleeping further south.
What is collected on the bus
The listing states it plainly: admission, taxes, the new Tulum entry through Parque del Jaguar, ecotaxes and fees, US$40 per adult and US$25 per child, with reduced rates for Mexican nationals holding an INE card. The operator adds that all visitors must pay the conservation taxes when boarding.
Budget it in dollars, in cash, and the morning starts smoothly. It is the same charge as on the Riviera Maya version, and the same reason a headline price under $90 is not the whole number.
The cenote, named twice
The stop is the Canamayte cenote, which the operator also markets as Mariposa - an open cenote in a small eco-park, with two hours allowed including the buffet lunch. Clear, sunlit, easy to swim, no cave.
If the cave cenotes are the reason you are reading this site at all, the small-group day out of Tulum and the private Sac Actun trip are the listings that actually deliver them, though neither runs from Cancun.
Akumal in an hour
One hour of guided snorkelling in the protected bay, with a life jacket and a certified guide, which is the format the federal conservation programme requires: six people at a time behind an authorised guide, on set circuits over the seagrass.
An hour is short but adequate - the bay caps daily numbers precisely so that groups rotate through rather than settling in.
Why 366 reviews matter here
Ten-hour bus days succeed or fail on logistics, and this one has the review base to judge that by: a 4.5 across 366 bookings, with recent reviewers naming the guides and singling out how the transfers, the timing and the three activities held together. That is the useful signal on a tour like this - not whether the cenote was pretty.
Tour Itinerary, Hour by Hour
Published by the operator for the Cancun departure. Conservation taxes are collected as you board, before the first stop.
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Pickup
Cancun or Puerto Morelos
Hotel collection, then an hour and a half south by air-conditioned bus.
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+1 h 30
Tulum ruins, guided
Two hours walking the archaeological site with a guide.
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+4 h
Canamayte cenote and lunch
Half an hour on to the open cenote, with two hours there including a buffet lunch.
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+6 h 30
Akumal
Forty-five minutes up the coast, then an hour snorkelling over the seagrass with a certified guide.
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+8 h
The drive north
Back to Cancun or Puerto Morelos, ten hours after pickup.
Where It Is
The cenote stop on this itinerary, inland from the coast road between Tulum and Akumal.
Cenote Tour from Cancun: Questions Before You Book
How long is the cenote tour from Cancun?
Ten hours from pickup to drop-off, with an hour and a half on the road each way to Tulum plus the drive to Akumal - about three hours seated in total.
What fees are collected on the bus?
US$40 per adult and US$25 per child covering admission, taxes, the Parque del Jaguar entry and ecotaxes. Mexican nationals with an INE card pay a reduced rate. The operator states that everyone pays these when boarding.
Which cenote is on this tour?
Canamayte, an open cenote also sold under the name Mariposa, where the group swims and eats the buffet lunch - about two hours in total.
Where does it pick up?
Hotels in Cancun and Puerto Morelos, with drop-off at the same points. Children under two are not accepted.
What Travellers Said
The turtle swim tour was incredible. We were fortunate to spot turtles and visited two beautiful cenotes. We also enjoyed some delicious local food.
Our guide Paco was excellent. From the transfer pick up to the transport to the activities, everything was seamless.
Verified reviews for this listing, quoted in excerpt with their original dates.
Page last reviewed September 2026. Price, rating and review count read from the listing on September 2026. Prices, availability and terms are set by the operator and confirmed at checkout.
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