Tour Reviews

Stephanie Downie
United Kingdom
Mayan Experience
RCCL Voyager of the Seas

A day we will never forget

Dear Ivan,

I would like to take the belated opportunity to thank you for the wonderful tour you organised for us on 9 April 2009. It was the highlight of our cruise.

It was so obvious you were so passionate about the Mayan history and culture and your enthusiasm was passed on to all members of the tour party that day. It was definitely a day we will never forget, the temples and city ruins were quite spectacular.
The lunch with the local family was again another experience we will never forget. It was quite a fantastic and probably unique experience to sit down and eat in these circumstances. The ladies who cooked the meal were very patient with everybody and it was certainly appreciated by our party. They appeared to be a very happy and contented group of people, without the stress of the modern western world. The benefit your visits must bring to the villagers is to be commended.
Our daughter thoroughly enjoyed the day and the experience in the village has taught her that not everybody in the world lives in the same somewhat excessive way as we do in the UK. It was amazing to see your daughter, the two boys, and our daughter Mia all playing together despite the fact they could not actually speak to each other. I have attached a few of pictures of the children playing together - it was a quite magical and humbling experience.
I hope your business continues to develop, you deserve the success due to to your enthusiasm alone.
I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending your trips to anybody visiting Costa Maya in future.

regards
Stephanie Downie

Melanie Cutright
Martinsburg, WV
Mayan Experience
Carnival Valor

We absolutely loved this tour.

Dear Ivan,

We absolutely loved this tour. You are so knowledgeable and fun to be around. We enjoyed everything you showed and did for us. The kids still talk about the ladies and the lunch that was served! Have told so many people about you!

The Mizers
Atlanta, GA
Chacchoben Ruins
Carnival Miracle

Great tour

Ivan, just wanted to personally thank you again for the great tour last week!
It was indeed the highlight of our entire trip.

The High School Senior girls never stopped talking about it the rest of the week. Your professionalism and the incredible meal we shared with the women made the experience one we will never forget.

The best of luck to you in your future endeavors and we will recommend your company to everyone we know that may visit.!

The Mizers (Atlanta, Ga)

Stan and Jo-Ann Spada
Calgary, Alberta Canada
Mayan Experience
RCCL Voyager of the Seas

The highlight of our vacation.

Hi Ivan,

The guided tour that we were so fortunate to take with you will
remain with us forever. Your knowledge of the ruins,the Mayan culture,and Mayan history is very impressive. It was a gift to have you as our guide.

The ruins tour combined with the visit to your village was without question, the highlight of our vacation. The dinner we shared with your village ladies was second to none. We only wish we could have spent more time with
you. We will recommend your tour to all of our friends.

Thank you for your amazing hospitality and will hopefully see you in time.

Stan and Jo-Ann Spada.

Victor and Phyllis Katz
Silver Spring, MD
Mayan Experience
Norwegian Spirit

An absolutely wonderful tour.

This was an absolutely wonderful tour. David had great knowledge of Mayan history and legends, and gave us a thorough tour of the Chacchoben ruins. And Maria, who helped out, was also charming and informative.

Then our visit to the Mayan family was great. We enjoyed making the tortillas (even though mine was discarded as inadequate - my wife's one passed muster, however). Then we had a delicious lunch and enjoyed a very nice dance performance, including the bottle dance. We highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Costa Maya.

Candy Anderson
Jewell, Iowa
Mayan Experience
Independence of the Seas

A once-in-a-life-time experience

Ivan: On our way home my group discussed the highlights of our cruise vacation. Hands down, our day with you was a once-in-a-life-time experience and was the favorite for all of us. We felt such a personal connection with the Mayan people after hearing the narrative of your life and visiting the Mayan Ruins. And when that was topped off with a visit to a Mayan family's home and a delicious meal was served to us we felt so honored to have been with you that day. May we come again and stay longer next time? Thank you for allowing us this experience.

Candy & family

Sara and Stephe Koepke
Newbury, OH USA
Kohunlich Ruins Premier
HAL Westerdam

What a fantastic time!

Ivan,

Just a note to tell you what a fantastic time we had on the tour of Kohunlich ruins. I’m so happy we took your tour. It was smaller and the guide, Pepe Lopez made such a difference. He was extremely knowledgeable about the Mayan culture. He taught us how their calendar worked and how to use it.
I’ve sent a couple of pictures. The Temple of the Masks came out really nice considering we could not use a flash.

Many thanks for such and educational, entertaining and incredible experience.

Feel free to use us as a reference.

Sally and Steve Koepke

Jan and Jason Peloquin
Mebane, NC
Mayan Experience
Carnival Valor

An awesome experience

I can not even begin to share what an awesome experience this excursion was. We learned so much from Ivan who exceeded all of our expectations. We will never forget this awesome day and feel it is such a blessing to have people such as Ivan in this world to educate and share Mayan history with people from around the globe.

I can not reccommend this excursion enough..it is simply a must!!!
Thanks Ivan and God Bless!!!!