Tour Reviews

Roy Rorke
USA
Chacchoben Ruins
RCL Voyager of the Seas

The highlight of our entire cruise

Ivan,

I can not begin to tell you how much I enjoyed your tour. Your passion on the subject absolutely got and kept my interest the entire day. I have purchased the book Popol - Vuh and have already started reading it.

Your tour was the highlight of our entire cruise and if I ever get to Costa Maya again you can be assured I will be in contact with you for more information about the Mayans.

Thank you for sharing your Mother's kitchen and your childhood home with us. I treasure the picture I was able to get.
You tour with your heart and no one can ask for more then that.

Ray Rorke

Ray Rorke
USA
Chacchoben Ruins
RC Explorer of th Seas

Superb!

Ivan,

I can not begin to tell you how much I enjoyed your tour. Your passion on the subject absolutely got and kept my interest the entire day. I have purchased the book Popol - Vuh and have already started reading it.

Your tour was the highlight of our entire cruise and if I ever get to Costa Maya again you can be assured I will be in contact with you for more information about the Mayans.

Thank you for sharing your Mother's kitchen and your childhood home with us. I treasure the picture I was able to get.
You tour with your heart and no one can ask for more then that.

Ray Rorke
Royal Caribbean 2/8/09 to 2/15/09

Lee White & Mindy Phelps
Melbourne, FL
Mayan Experience
Carnival Glory

By far the best cruise excursion we have ever had.

This was by far the best cruise excursion we have ever had. Ivan is a superb guide. He is very knowledgeable about the history of the area (having grown up amongst the ruins) and of the Mayan people, but his love of the culture and his in depth understanding of it added a dimension that most tour guides can only wish to attain. His friendly demeanor and warm smile made us feel welcome and at ease, especially when he accompanied us to the Mayan village of Chacchoben for our special lunch. The ladies there provided us with a feast fit for an honored guest, and we certainly felt that way in their home. We cannot recommend this tour enough, as it was easily the highlight of our cruise.

Mindy Phelps
USA
Mayan Experience
Carnival Glory

The highlight of our cruise.

Ivan

Thank you for the wonderful tour of the Mayan Village. Myself and Lee really enjoyed the native village as well as the food that was prepared for us. We both felt lucky to have such a wonderful experience with the visit. Your tour was the highlight of our cruise.

I will be recommending this program to anyone who is interested in going to Costa Maya. The information you share coupled with the food, the history and the culture made this a very memorable excursion. I am so thankful that we were able to have this experience.

Thank you again for sharing your homeland, your food and your culture with us.

Mindy Phelps

Kenneth & Charlene MacMil
Nova Scotia Canada
Chacchoben Ruins
Carnival Glory

The most remarkable tour we have ever taken.

I would like to thank Ivan for the most remarkable tour we have ever taken. Your personal experience made it truly memorable. I highly reccomend your tour to all who are visiting Costa Maya. Best of luck

Craig Weyant
Atlanta, GA, US
Mayan Experience
Royal Caribbean Independence

A unique, once-in-a-lifetime adventure!

Our little group took the "Mayan Experience" excursion. It was a unique, once-in-a-lifetime adventure! I would highly recommend it anybody reading this. I don't normally leave testimonials, but in this case I couldn't resist. I would suggest that you not hesitate and book an excursion with Ivan and David immediately! You won't regret it!

Susan Glenn
Costa Maya, Mexico
Kohunlich Ruins Premier
RCL Independence of the Seas

Enjoyed it immensely.

I would like to let you know how professional David was concerning our reserved Kohunlich Mayan Ruins trip on 2/4/09. Since my husband and I were the only people who booked this excursion on the above date, he couldn't take us on this tour (they need 6 or more people for this tour to be available). So, David did everything possible to get us an acceptable alternative guide so we could still take a tour of Kohunlich, since this was our main reason for coming to the area. David's choice, Jose Pepe, was a very good guide, giving us quite a bit of information about the area as we drove to the ruin site. We had an hour of free time at the ruin and enjoyed it immensely. Thank you David and Jose.

Steve and Barbara Kurtz
Rockwall, TX
Chacchoben Ruins
Norwegian Spirit

A terrific day in Costa Maya.

Our tour of Chacchoben made for a terrific day in Costa Maya. We were pleasantly surprised to find out that we would be picked up at the tourism village and would not have to make our way to the hotel for pickup.

David was an excellent tour guide who provided lots of interesting information on Costa Maya and the Chacchoben ruins. We arrived at the ruins about a half hour before the ship tour busses arrived so we were ahead of the crowds for much of the tour.

The ruins were far more extensive and beautiful than I had imagined but David showed us plenty in the time alloted. After spending the morning at the ruins we drove into Chaccoben town to drop off a couple who were doing the Mayan Experience tour. Before leaving town to return to Costa Maya, David handed out some of the school supplies I had brought for the local kids. Seeing their eyes light up over rulers, pencils and pens was a memorable experience. I'd encourage others to bring a sack of supplies for the local school - they can use it.

This was one of the best shore excursions we have been on in our 15 cruises, and I recommend it to anyone interested in learning about Mayan history and life while seeing a nicely excavated Mayan city.