Tour Reviews

Lucinda Seaton
Sacramento, CA
Chacchoben Ruins
Independence of the Seas

What a wonderful tour.

What a wonderful tour. Ivan was our guide and the tour meant more knowing that he grew up at the ruins as a child. His family history at the ruins was fascinating. I highly recommend taking this tour.

Thank you Ivan for making this such a great trip.

Fran Kitt
Costa Maya, Mexico
Chacchoben Extreme
NCL Spirit

A fabulous experience.

A fabulous experience. We were traveling on a NCL Cruise as a family ages 2 to 80 and we were immensely impressed with our tour guide David. He was as knowledgeable about the Mayan's history and their local customs as he was gracious. In addition to the Mayan ruins, we also experienced the beautiful Lagoon Azul, a huge fresh water lake supplied by underground springs. There we enjoyed an incredible delicious luncheon feast including beverages provided by the ex-pat German proprietor and staff of a rustic local RV park on the lake, where we swam and kayaked. By far the best excursion on the cruise.

Manon Morache
Montréal, Canada
Chacchoben Ruins
ms Westerdam, Holland America

My most memorable tour

Hello,

Loved the tour for many reasons:

1)the beauty of the sites visited and the incredible view from the top pyramid which is breathtaking; and

2)the knowledge, expertise and friendliness of David who was a perfect guide both a wonderful educator and entertainer.

This was my most memorable tour out of then four excusions I had booked on my 7 day cruise.

Merci beaucoup!

Greg Malak
The Villages, FL
Mayan Experience
Westerdam

The highlight of our vacation.

Our guided tour led by Ivan was a highlight of our vacation. His knowledge of these ruins discovered by his father and his sharing of the Mayan Culture of the past and of today was entertaining as well as educational. Ours was a group of only nine people so we felt as if he was talking to us as individuals and not as a large group. Other formed groups from the ship were larger, rushed and didn't seem to get the same treatment and courtesy as he shared with us. I don't know why anyone would want to take one of those large tours when this one, led by Ivan, was far superior and also less expensive.
After we toured the ruins we had the privilege of going to his Mayan village and were treated as special guests. We ate a fabulous Mayan meal and we were entertained and informed of Mayan life today. The Mayans were most gracious and even invited us into their homes. As a retired tourism professional, having twenty-nine years in the business I have seen and experienced good and not so good tours throughout my career. I would rate this tour at the top of all the tours I have taken. If I use many more superlatives you will think I am exagerating but I'm not- this was a superb day.

Hayley & Matthew Goodwin
Great Britain
Kohunlich Ruins Premier
P&O Oceana

Excellent guide

Hi,

Just a quick email to say how much my husband and I enjoyed the tour that we took with your company on November 20th 2008 when our boat (P&O Oceana) docked in Costa Maya. Our tour was to the Kohunlich Mayan ruins site.

We were impressed that even though we were the only people booked on the tour that it still went ahead and we were met at the port upon arrival and transported in a more than adequate sized, comfortable vehicle to our tour site. However, the main thing that made our tour so enjoyable was our excellent guide, Ivan. Not only did we receive a personal guided tour around the Kohunlich site but both en route to the site and on our way back to the ship we were able to learn many things about the local area and culture from Ivan. The tour at the site was brilliant we were never rushed and we were shown many things with full and in depth explanations of these items.

Whilst at the site we noticed the people from our ship who had taken the trip with our Cruise Ship and their tour appeared far less thorough than ours and they were not accompanied to some of the areas such as the temple so were not made aware of the significance of many of the things that they saw.

We would appreciate it if you could pass our sincere thanks onto Ivan for the tour he gave us and for answering our many questions. We definately made the correct choice whilst choosing your company for our tour and will not hesitate to recommend you to anyone else that we know who is travelling to the area.

Kind Regards

Hayley & Matthew Goodwin

Sean and Susan Meehan
Tampa, FL
Mayan Experience
Holland America Veendam

This experience was amazing.

This experience was amazing. Ivan was so nice and informative and easy going. He educated us on the culture and mythology of the Mayan people as well as the cultural changes going on the this part of Mexico. His knowledge was so impressive and he was just pleasant to spend the day around. The ruins were almost surreal. The interpretive tour was very enlightening. I was embarrassed to know so little about such a great culture. Our time spent in Chacchoben village was very special. The lovely woman who welcomed us into her home and shared her food and home and garden with us was so hospitable and accommodating. The food was so good!!! The ingredients and the ability to live in such a sustainible manner is so impressive. It made us so humble and made us realize how much extra junk we have in our lives that is unnecessary. It was, by far, the best experience we have had on our holiday. I have been telling all my frineds about that day.
Thank you so much Ivan, best of luck to you and your family and I hope to visit again. I wish I could remember the Mayan greeting. The best I can do is Malek ing. Please take care and continue to share this mayan experience with others.

Lynn Nelson
US
Mayan Experience
HAL Westerdam

Wonderful Mayan Experience tour.

Hola Ivan,

Thanks again for the wonderful Mayan Experience tour. We were in your very
first tour since the hurricane (on October 31) and enjoyed it immensely. We felt it was the most interesting thing we did on our entire cruise.

Thanks again,
Lynn

Nancy Hughes
La Habra, California
Chacchoben Ruins
Celebrity Constellation

Fun and educational.

Our tour in Cozumel was wonderful. It was a little hectic getting to the ferry pier from our ship but we made it on time. The ruins of Tulum were awesome. We took the shuttle to the site instead of walking. We were inspired by the inscriptions and murals on the temples. Our guide from Native Choice was Roxana Cabezas and she was wonderful. She was very knowledgeable, friendly and a pleasure to be with. We can't say enough about this lady as she shows a passion for the Mayan culture which makes the tour fun and educational.