Tour Reviews

Tara
Lanett, Alabama
Chacchoben Ruins
Carnival Paradise

Refund process was a breeze

Our ship was not able to dock at Costa Maya because of strong winds. I contacted Native Tours and they were so understanding and refunded our money with no problems!! I am disappointed we could not get off at this port and tour, but I will be back soon I hope.....and I will definitely use this company!

Wayne J
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Dzibanche Ruins Premier
Eurodam

Excellent Mayan Ruins

Had a fantastic day with guide Enrique and driver Abner. The guide was extremely knowledgable and personable. The ruins themselves are well worth visiting. We were in a small group of two couples. The van we travelled in was in excellent condition and extremely comfortable. The value of this tour is outstanding.

Dan Wehmeyer
St. Louis
Chacchoben Ruins
NCL - Getaway

Great excursion! Highly recommend!

This was my first trip to ever see any Maya ruins. I thought we were just going to see one pyramid. Instead, we got to see what used to be a village. It was amazing!!! Our guide, Eddar, was great! He did an excellent job explaining things about the buildings, the maya culture, showing pictures, diagrams, a leaf that smelled like "all spice" and fruit from a tree used to make gum. We had plenty of time to walk around, take pictures and ask questions. Everyone at Native Choice was very friendly. They had bottles of water available before we got on the bus and even had someone walking around at the ruins offering bottles of water - free! We had another guide on the bus, Lorenzo, who was also great and told us a lot about the area on the way to the ruins. On the way back, he even had the bus stop at one of the road side stands and got fresh pineapple slices for those of us who wanted some. It's an easy walk from the port and they drop you off very close to the port at the end. The turned out to be a great excursion!

Cindy Parks
Kalamazoo, MI
Chacchoben Ruins
Royal Caribbean

Great Tour

The best. Half the price of the cruise ship excursion and twice the tour. This is by far the best tour you will take. They guide Joel and the driver were so accommodating. They would stop on the way to the ruins and lets us take pics and on the way back. We could ask them anything. Very friendly. I will only use Native Choice tours. Joel and the driver were equally excellent. Thanks

Tracey Walker
United Kingdom
Mayan Experience
NCL

FANTASTIC EXCURSION

Can't rate this company high enough. Would definitely recommend.
We booked after reviews read on Trip Advisor, and so glad we did. Trip was half the cost of the ship excursion.
We chose Mayan Experience Tour with humourous and knowledgable tour guide Eddar, and driver Edger?
Booking was so easy and directions very clear.
Offices are only 10 minute walk from port, bottled water readily available straight away and throughout the day.
Air conditioned mini-bus and we were only small group of 10 so information from Eddar easily heard and understood. Welcomed questions, very helpful.
We even stopped for fresh pineapple with chilli powder(that was a first!) en route.
Meal at Mayan village delicious.
Went out of their way to ensure back at port safely and with plenty of time.
A very enjoyable day

Jillian Symons
Melbourne Australia
Dzibanche Ruins Premier
Marina

Thanks Rosa and Tacho

We were only two people booked for this tour so we had the wonderful experience of a personalised tour in an airconditioned car with driver Tacho and guide Rosa. Price was one third of the cruise shop cost and we were alone on the site most of the day. Cold water and a lovely sandwich were appreciated extras.
Highly recommend this company.

Kathy Henderson
Phoenix, Arizona
Chacchoben Ruins
Carnival Magic

Great experience all around

Signed up with Native Choice for the Chacchoben Ruins tour based on other reviews. Past 5-star ratings did not let me down. Kasi, the tour guide was very knowledgeable, providing the special twist of Mayan history from the Mayan perspective. Seeing the ruins, as well as landscape coming and going, was great. Also nice was the fact that the tour group was relatively small.

Jay W
Ogden, Ut.
Dzibanche Ruins Premier
Norwegian Getaway

Amazing...simply amazing

I am not one that normally leaves reviews however, this was not the typical shore excursion. I was so impressed by this tour that I wrote down several reminders to myself to give a review when I returned home.

The office is a bit off the beaten path but I don't normally like to follow that path anyway. My wife and I joined two other couples that we are friends with and a fourth couple that we did not know. The eight of us were paired with Kasi, the tour guide and her driver, Miguel. The van we rode in was very nice. Our group is all about trying new things and trying to experience a bit of the culture as we tour. We do this mostly through their food. We asked Kasi if we could stop at some of the small roadside vendors that were selling fresh pineapple which she was more than happy to do. Have you ever put red pepper and salt on your pineapple? Delicious.

We looked at going to other ruins that were closer but I am so glad we decided to make the longer trip to these. Kasi really new her stuff. She did a great job at condensing the Mayan history down to about 2 hours. During which time we were walking and climbing around the site. There was only one other group at the site so it felt like we had the place to ourselves. She was a certified tour guide for that site and was easy to connect with and understand. Kasi spoke English extremely well. .

One of the best things about the Dzibanche ruins is that you are able to climb on the ruins and view the surrounding areas from a hundred feet in the air. Very cool.