Tour Reviews

Vicki Cage
St. Petersburg, FL
Chacchoben Extreme
Norwegian Dawn

Raquel is the best tour guide ever!

We had a wonderful time on this tour. Raquel made everyone's day. She was very informative, entertaining and completely adorable. The ruins were amazing but Raquel's narrative was crucial for understanding the Mayan heritage.

The lakeside lunch and swim was held at a beautiful remote resort area and the unlimited drinks put everyone in a festive mood for the ride back.

This was the best tour we had on our cruise and mainly because of Raquel. Thanks Raquel!!

Jesse Marquez
Frederick, Maryland
Chacchoben Ruins
Norwegian Epic

The Native Choice was a Great Choice!

My family and I really enjoyed the tour in Chacchoben Mayan Ruins!

Our tour guide, Raquel, did a wonderful jobs taking us through the ruins. She was very knowledgeable, informative, and really funny!

Thanks!!!
Jesse Marquez

Terry Maddock
Illinois
Chacchoben Ruins
Carnival Dream

Best Tour Guide EVER

My family & 2 other families were so lucky to have RAQUEL as our tour guide. She is friendly, extremely knowledgeable and great with kids.

We so thoroughly enjoyed our time at the ruins and afterward for lunch (wonderful!). When we told the kids what we were doing, several of them said "we don't want to learn anything. this is vacation". RAQUEL made the learning so interesting that they all enjoyed their day.

THANK YOU!!

Paul Koring
Washington DC
Chacchoben Ruins
Ryndam

Extra effort

Traveling with my 92-year-old father, who is still spry, our party of four picked Native Choice based on recommendations and its commitment to Mayan people. We arranged a van, walked to the office from the pier and were on our way long before the big tour buses. By being early, we had Chacchoben to ourselves for more than an hour. Our Native choice guide Erick was passionate about his Mayan heritage and knowledgeable about the site and its place in Mayan history. Erick was also engaging and thoughtful and keen to offer additional explanations and interesting sidelights.

A great day made better by a fine and hospitable guide from an excellent organization where quality matters and clients are made to feel like welcome guests.

Amy & Michael Lee
Jacksonville, FL
Mayan Experience
Canival Dream

Best Excursion! A Must Tour!

Everything was just as the website stated.

Joel was our tour guide and did an excellent job. Our bus driver was awesome too. The weather was perfect and the experience was educational and enjoyable. Everyone in our group kept saying how glad they were that they did the tour and how nice it was.

The ruins were awesome! We would like to go back and spend more time there. The bus ride was comfortable (very cold ac) and we got to view a lot of the country side. The ladies that entertained us in their home were awesome and the food was delicious. We will do this tour again through Native Choice when we take our cruise this summer.

My kids are 15 and 17 and they liked the tour, although the zip lining was more enjoyable to them, but for my husband and myself, this was the very best tour of all 4 islands we visited. My sister said the same, who visited at a different time and referred us to the tour. It was a nice and relaxing day.

Thank you Native Choice and Joel.

Todd and Ashley LeJeune
Louisiana
Dzibanche Ruins Premier
Norwegian Jewel

Great tour

This was an incredible tour. It was just my wife and I and our guide Ivan, who was one of the best guides we have ever had. It took 2 hrs to get to the ruins during the ride Ivan gave us a history lesson on all the ruins in Mexico, Peru, Belize and history of Costa Maya. Once at the ruins we climbed several of the structures, which was great. Ivan continued to explain the ruins and the history of the site. He always had an answer to any question we had. He was one of the most knowledgeable guides we have used.

I strongly suggest if you want to climb ruins and see some fantastic structures and learn about Mayan history take a tour with The Native Choice tour group and request Ivan. We will use them again.

Jeanette Nelson
South Carolina, USA
Chacchoben Ruins
Disney Fantasy

Joel was awesome

Joel did a fantastic job. He was knowleadgable of the ruins and culture, and kept us on schedule.

Joel, thanks for taking the picture.

Jeanette and John

Mike & Carrie Lennox
Canada
Chacchoben Ruins
Norwegian Epic

Excellent Excursion

We loved our experience with Native Choice. Our guide was Ivan and he had so many amazing stories to share and was so knowledgeable with the Maya Ruins, it kept everyone in our group very interested and wanting to hear more. I don't think you would get a better experience with anyone else doing this tour. Would definitely recommend doing the Maya Ruins tour with Native Choice if you plan on it. When you get off the ship you can walk to their office, which isn't very far and they will give you directions. We stopped for pineapple on the way back which was so good and sweet.

The groups are small so it's a much more personal experience than how the cruise ships do it and we found it better organized than the crazy crowds they have on cruise ship excursions. The vans are all air conditioned so you don't have to worry about that. Native Choice also has insurance coverage which guarantees that if something were to happen, they would make sure you make it back to your ship, same guarantee the cruise ship guarantees.

If your going to Costa Maya and interested in learning about and seeing the Chacchoben Maya Ruins, I would recommend booking through Native Choice, you won't be disappointed.