Tour Reviews

Lauren Burch
Birmingham, Alabama
Chacchoben Ruins
Norwegian Jewel

Would highly recommend!

This was my husband and I's first time in Costa Maya and our honeymoon. After searching and looking into multiple tours I found The Native Choice. I emailed the company and they recommended the Chacchoben Maya Ruins as it is their most popular tour.

We were not disappointed! Very easy walk from the the cruise ship and everyone is super friendly. Spoke great English and were very attentive.

Our tour guide was Enrique and he was fabulous! Not once did he stop talking from the building to the Maya Ruins and continued to talk and describe the heritage and history of Mexico. It was very interesting.

I can't wait to visit Costa Maya again and bring my parents. I've already recommended The Native Choice to my parents for their cruise and would definitely go again!

Thanks Enrique!!

Craig Fox
Indiana
Chacchoben Ruins
NCL Jewel

Fantastic

This was a wonderful experience. The company accommodated our constantly growing group, from 2 to eventually 8 people, literally picked up our wheelchair bound person and put him in the van in his wheelchair, the driver took over and pushed him all over the grounds of the ruins, the guides were excellent, knowledgeable, and friendly.

We highly recommend this to everyone.

Charlotte Travieso
New Orleans, LA, USA
Chacchoben Ruins
Norwegian Dawn

Best Part of the Trip

It's rare that a person gets to visit a place in the company of someone who grew up there. Ivan, one of the founders of Native Choice, told us on the way back to the ship about his life experiences. What an inspiration it was to be with someone who has returned to his roots after traveling the corporate world. He knows, feels and is part of the Maya culture and conveys great respect for it.

This was the best day of the cruise for me. Thank you.

Mike
South Carolina
Mayan Experience
HAL Zuiderdam

A Wonderful Experience

This tour proved to be a very special day for me, my wife and three daughters. Our guides Ivan and Joel have a thorough knowledge of the Mayan history and first hand understanding of their culture. After a very interesting tour of the ruins we shared a wonderful meal prepared by three charming Mayan ladies. They even taught us how to make tortillas. The meal was great but my family and I will always remember the warm hospitality of these ladies as we shared time in their home.

A very special experience that I would highly recommend for those visiting Costa Maya.

Denise
Huntsville, AL
Chacchoben Ruins
Norwegian Dawm

Chacchoben Maya Ruins

We had a private tour with Erick and it was wonderful. He was very knowledgeable.

It was the best tour on our trip!

Matthew Taylor
Broad Run, Virginia
Chacchoben Ruins
Disney Fantasy

The best experience

My wife and I took my son for his high school graduation on a cruise and booked this tour again having taken it September 2012. He had the best time. Ivan is absolutely wonderful and his knowledge of the site is unequaled. We saw things that the other disney tours didn't get to see. We stopped at pineapple town on the way back and got the freshest pineapple I've ever had. The ones with chili were amazing.

We learned more about the Mayan culture during this trip. I can not say enough good things about our experience. If you are on a cruise ship and you take the excursion from the ship. Not only are you throwing money away but missing the experience of a life time. Ivan, David and their team are by far the best. If your concern is the time getting back in time don't the two times now that we have toured with them we beat the cruise excursions back with plenty of time to shop for Oakley glasses in the port or ride the aquaduck.

Brett Nichols
Boise, ID
Chacchoben Ruins
NCL Dawn

Chacchoben Ruins

Was really impressed with this tour. We arrived in Costa Maya in the morning and departed the ship. I followed the directions given to me from this group and after a short 10-15 minute walk, arrived at the tour office. There, we were met with ice cold bottled water and had a very short wait as we were put into small groups.

I did this tour with my wife and three children. We were grouped with 5 other people. We rode in a nice vw bus type vehicle. It was well maintained and air conditioned. We had our own tour guide who was very informative and spoke english well enough. She was actually an archaeology student and lived in Costa Maya. She gave a lot of local information and knew the ruins very well. Afterwards, we asked the bus driver if he would pull over on the way back to the port so we could get some beverages at a roadside market. Our other part of the group all bought a six pack of beer and we bought sodas for our family and it was a lot cheaper than buying them at the ruins. It was nice that they would do that and believe me on a big tour, that would not have been possible.

I had experienced Tulum on a different cruise and enjoyed it as well; however, it was booked through the cruise ship and was a lot more expensive and the group was much larger and impersonal.

We looked at booking this similar tour through the cruise ship and believe me, if you want to save yourself some money and have a better experience, I would choose this group.

Patty Loeper
The Villages, FL
Dzibanche Ruins Premier
Norwegian Dawn

Awsome!

Our tour with Native Choice could not have been been a better choice for us. Our guide, Frine, kept us entertained & informed from beginning to end. We felt like part of her family by the time the tour was over. She answered all of our questions & even pointed out things we didn't think of. Our driver, Saoul, was courteous and safe and we all appreciated him getting us to & from our destinations safely.

We would definitely go with Native Choice again and highly recommend them to anyone considering a tour in Costa Maya.

Thanks Frine & Saoul...you made our stay in Costa Maya well worth coming to!