Tour Reviews

Sandra Lingle
Port St. Lucie, FL
Chacchoben Ruins
Celebrity Solstice

The absolute best part of our entire cruise!

Shuttle to main tour was hectic. A little misunderstanding about the tour was quickly remedied. The tour was the absolute best part of our entire cruise! The van was comfortable and air conditioned.

Our guide, Francisco, was everything you could ask for. He was friendly, knowledgeable, excited about the tour. He also took care of us - shared his bug spray, advised us how to bargain for the sale, etc.

If we return to this area we will DEFINITELY book another tour - or several tours, if time allows - with Native Choice.

Judith
Pompano Beach, Fl
Chacchoben Extreme
Celebrity Solstice Cruise

Great Tour!

Thanks Ivan for making our trip so enjoyable and informative.

Great Tour!

Leslie
Germantown, Tennessee
Chacchoben Extreme
Celebrity Solstice

Had a wonderful time.

Our second time using The Native Choice.

First time was 15 months ago and had a wonderful time. We wanted to return to the ruins at Chacchoben and this time went with a group of Cruise Critic members. Ivan was the BEST guide, taking his time to explain all about the Mayan history and lots of details about each site visited.

Nice lunch of fajitas and drinks of choice afterwards, following by swimming and kayaking in the lagoon.

Ivan also went into great detail about the Mayan numbers and calendar.

Very nice, air conditioned vehicle, very professional, skilled driver. Well run, professional company. Would use The Native Choice again and would highly recommend them to anyone wanting to visit the beautiful ruins at Chacchoben when in the Costa Maya area. Very personalized tour, and everyone had a wonderful time.

Thank you, Ivan, for making our day very special.
You are the best!!

Janet Q
Columbus OH
Chacchoben Ruins
NCL Star

Fabi was such a sweet and nice girl

Best private tour. Fabi was such a sweet and nice girl as our guide, with David as our driver.
The company was very flexible to combine both Chacchoben and Seven Color Lagoon for us, and extremely conscious on the clock for us to get back to the cruise ship.
Tour to Chacchoben was very informative. We also enjoyed authentic cuisine at Seven Color Lagoon, with very relaxing and fun time there.
The whole trip was well managed with enough time at both places and back to the cruise. Our guide kindly and constantly reminded us when we lost track of the time to make sure we would have enough time at the next stop.

D. Hudson
Costa Maya, Mexico
Dzibanche Ruins Premier
Carnival Conquest

What an incredible experience!

What an incredible experience! Howler Monkeys, ancient ruins, beautiful views and basically a park to ourselves.

Our guide was Francisco - a man who is passionate about Mayan history and Mayan legend and full of information about the culture and the ruins.

I read a lot of reviews about Native Choice and then exchanged a couple of emails with Ivan before booking. I am so, glad we stuck with the plan.

I traveled with my wife and three sons (20, 19 and 16 years old). The drive to Dzibanche was as advertised - about two hours. During the drive, in an air conditioned van, Francisco explained the Mayan history and gave us a few breaks to just enjoy what we were seeing outside. By the way, you pass through a couple of little towns where people are selling things like fruit and tamales on the side of the roads. Usually they stop for a moment, but the bus to get us to the Native Choice's office was late so we got started about 25 minutes late.

A note on that. If you are coming from a cruise ship - its easy to find the area for the bus. Just don't get on one that is going downtown or to the beach. A few of the guys out front speak English and will help you get on the Native Choice bus.
Its about a 5 minute ride to the office and then you are off on your trip.

We traveled to the site with a young couple from New York. So, there were just 7 of us in the van and during the tour 7 tourists with the one guide - it was great.

The ruins were incredible and there are two massive structures that are just inspiring and you can actually climb up to the top of both of them. The views at the top are magnificent.

Take the bug spray, take some water and a snack, take your camera and you will not be disappointed.

Petr Pajdlhauser
Czech Republic
Mayan Experience
Nieuw Amsterdam

This was the best excursion of our cruise.

This was the best excursion of our cruise. We were hesitant a little bit to take the tour outside of the cruise organized tours as our ship was docked in Costa Maya for just a short time. But thanks to everybody from Native Choice we made it on time without sacrificing anything from the Mayan Experience tour.
Our driver Pedro was getting us to Chacchoben Ruins safely and fast. Actually we were first on the place. Could you imagine how great it was to walk around the area without crowds of other tourists that followed later? Our guides were Joel for Chacchoben Ruins and Louisa which took over our group of 9 for the visit to Mayan Village. Both of them were very knowledgeable and would answer any questions you might have.
Not only the places we visited on this tour but as well the people from Native Choice who became part of our group for those few hours will remain in our memories for long time.
Thank you Luisa, thank you Noel, thank you Pedro for wonderful job you have done.

Kathi and Tom Huber
East Petersburg, PA
Chacchoben Ruins
Carnival Dream

Our tour guide, Juel, was excellent.

Transportation from the port to the Native Choice office was a little disorganized. But, our tour guide, Juel, was excellent. He obviously enjoys his job and is quite knowledgeable about the area and the ruins.

It's a shame the cruise ship wasn't in port longer because we would have enjoyed spending more time listening to him.

L. Wilder
San Antonio, TX
Chacchoben Extreme
Norwegian Spirit

Do yourself a favor and sign up.

Wow! Do yourself a favor and sign up for the Chacchoben Extreme tour. Joel was our guide at the ruins and he was so knowledgeable about Chacchoben. My family and I really enjoyed information about the ruins and the Maya people.

After the ruins, we headed out to the kayaking and lunch portion of the tour. Fabi and David escorted us to the shores of the 2nd largest lagoon in all of Mexio. Lunch was fabulous. Chips with fresh pico and wonderful chicken fajitas all washed down with yummy margaritas. The lagoon was so refreshing - perfect temp for swimming and kayaking. My children had the best time. My only complaint was we could have used more time at the lagoon, but that is not Native Choice's fault as we were on a very tight schedule to get back to the ship. (Fabi was very concientious about getting us back to the cruise terminal on time!) Next time I'll beg the ship to give us another hour! :-)

Overall the Extreme Chacchoben tour is more than worth the money. We had a wonderful time and would highly recommend it for anyone considering excursions in Costa Maya.