Full-Day Tour Exploring the Waters of Tolantongo
Description
This guided tour is very organized and adheres to a schedule we modify to continue to provide the best experience. Please note that our tour spends the longest time in Tolantongo, allowing you to truly enjoy your time in Tolantongo without feeling rushed by your tour company throughout the day. Our guides are extremely fluent in their English language skills. Most have lived a major part of their life in the United States and or Canada. We provide comfort in our transportation, by not allowing our vehicles to be cramped and tight with too many guests. Our guides also have a good relationship with the community of employees that work in Tolantongo. Our mutual respect for one another allows for a better experience for our guests than you could imagine. Our guides are given a fair wage for their excellent service.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Depending on your preferences, we will meet at the "Angel de Independencia" approximately between 5:35 to 5:50am, departing early to escape the city chaos. Our group will have private transportation. We will stop for an early breakfast in Actopan, a city halfway to our destination. travel time to the restaurant is approximately 90 minutes.
Vegetarian friendly options with limited vegan options. Breakfast is on us.
We will pass by the quiet town of San Cristobal, Hgo. This is the town and community that owns las Grutas de Tolantongo. The drive from breakfast to this spot will be approximately 90 minutes. Along the way, we will briefly stop for any missing supplies you may be needing for the day's adventure.
The day is divided into three parts. Pool Tranquility: Start your day relaxing a while in the “pocitos”; naturally warm thermal pools that provide astounding views that soothe & clear the body and mind –perfect for “the gram.” From here, there is a zip-lining options to get you down to the next part of our day at the river. Please note that zip lining is not included in the price of the tour (300 Mexican pesos). Our guide will make sure to have all the essentials you will need for the day. Drive from the breakfast stop to actually touching the water is typically two and a half hours. Actual time spent at the pools is roughly one hour and forty minutes.
Cave Exploration: Finally, you will see awe-inspiring waterfalls and unexpected adventure that our guests have described as “life changing.” Our guides will take you to explore the caverns and tunnels located here. Enjoy the water falls covering the caves and take a swim in the warm pool inside the mountain.
River Relaxation: Next, the turquoise-colored river is well-managed and is naturally warm due to the thermal springs, a complete relaxing experience. Lunch will be alongside the river (weather permitting). Lunch is not included. We provide a menu that you can place your order from to save time and better enjoy the river. We will collect your lunch total during the day, unless you paid for LUNCH COVERED OPTION ($220MXN MAX). Tables and chairs are included. Please note that the time spent includes time it takes to move around throughout the day. We will head out as early as 3:30 to 5:30, depending on group efficiency and timing, arriving as early as 7:30 to 9:30 (conditions approving), full of new experiences and photos to share with envious family and friends.
We will stop at two restrooms stops on the way home. Typically first stop is 1 hour in, then 2 hour laters, then finally arriving in CDMX, weather and traffic permitting.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick-up and drop-off in the following areas ONLY: Roma Norte, Roma Sur, Condesa, Juárez, Polanco, Anzurez, San Rafael, Cuauhtémoc (the neighobrhood, not the city district), Tabacalera, and Centro Histórico. Drop off in Centro Historico is often limited to a single drop off point near Palacio de Bellas Artes, due to road restrictions during the day and evening. If you're staying in Centro Histórico, drop-off will be near Palacio de Bellas Artes. This area often has heavy traffic and restricted access due to street closures or local events. Qualifying clients for pick up will be asked to CONFIRM that they are ready for pickup 5-10 minutes before the scheduled (time confirmed after booking/before trip date) pick up window. If no confirmation, pick up will be cancelled and client will be asked to meet at the general meeting point no later than 5:50am.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(1,498)
The experience was AMAZING! Certainly worth the long drive from CDMX. Our Host, Carlos (Charlie) was great and really informative on the history of that part of the Country. All three sections (Pools, Caves, and River) we fun. I suggest that you take the zip line down from the pools to the caves!
The experience was one of a lifetime. The tour guide expertise is amazing such in culture, history and geography. Being bilingual really helps those that cannot speak or understand English, Spanish.
Lalo made my experience unforgettable. He valued our time and energy by being punctual to everything he planned. Everything was so organized and thought out- down to providing toilet paper because the place doesn’t provide it. He mixed a fun filled day with fascinating history. Although I had gone alone, he always made me feel included in everything, like we were on big family going on a trip. My only concern with the trip is I wish the cave exploration was more thorough but an amazing experience nonetheless. He provides you with water proof phone protectors which was amazing for getting incredible photos. Bring an external phone battery charger, my phone died right before the trip back. I would highly recommend this excursion, I never write reviews unless I extremely enjoyed it. Definitely go if you can afford it. Breathtaking.
Honestly, it was the best thing we did out here and Charlie our guide and Ezekiel the driver were awesome, very informative and patient with all of us in the tour
Incredible experience from start to finish! Our tour guide Diego and driver Nico were fantastic, and the company was completely reliable — everything ran exactly according to the shared itinerary. Pickup was well-organized and right on time. One tip: bring your own sunscreen. They do provide some, but it's not quite enough to last the whole day. Tolantongo itself is absolutely worth the visit. Just know it requires a good amount of energy and physical effort — there are plenty of stairs to climb and walking involved. That said, the views are breathtaking, and you're given enough time at each location to really enjoy it.
Was really nice it's just that the trip 3 hours to get there with that van was really uncomfortable and we prepared for the food and was poor quality and quantity was stayed hungry Leo was really nice and helpful I give him 5 stars
Excellent day and service! Our guide (Carlos / Charlie) was very organised and kept us up to date on the pick up times. His English was incredible and easy to follow along with. Tolantongo was incredible! We visited the pools, caves and river! Two things to improve: some finer details about what was happening would have been good (e.g. we bought food at the pools because we thought we weren’t going back to the van but ended up going back before the cave / also didn’t know we were going to the river), and hiring reef shoes should just be included in the total amount (was annoying messing around with cash - $7 pesos each).
Great experience! Our guide, Alejandro (Leo), & driver, Santiago, were both fantastic & very helpful! Definitely bring good sandals with strong straps for the cave & grotto.
Easy day, didn't have to think of a thing. Very thorough communication on what to expect. Great food stops the whole day. Breakfast is included, lunch and dinner were a separate expense. Opportunity for showers at the end of the day after being in the water.
Highly recommend our tour guide danny was so good!
