Excursión por la Costa Maya: excursión de un día a Chacchoben

The walk to get to the meetup was simple. Once there we were checked in given waters and shortly after got on our bus. The young lady guiding our tour had just graduated high school and was extremely knowledgeable. The driver got us there quickly. I learned way more than I would have grabbing a taxi. From the recent history of the location, to Mayan history she was able to share it all. We got waters halfway through and again water or soda for the ride back. We stopped at a roadside shop and they purchased local pineapple slices for everyone. We also got to try the hot pepper blend of coating on the pineapple which was incredible. I never felt rushed or unable to enjoy the landmarks and the spider monkeys. Considering my daughter and I took this trip for what it would have cost for one of us on a RC shore excursion you cant go wrong. Thank you for a wonderful day.

We had Ishmael as our guide and he was amazing! So knowledgeable! My husband is a history teacher and was totally nerding out with the guide, it was great! The meeting place was easy to find and they were super friendly and informative even while we waited for everyone to show up. They had water for us to drink, which was great because its June and its pretty warm and humid. We walked all around the ruins, learned so much and even saw some wild monkeys! Ishmael stopped by a local pineapple stand on the way back and we all got some fresh pineapple to snack on! We got back with more than enough time to walk around the town a bit and hit up a local convenient store for some snacks and drinks and still shop and get back to the boat early! We loved this experience!

Pretty easy to find the tour group. It is an interesting look at the Mayan culture. We took a leisurely pace, but there is a lot of walking. The temples showed a good understanding of celestial events, geometry, mathematics, and time measurement. We saw a lot of different and unusual plants, flowers, and fruit, and a spider monkey hanging upside down eating that fruit. Only a fraction of the ruins have been excavated and "repaired". That effort is ongoing. There was more shade than we thought; probably could have worn shorts.

We had the best tour guide Juan Carlos and driver Ismael. They were both so knowledgeable and fun. We learned so much ans had the best time.

JC and Ismael were wonderful, professional, knowledgeable, and taught us so much about the region. JC was able to fully answer all of my friend’s questions that were honestly pretty in the weeds. If you want to learn, see the ruins, and meet some pretty cool people I highly recommend this tour.

Juan Carlos and Ismael were amazing guides.highly knowledgeable and courteous. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting the island

Very knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. Please make sure they understand this is a uneven trail and proper shoes should be worn

Absolutely amazing customer service! Great information and our tour guide was Xiomara. Everything felt very well paced and it was plenty of time to walk around. We want around and someone in our group had hurt themselves and the team was very quick to make sure that she was taken care of even going out of their way to buy her new shoes. Absolutely amazing experience. If I do this itinerary again I will definitely rebook again with CM tours.

Amazing! Great tour guide & amazing experience. One of my biggest bucket lists goals was to see the Mayan Ruins!

Overall I enjoyed this excursion. The ride to this excursion it was very informative. There were 2 issues which I think some people may have issues with: 1) the trip to the site is far from the port. The guide tries to make the best of this by driving fast but it is kind of a frightening ride for the 35 minutes of bumpy roads to get there. 2) part of the tour involves a climb up steep stairs that could be moderately intense especially for elderly travelers. But overall I still give it 5 stars