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Cancun gems: Mayan Museum, Beach watching, Local Market, & Lunch

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The main quality of this excursion is the PRIVACY!First of all, our groups are usually small (usually about 4/6 people) unless you booked all together, with your family and friends.The way our experience is led is without a rush or timing to do the activities; we want our guests to feel comfortable, listening to the Mayan history, while taking nice pictures among nature, enjoying the local market with a local guide, feeling part of it, not as tourists, having a complete view of Cancun, not just the hotel's drinks and beach.IMPORTANT:Booking for a minimum of two people, please.A complete meal is included; please check the details in the description. We also offer an option without the meal.This option is for guests staying at Playa del Carmen, Tulum, and Cozumel, but we have the option from Cancun too.

Overview

The main quality of this excursion is the PRIVACY!

First of all, our groups are usually small (usually about 4/6 people) unless you booked all together, with your family and friends.

The way our experience is led is without a rush or timing to do the activities; we want our guests to feel comfortable, listening to the Mayan history, while taking nice pictures among nature, enjoying the local market with a local guide, feeling part of it, not as tourists, having a complete view of Cancun, not just the hotel's drinks and beach.

IMPORTANT:

Booking for a minimum of two people, please.

A complete meal is included; please check the details in the description. We also offer an option without the meal.

This option is for guests staying at Playa del Carmen, Tulum, and Cozumel, but we have the option from Cancun too.

Itinerary

  • Mayan Museum of Cancun

    You know that Cancun is not just beach and drinks, and that's why you're booking this excursion, where we just start showing you the Mayan Museum, right in the middle of the hotel zone, explaining to you a bit of Mayan history, while exploring the amazing gardens and beautiful Caribbean nature, passing through the Mexican tradition of the "alebrijes", statues of folkloric colored creatures.

    Cancun (Kaan kuum, in the Mayan language, meaning "the snake nest") cannot be really explored, without starting with its Mayan traditions and cultures, perfectly exposed in this museum and explained by our guides.

    The museum is immersed in an amazing jungle, where you will admire huge ceiba trees, representing Life for the Mayans, and connecting their three worlds.

    The Mexican traditions are exposed too, especially represented by the "alebrijes" statues, where the imagination of a sculptor gives life to colored creatures, a mix of different animals.

    This is just the beginning of our adventure!

    2 hours
    Admission Included
  • Playa Delfines

    Cancun is famous all over the world for its white sands beaches and blue waters, and one of our stops is right at the panoramic terrace of Playa Delfines, where you can take amazing pictures while admiring Mother Nature's beauties.

    Your guide will be happy to take pictures of you and your family and friends, showing your happiness to see such an iconic place of the Caribbean Sea!

    30 minutes
  • Mercado 23

    Local life cannot be experienced without visiting a local market and seeing local vendors, admiring their products' intense colours, and smelling the typical flavours of Mexican cuisine!

    We prefer taking you to a smaller market, not that crowded and touristic like the bigger one, to let you experience where the local people are really going to shop and eat, because our idea is to live a realistic Mexican life, not visiting touristic shops, where forcing you to buy products, to get commissions eventually.

    Mexican people are naturally friendly and you will feel comfortable visiting their stands, without any pressure to buy anything, but just giving them a nice smile, while passing through colourful fruits and vegetables, smelling flowers and local food.

    Our meal will be at the end of the excursion, at an international restaurant, where sitting and eating comfortably good food, having air conditioning on, offering vegetarian and vegan options too, and also caring for possible allergies

    1 hour
  • For all the guests booking the experience, WITH the food included, we will take you to this 5-star restaurant, where you enjoy great food, a 3-course meal (from Monday to Friday), a main course (on weekends or national holidays), and the delicious fresh fruit water of the day!

    We love this restaurant, to enjoy international food, with different options for all kinds of eaters, vegetarians or vegans too, taking care of eventual allergies, to complete the excursion in the best way, having a great meal!

    During the week, we offer the weekly menu, complete with an entrance (with three different options), plus a main course (with three different options), plus a dessert of coffee, and the fresh fruit water of the day.

    On weekends or national holidays, we offer one of their amazing main courses from the main menu, complete with the day's fresh fruit water.

    1 hour
    Admission Included

Location

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Address

Plaza Las Perlas. Avenida Constituyentes Mz. 52 Lt. 1, Centro, Gonzalo Guerrero, 77710 Playa del Carmen, Q.R., Mexico

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Inclusions

  • Bottled water
  • Lunch
  • Snacks
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • All fees and/or taxes

Exclusions

  • Tips
  • Alcoholic beverages

Additional Information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Guide Languages

  • English

  • Spanish

Cancellation Policy

  • A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.

  • No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.

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il0mat
no doubt ! …the excursion I recommend to do. Fabio is the best guide in the world, with his sympathy and his professionalism made us live a truly unique experience.
G5991EQalessandroc
What we wanted was a local guide who made us enjoy living and discovering the wonders in each of that paradise. There is no price for these emotions.

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