I would say make your decision based on which ruins you want to see. Edited Decemby dns65īoth ports have good beach clubs a 10 minute cab ride away from the port. Again, this is all just my opinion and I am sure that no matter which beach and ruins you choose, you will have a great time. I have not been to those ruins but was in Puerto Maya at the beginning of November on a port call and others on my ship said good things about that excursion.īoth ports have good beach clubs a 10 minute cab ride away from the port. It is also a large site with many buildings. The Chacchoben ruins near Mahahual/Puerto Maya are also about an hour from the cruise port. You may be better off to see ruins while you are in Mahahual. This is a much larger site with many buildings and a pyramid that you can climb. This site would best be visited as a day trip from Cancun or Mayan Riviera as IMO, it is not worth the ferry ride over due to the small site and the large number of people that are there every day.Ī better alternative on the mainland would be to take a trip to Coba which is about 1 hour away from Playa del Carmen where the ferry docks. You will be there hundreds and hundreds of other tourists with another tour bus showing up every 20-30 minutes dropping off another batch of people. It is a walled city with a few buildings but every thing is closed off and you must stick to fenced off paths. Many go to Tulum but it is a very small site and not worth the effort on a day trip from Cozumel. But if you are going to go all the way to the mainland, see significant ruins while you are there to get the most out of the trip. There are high speed passenger only ones that make for a fairly quick trip. If you are going to do ruins from Cozumel, you will have to take a ferry to the mainland. OOPS, posted this before I saw you already decided what to do The only selling there is a very low-keyed display of the ladies' hand embroidered work, such as aprons, tablecloths and little girls' dresses.all lovely and well done at reasonable prices.Īs a Spanish teacher of many years and having visited many areas of Mexico and Latin America, I would say this is a very good representation of local culture and food and certainly a large step up from some of the typical tours and excursions we have found in this area of the world. All is very sanitary and clean and inspected every 3 months. Your lunch is prepared by the family/friends and served under a lovely palapa on hand-embroidered white tablecloths using mostly local foods. There is a very nice and sanitary American-style set of bathrooms for your use. Many of the food items are grown/raised there (you get a tour of the garden), we made our own small tortillas over an open fire, and there is a short visit inside a home, complete with hammocks for sleeping and a raised roof because the visitors are much taller on average than the people who live there. You are then taken to a local Mayan village, where you visit a Mayan home and have a delightful lunch. The time at the ruins is 70-90 minutes, including the walking tour and a small amount of shopping/bathroom, cold drink time. Both guides had an excellent command of English. While it is not as large of a site as the Mayan ruins in other parts of the area, it is a very good introduction to the culture and history. There is a visitor area at the ruins with some vendors, clean restrooms, a small cafe, etc. The walking was not difficult and there was lots to see and hear. When we arrived at the ruins, we were joined by a second specialist guide to visit the site. On the way to the ruins, she gave a very good history of the Mayan culture. We had an excellent and knowledgeable guide with us for the whole trip. The drive to the ruins came first, in a large van with about 10 of us, new and air conditioned. We did the Native Choice tour to the ruins and the Mayan Village home last year from Costa Maya and were very pleased with it.
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