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PrimeOne Tours offers guided Tulum tours departing daily from Cancun and the Riviera Maya. Choose from a classic Tulum ruins and cenote day trip, an all-inclusive package with lunch and cenote access, or our most popular combo tour combining Tulum, Coba, and a cenote swim in a single unforgettable day. All tours include a SECTUR-certified bilingual guide, hotel pickup from Cancun and Riviera Maya hotels, and transportation in a comfortable air-conditioned vehicle. Tulum is the only major Maya archaeological site built on a cliff overlooking the Caribbean Sea. Rated 4.9 stars across 1,300 verified TripAdvisor reviews.
Most day trips from Cancun take you to Chichen Itza -- impressive, but landlocked. Tulum is different. The ancient Maya built this walled city on a 12-meter cliff directly above the Caribbean Sea, and the resulting view is one of the most spectacular anywhere in the ancient world. No other major archaeological site in Mexico offers that combination.
Our Tulum Tours
Most PopularFrom $79 per person
Full-day tour from Cancun. Guided Tulum ruins, cenote swim, free time in Playa del Carmen on 5th Avenue. Hotel pickup from Cancun Hotel Zone, Downtown, and Puerto Morelos.
Best for Riviera MayaFrom $79 per person
Shorter drive, same experience. Guided Tulum ruins, open cenote swim, snacks, and return to your Riviera Maya hotel. Hotel pickup from Riviera Maya and Tulum hotels.
Best ComboFrom $139 per person
The ultimate Riviera Maya ruins day. Explore both Tulum and Coba in a single all-day experience, with a cenote swim, regional buffet lunch, and regional product tasting included.
Our guides have visited Tulum hundreds of times. They know the best time to arrive to avoid the peak crowds, which trail to take to the cliff viewpoint first, and when the light hits the Temple of the Frescoes in the right direction for photographs. Every PrimeOne guide holds SECTUR certification from Mexico's Secretary of Tourism. This is not a script read from a pamphlet. It is expertise built over years of visiting these sites with thousands of guests.
Daily pickups from all major hotels in the Hotel Zone
Playa del Carmen, Puerto Morelos, and Tulum
Northern hotel zone coverage
Everything you need to know before booking your Tulum adventure
A full-day Tulum tour from Cancun runs approximately 10 to 11 hours. Pickup from your Cancun hotel is typically between 7:30 and 8:30 AM depending on your hotel location. The drive to Tulum takes approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes. You arrive at the ruins by 10:00 AM or earlier, spend 2 hours on the guided tour, swim in the cenote, and return to Cancun by 6:00 to 7:00 PM.
The main structures at Tulum are protected and no longer open for climbing. However, you can walk freely through the walled city, stand at the cliff edge, descend to the small beach below El Castillo, and explore all the main structures with your guide. If climbing a pyramid is important to you, our Coba, Tulum and Cenote tour includes Coba, where you can still climb the 42-meter Nohoch Mul pyramid.
The Tulum and Cenote from Cancun tour visits a semi-open cenote. The Tulum and Cenote from Riviera Maya tour visits an open cenote. Our Coba, Tulum and Cenote tour includes cenote access at a site near the Coba ruins. Specific cenote names may vary by season -- your guide confirms the cenote on the morning of the tour. All options offer life jackets, lockers, and changing facilities.
The Tulum archaeological site charges mandatory government taxes that are paid at the entrance. These taxes are separate from the tour price for the basic package: 800 MXN per adult, 400 MXN per child aged 3 to 11, and free for infants aged 0 to 2. These taxes are included in our all-inclusive package options.
The Tulum and Cenote from Cancun tour departs from Cancun hotels (Hotel Zone, Centro, Puerto Morelos) and includes free time in Playa del Carmen on the return. It operates Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. The Tulum and Cenote from Riviera Maya tour picks up from Riviera Maya hotels and Tulum area hotels, has a shorter drive, and operates Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. The archaeological site visited is the same -- the difference is departure location, operating days, and the Playa del Carmen stop.
Also visiting Chichen Itza? Chichen Itza Tours — the most visited Maya site in Mexico, departing daily from Cancun.
