5 photosMayan Eco Discovery
Inside the Sian Ka’an Biosphere, a UNESCO World Heritage Site: the Maya city of Muyil, a boat across Chunyaxché Lagoon and a slow float down a mangrove river.
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- Pickup
- Most hotels in Cancún and Playa del Carmen
- Setting
- Sian Ka’an Biosphere, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Stops
- Muyil ruins · Chunyaxché Lagoon · mangrove float
- Minimum age
- 8 years
Fulfilled by trusted local operators · booked, confirmed and supported by Villa Experience.
About the experience.
The first stop is Muyil, a Maya site whose history reaches back to around 350 BC. From there a motorboat crosses the Chunyaxché Lagoon and follows the canals the Maya cut through the wetlands.
At the mangrove river you step into the water in a life jacket and let the current carry you downstream. The tour finishes by the beach in Tulum, at a relaxed, eco-minded restaurant, before the drive back to your hotel.
What’s included
- Entrance to the Muyil archaeological site
- Professional bilingual guide
- Life jacket
- Light snack
- Bottled water
- Round-trip transportation in an air-conditioned van from most hotels in Cancún and Playa del Carmen
Good to know
- Minimum age 8. Guests must be reasonably fit and able to swim
- Not recommended with limited mobility, pre-existing conditions or injuries, respiratory or heart conditions, or any condition that can cause loss of consciousness
- Bring: swimwear, beach towel, comfortable clothes and shoes, change of clothes, biodegradable sunscreen, repellent, sunglasses, hat and a camera
Request Mayan Eco Discovery
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Answered plainly.
01Is lunch included?
A light snack and bottled water are included. The tour ends at a beachside restaurant in Tulum; whether lunch is part of your date is confirmed with your quote.
02Do we need to swim?
You float down the mangrove river in a life jacket, but guests should be able to swim and be reasonably fit.
03What is Sian Ka’an?
A protected biosphere reserve on the coast south of Tulum, listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, with lagoons, mangroves and Maya sites such as Muyil.
04How do we pay?
Send a request with your date and group. We confirm availability and the price in writing, then send a secure payment link. Nothing is charged on this site.
Plan the rest of the stay.
Tulum & Caverna Adventure
A morning among the ruins of Tulum, the old Maya trading city on the coast, then an underground river through cenote caves by the light of a helmet lamp.
Tulum Ruins Half-Day Tour
Tulum’s temples stand on a cliff above the Caribbean, among the best-preserved of all Mayan ruins. A half-day tour, back in time for the afternoon by the pool.
Cenotes & Paradise Lagoon
Two kinds of clear water in one day: cool cenotes under limestone ceilings, then a lagoon where tropical fish move between the rocks.