Peninsula Yucatán

About this trip

Mexico’s Peninsula Yucatán has everything you would want to wish for: Beautiful beaches, sublime ancient ruins offering insight into the fascinating Mayan culture, also rugged landscapes, and charming small towns featuring pastel hues on their Spanish colonial facades.

Join our small and intimate tour and explore with us Yucatán’s colours and tastes, its culture, its past and present and its stunningly beautiful landscapes and nature.

    • 16 - 25 November 2024 (closes on 15 October)

    • 14 - 23 December 2024 (closes on 12 November)

      Dates for 2015 will be available in short.

    • 2 travellers minimum, 5 maximum

    • 1 host accompanying you

    • EUR 3.550 regular price

    • EUR 3.450 for newsletter subscribers

  • This tour starts in Cancun, Mexico.

Learn about our services

    • A host accompanying you and local guides

    • Boutique style accommodation exuding local charm

    • All activities listed in your itinerary for this trip

    • Breakfasts, lunches, dinners, drinks were noted in our complete itinerary

    • A guide on Yucatán and the places we visit with personal tips, which you can rely on in your free time

    • Flights to and from Cancún

    • Mandatory travel insurance

    • Alcohol except when it is noted

    • Incidental costs and expenses in your free time

    • Tips that you would like to leave for guides

Our itinerary

  • Bienvenidos a Mexico! Welcome to Mexico!

    Your Mexican adventure starts today, as you arrive in Cancún, the city of snake pots. You will be met at the airport, or your point of arrival, by your host.* Once everyone has arrived, we set off on a quick speed boat trip to nearby and beautiful Isla Mujeres, where we will spend 2 nights, enjoying life on a Mexican island. After arriving on the island, we will check into our accommodation. Take your time to settle in and decompress a bit.

    In the evening, we will gather again for a welcome drink and our first dinner together. Get to know your fellow travellers, and let’s have a toast It’s lovely you’re here!

    *Please remember to book your flight or arrival separately. If your connections allow, please arrive before 2 pm, and please let us know your arrival and departure dates after your booking, so that we can schedule the pick-up for you.

    Included: Ticket, welcome drink, dinner

  • Isla Mujeres:

    After having enjoyed breakfast, we take it slow today and make use of this isla’s white sandy beaches. Relax, take dips in the sea - and don’t forget to bring your sun screen and a book!

    We’ll take a beach break to have some lunch and have some free time.

    In the evening, we will gather for dinner on the island.

    Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

  • Isla Mujeres > Mérida

    In the morning, we leave the island after having had breakfast and head into the centre of the Peninsula. By ferry and minivan, we arrive later in the afternoon in Mérida, the white city, a cultural and gastronomical hotspot on the Peninsula Yucatán.

    After we have checked into our hotel, you’ll have some time to relax and enjoy the amenities of your accommodation. We will then have lunch and start exploring the Mérida on foot and get familiarised with this beautiful city with its broad central plazas and beautiful cathedrals, its streets featuring sherbet pink, mint green, and vibrant peach facades. Walking around the tree-lined boulevard Paseo de Montejo for instance, you’ll notice some rather impressive buildings and mansions built in the late 19th century when the city was experiencing a large boom thanks to the production of henequen, a strong yellowish or reddish hard fiber obtained from the leaves of the agave plant. We will stop for lunch and rest our feet a bit, before you’ll have some for yourself to spend. We will provide you with our guide on what to see, to eat and drink and do in case you wish to wander alone, so you’ll never feel lost.

    In the evening, we will gather again and leave for dinner and indulge in the exquisite fragrances of the traditional and fragrant Yucatecan cuisine.

    Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

  • Uxmal - Chichén Itzá - Izamal

    This morning, we leave early for a full day of exploring the sublime Mayan aerchaelogical sites and pyramides of UNESCO-listed Uxmal, Chichén Itzá, the new wonder of the world, and Ek Balam, deep in the lush green jungle. Take some time to take these incredible masterpieces in, as we learn about the craftsmanship and wonders of Mayan culture.

    We stop in the yellow city Izamal for lunch, before returning to Mérida.

    After returning, this evening is all yours. You can rely on our guide, where we have gathered our insider tips with lots of recommendations, so you feel never lost when you wander alone.

    Included: Breakfast, lunch, tickets

  • Mérida

    After enjoying a healthy breakfast, you’ll have time for yourself. Enjoy the amenities of the hotel or go for an early wander around one of the city’s stunning museums, all providing an insight into Mérida’s storied past and spotlight the rich artistic epicenter it is today, sit in a café or do some lovely shopping. You can rely on our guide, where we have gathered our insider tips with lots of recommendations, so you feel never lost when you wander alone.

    Around late lunch time, we are joining a local guide for a culinary tour in Mérida for authentic local bites, where we will about the region‘s flavorful cuisine. In the evening, we can reminisce over the passed day and the fine Mayan culture over a feast of Mexican flavours and tastes.

    Included: Breakfast, lunch on tour, dinner

  • Mérida > Yaxunah day trip

    After breakfast, we are leaving for the Mayan village of Yaxunah, where we will learn how to to make Tacos from Mayans in their traditional way, using our hands and traditional ovens.

    After returning to Mérida, enjoy some free time, before we meet for dinner, and a drink in one of Mérida’s cantina. Be prepared for a lively local night!

    Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner, drink

  • Mérida > Tulum

    This morning, we will leave Mérida and head towards the East coast of the Peninsula to the rather famous Tulum, a quaint beachfront town, where we will be staying for three nights.

    Once we have arrived, settle in to your new accommodation and join us to the beach!

    In the evening, we will enjoy dinner together.

    Included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

  • Tulum

    Today, we’ll have an early start and an exciting day ahead of us of exploring Tulum on a (electric) bike with a local guide. Don’t forget to bring your bathing suit and some sun protection – we will find a cenote on the way to cool-off. On bike, we will arrive early at the magnificent ancient Mayan temples overlooking the beach and sea. In between, we will enjoy some of the best tacos and drive to the local heart of the village, and visit a local bee farm, that works at re-integrating the bee harvesting into the region. At the end of this insightful and fun tour, we will dip into a cenote on the way to cool-off.

    Upon our return, this afternoon and evening is yours to spend. Enjoy some time wandering the village and its many lovely and quaint cafés, and shops, or enjoy the powdery white beach that Tulum has to offer. You can rely on our guide, in which we have gathered our many personal tips on where to eat, drink and shop, so you are not lost and can enjoy the best of Tulum.

    Included: Breakfast, tour and tickets, lunch

  • Tulum - Yal-Kú

    After having enjoyed our breakfast, we leave for Yal-Kú, a freshwater lagoon and cenote. Here, we enjoy some paradise-like scenery of this ecological park, swim and snorkel in the lagoon or nearby cenote and enjoy some peace and quiet in midst of this stunningly beautiful and seemingly untouched lagoon.

    We will have dinner in the evening, our last dinner together on this trip, and for that, we have chosen a very special place, that is well-known for its modern interpretation of the Mexican cuisine. Let’s toast to a wonderful trip together!

    Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner, drink

  • Tulum > airport

    Today is departure day, the day of goodbyes sadly. If you leave later, enjoy the amenities of the hotel or go for a last taco in town. Our tour ends here, but your host will be here for you until your departure and organise a drive to the airport for you.

    We hope you leave inspired by the spirit of Mexico’s legacy and culture experienced over these past days, and return home feeling invigorated by the beauty of Mexico’s culture and people you’ve met. Thank you for coming on tour with us, it was a pleasure to have you on tour!

    Included: Breakfast, transfer to airport

Chichén Itzá

Chichén Itzá, At the brim of the well where the Wise Men of the Water Live in Mayan language, is one of the New 7 Wonders of The World and UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one of the most visited archaeological sites for its large concentration of culturally significant and ancient manmade wonders.

The core of the Chichén Itzá site covers an area of around 5 square kilometers with smaller-scale residential architecture extending for a considerable distance beyond that, while the tallest structure, the ancient pyramid El Castillo, also known as The Pyramid of Kukulkan is the most famous site. Historical records suggest that the city was in its early phases of development around 600-750 A.D by Maya for Mayan people from all areas of the Peninsula, mostly for its proximity to the the Xtoloc cenote, an underground source of fresh water.

Chichén Itzá is truly an astonishing masterpiece, as are all Mayan archeological sites, that speak for the fine and artful Mayan culture,
still being admired by many of us today.

Photography: Alex Azabache

Contact

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drop me a message at tovatraveltours@gmail.com.

  • FOUNDER, BOOKINGS & HOST

    Hi, I’m Katharina and I’m the founder of tova travel tours.

    Here, I accompany your booking process, and I am also the tour host for our Mexico trip!

    If you have any questions, please reach out to me. I'll be contacting you as quickly as possible.