Activities in The Riviera Maya

A wide array of options

Playa del Carmen has everything: it is a city with a Mexican-Caribbean flair, and at the same time has all the imaginable ambiances. You will notice it in the many delicioius cuisines that you will find, Mexican, Maya, Italian, Argentinean, Chinese, Thai…

And in the entire Riviera Maya you will find archaeology, nature, water activities and much more. We have tours to:

The majestic archaeological sites, such as Tulum, Cobá and Muyil, in the Riviera Maya, as well as Chichen Itza ―one of the new seven wonders of the modern world―, Uxmal and Ek Balam, in the neighbor state of Yucatán. There are one-day excursions that takes you to each site.

Our famous Riviera beaches, like Mamitas as well as our beach club

Sport fishing, scuba diving and snorkel

Swimming with dolphins. There are dolphinariums in Cancun, Isla Mujeres, Xcaret, Puerto Aventuras and Cozumel

Visit the biosphere reserve of Sian Ka'an

The islands Holbox, Isla Mujeres, Contoy and Cozumel

The famous themed eco-parks of the Mexican Caribbean: Xcaret, Xel-Há, and Xplor

The Route of the Cenotes (natural wells) and the underground natural parks, like Río Secreto (secret river), Kantunchi and Aktunchen

The Golf Circuit of Mexican Caribbean, with more than 12 magnificent world-class courses created by famous architects and designers

Extreme sports, as rappel and zip-line

Exciting tours in the jungle and the beach, horseback or on ATB’s

Shopping tours to eclectic Playa del Carmen or cosmopolitan Cancún

And many other attractions.

Ask for our special packages and recommendations

Front Desk can give you all the info about the tours available. To meet the Maya Culture, still alive in this area, will be a great experience. You will also enjoy the natural richness of the “cenotes” (sinkholes) and caverns, and bath in our crystalline waters.

Special Note: Maya Inn Holbox

During your visit to Playa del Carmen, we invite you to stay at our Maya Inn Playa Holbox, located in island where time doesn’t go by. You will breathe fresh air while you are in contact with nature. Obtain your special discount “Maya Inn Friends”. The Maya Inn Holbox Hotel is your departing point to explore this enchanted island, to meet and swim with the whale shark, the world’s biggest fish, and to catch the best fish samples of your life, as you are in the fishermen’s paradise!

Tulum.

Its name means in Maya “wall”, is the only walled Mayan city and it is built in the top of a cliff facing the incredible turquoise sea of the Mexican Caribbean. This site is the icon of the Maya culture in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Its beach possesses incredible soft, White sand. At Cobá is located the Nohoch-Mul, the highest pyramid on all the Yucatán Peninsula.

Chichen Itza

Means in Maya "mouth of the well of the itzáes", where itzá is a kind of priest. It was one of the great Maya ceremonial centers. Here is the famous Kukulcán Pyramid, also known as The Castle (where it’s seen ―during the spring and autumn equinoxes― a wonderful light and shadow effect: the Kukulcán descent), the Astronomical Observatory, the Temple of the Thousand Columns, the Pok Ta Pok or ball game and the Sacred Cenote.

EK Balam

Means in Maya "jaguar star" and is important due to the magnitude of the buildings and the large number of structures in the surroundings. It has some peculiar, as its four "sac-bés" or white roads, departing toward the four cardinal points. It features in the Center a structure of over 30 m height, known as The Tower, from which you can view the entire site.