1/ pick your base
We opted for a hotel in the middle between Tulum Playa Del Carmen in Xpu Ha.
Keeping in mind all of the activities we wanted to do like
swimming with turtles, visiting Tulum pueblo & Tulum beach road, Coba, Isla
Mujeres, Tulum ruins, Cenotes, Isla
Contoy etc. We wanted a central location. Most of our to do activities were
closer to Tulum and therefore we opted for a hotel closer to Tulum.
2/ Why choose an all-in hotel.
Vacation is all about relaxation for us. We wanted a
carefree holiday and therefore we opted for an all-in hotel so that we didn’t
have to worry about food, drinks etc.
You can still skip dinner when going on a little excursion, but it’s
nice to have the option of having everything you need right at your hotel.
3/ transfers, taxi’s, communales, what did we use to go
about ?
When you book with a travel agency like Jetair, Neckermann,
Thomas Cook, etc you should know that
they send over a hostess to your hotel to try to sell excursions. Some of the
activities we payed for were absolutely amazing and other we regret buying. So
here’s what I’ve learned.
The excursions you can easily do on your own:
-
Tulum, the ruins. Even if you take the most
expensive transportation, which is a taxi to the ruins, it still didn’t come
close to what we paid for in the package deal. It did come with a guide yes,
but we just wanted to explore the ruins on our own, walk around a bit and just
take In the beauty. You pay a small fee to enter the Tulum Ruins.
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Visiting the cenotes. I you’re like me and you
want the best Instagram pictures than don’t book through your travel agency. The
best time to visit the cenotes is bright and early before the big groups
arrive. We got up at around 6 went to breakfast and left for the cenotes at
around 7:30. We were the first ones to arrive and we got the cenote all to
ourselves. It was magical!!! You pay a small fee at the entrance.
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Visiting Tulum Pueblo & Tulum beach. You can
perfectly combine these 2 in 1 day. You should start the day with breakfast in
1 of the cute little bars on the main road in Tulum Pueblo . Walking from 1 cute
shop to another is easy and if you do it before noon, you avoid the heat!
Have lunch in the famous Posada Margharita and do the hotel hopping tour by
following the coastline (it’s way too hot to walk on the main beach road because there’s no wind) . You can only take
a taxi to the beach hotels in Tulum.
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Isla Mujeres.
Take a ferry from Cancun harbour to Isla Mujeres. It’s super easy and
you can’t miss. We regretted buying this excursion with our travel agent, because
we paid so much more for the crossing and it was oh so simpel! Isla Mujeres is
a lively island with many shops, bars & restaurants. Perfect daytrip
excursion!
Excursions we didn’t regret buying through our travel agent:
- Isla Contoy: Remember this is an island where no one lives so : no shops, no food, no drinks. The captain from our boat who took us there (30 min speedboat ride from cancun) prepared the most delicious bbq lunch and we had the advantage of cold drinks which we could grab from the boat. Which was much appreciated in those melting temperatures with no wind.
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Swimming with turtles. We were on a carefree
holiday. We didn’t want to bring any snorkeling equipment nor did we fancy
arranging a boat & captain etc. We got to be carefree on this excursion
because every piece of snorkeling gear was provided for including a lunch at
Tulum beach &drinks! Just bliss.
-
Spotting monkeys in the jungle. Some excursions
feature multiple atcivities in 1 day. We opted for the one where we visited a
cenote (which wasn’t the best one), coba & monkey/jungle visit all in 1 day. So 3 of our tot do activities all
gathered in 1 day. This was 1 of those no brainer excursion. Just get on that air-conditioned
bus and enjoy the ride.
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