Cancun Cenote Tour: Snorkeling, Rappelling and Ziplining

Highlights

Cenote and jungle tour with pickup and drop-off in Cancun
Experience a traditional purification ceremony
Rappel to an underground pool; zipline from the forest canopy to the water
Try homemade Maya cuisine at a lunch buffet

Summary

Meet a driver at your hotel in Cancun, then travel to the Maya community of Rancho San Felipe to start the day with a traditional purification ceremony led by a local shaman. Next, head into the jungle to find the Sac Actun cenote system, where you’ll don snorkeling gear for a swim through the cavern of Nohoch Nah Chich, with stalactites and stalagmites above and below the water. Go even farther into the forest on a 4WD Mercedes-Benz Unimog, then rappel 40 feet (12 meters) into Yaxmuul, another underground pool. Get up into the treetops on a series of three ziplines for a swooping descent from the forest canopy back into the water. Following your time in the jungle, discover the flavors of Maya cuisine at a lunch buffet, then finish the day with return transfer to your original departure point.

Tour info

Duration

7 hours

Why take this tour?

Go deep into the Yucatan jungle for a full-day adventure that combines cenote swimming, snorkeling, 4-wheeling, and ziplining, with a Maya lunch and shaman-led purification ceremony. Since the day—which includes return transportation from Cancun—blends adventure and culture, you’ll get a taste of Maya traditions while exploring pools and caves that are part of the world’s longest underground river system.