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5-Hour Temazcal & Cenote Tour From Cancun
  • Tour Category

    Group Tour

  • Tour Types

    Nature, Culture, Eco Tourism

  • Duration

    5 Hours

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

    English

Description

Learn about Temazcal, an ancient Mayan technique for the purification of the body to look after diseases and improve health. People who did it felt like they have been reborn. Cool off in a cenote at the end of the tour.

Highlights
  • Learn about the Mayan technique, Temazcal
  • Cool off and relax in a cenote
  • Relish gourmet fruits & tea 
  • Temazcal & Cenote Tour expand_more
    • 3:00 PM Meet your tour guide in Cancun (4:00 PM in Playa del Carmen / 04:30 PM in Tulum).

    • 5:00 PM Begin the tour inside a Mayan house, where the guide will explain how the Mayas live, a presentation of the house will be made (the roof of a palm tree, the hammock, the stove, the use of furniture of the kitchen as molcajete, a manual mill of corns, clothes, etc.). 

    • Learn how to make tortillas, as the former Mayas made them; you can also eat the tortillas.

    • 5:25 PM Visit the circle of sea snails, where you will learn to blow in sea snails to ask permission from Mother Nature for entrance to the Temazcal.

    • 5:45 PM Move to the altar where the Chaman of the Mayan community will welcome you, by offering you the balche (Mayan drink which helps open pores, made by the bark of trees, honey, water, of Zacate and lemon). At this moment you will be taught some Mayan words to use inside Temazcal.

    • 06:00 PM Head to the circle of fire but at first, the Chaman will make purification with some medicinal herbs. Inside the circle of fire, you will touch the sea snails and you will ask for permission to the 4 cardinal points to enter the temazcal.

    • 06:40 – 7:20 PM Enter one by one the temazcal to begin the sauna; the Shaman will sing and pray in order to cleanse the body and soul.

    • 7:20 PM Head towards a cenote to cool down and enjoy the amazing crystal clear waters. 

    • 7:45 PM Eat a light dinner with gourmet fruits, tea and water.

    • 08:00 PM Head back to your hotel.

What's Included
  • Land transportation in AC van

  • Beverages (water and juice)

  • Snacks (peanuts and cereal bars)

  • Entrance fees (temazcal & cenote)

  • Snorkel equipment

  • Light dinner with fruits, tea and water

  • English-speaking Mexico tour guide

What's Excluded
  • Alcoholic beverages

  • Personal expenses

  • Tips

What to bring
  • Comfortable shoes

  • Bio-degradable sunscreen

  • Insect repellent

  • Swimsuit

  • Towel

  • Change of clothes

  • Sandals

  • Hat

  • Sunglasses

  • Extra money

Meeting Point

Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
The group size and price
1 To 2USD 590 Per Group
3 To 4USD 690 Per Group
5 To 6USD 790 Per Group
7 To 8USD 890 Per Group
9 To 10USD 990 Per Group

This is a group tour

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USD 590 / group