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Cozumel Jeep Tour from Cancun and Riviera Maya

Playa del Carmen, Mexico

11 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Rumble through Cozumel in an all-terrain jeep during this 11-hour adventure from Cancun and the Riviera Maya. From your seat in the comfortable vehicle, get scenic views of the Mexican Caribbean from the southern part of the island. Visit the Punta Sur Ecological Reserve, see one of the island's original lighthouses and go snorkeling on the barrier reefs. Traditional Mexican lunch, tequila tasting, use of snorkeling equipment and round-trip transportation from Cancun/Riviera Maya are included.

11-hour day trip to Cozumel from Riviera Maya/Cancun
Explore the island by 4WD Jeep
Visit Punta Sur, Colombia Lagoon, ad the Faro de Celarain
Traditional Mexican lunch and tequila tasting
Go snorkeling on Cozumel's barrier reef
Round-trip transportation via tour vehicle, ferry, and jeep from Cancun or Riviera Maya

What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Professional guide
Snorkeling equipment
Beverages (water, soda, and beer)
Standard Jeep (4 persons)
Lunch

Optional activities
Marine park tax (US $25 per person)

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

07:00 AM

Pickup details

Pick ups starts at 7am, depending your hotel location this time may change, we will contact your by email to provide you exact pick up time and location. We do pick up from major hotels in Cancun and Riviera Maya, if your hotel is not on our route we will set the closest pick up point.

What To Expect

After pickup from your Rivera Maya or Cancun hotel, travel to the ferry port to catch a boat bound for Cozumel. Enjoy the aquamarine water and views of the Mexican Caribbean during the ferry ride.

Upon arrival on Cozumel, climb into a 4WD jeep and take off for your island tour. Stop at an original Mayan building, called the 'seashell tomb', then continue to Colombia Lagoon, home to over fifty types of native bird species and what the locals call 'yellow crocodiles'.

At Punta Sur, see the 'Faro de Celarain', Cozumel's original lighthouse. Don the provided snorkel equipment and wade in off the picturesque beach to explore the coastal barrier reefs, teeming with different varieties of coral and schools of fish.

Head to the 'other side' of the island, less-visited and less-crowded, to have lunch at a family-owned restaurant. Dine on fajitas and local hospitality, then embark on a city tour to see how the locals live. Finish your day with a tequila tasting, then head back to Cancun/Riviera Maya for drop-off the way you came.

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Driving license is mandatory for those driving the Jeep
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Wheelchair accessible
Minimum age to drive is 18 years

Stroller accessible
Infants must sit on laps
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Reviews

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Very dissapointed

PattiGeorge_G, Oct 2022

We were looking for a tour of Cozumel where we would see as much of the island as possible. The description of this trip seemed to have everything we were looking for despite the fact that 2 of the 4 reviews had negative remarks. First of all, I should mention a positive - the guides who met us at the ferry landing in PDC and in Cozumel when we were leaving to go back were excellent. They paid so much attention to all of us coming and going and we felt very safe in their hands. Now, for the not so good. Viator should mention on the overview that you have to pay extra for the ferry from PDC so that you know it up front. But that was the least of our issues with this tour company. As soon as we got to the meeting area we were taken to the car we were supposed to drive. It was a very old, rundown, rusty Jeep Renegade, not the bright, shiny Jeep Wrangler that was in all the pictures on the website. We told our guide, Reyes, that this was not acceptable, nor was it representative of the car pictured. He made a call to someone who authorized him to give us a nicer, newer, although not great, 4 door Jeep Wrangler. The overview makes it sound like you will have your own Jeep with a tour guide riding with you to tell you about the island and its people and culture as you drive. What we found out was that we were going to have another passenger ride with us. He was a very nice young man who was upset because he also thought he would have his own Jeep as well. We all decided to make it work, think positive, and off we went with our guide, Reyes, driving in his own car with us and another family following in our cars. First stop was Chankanaab Adventure Beach Park. When we got there the skies were looking like rain. We walked to the snorkel booth, got our equipment and walked to the edge of the bay where we were going to swim. As we were entering the water there was a huge crack of lightening right over our heads and the downpour began. Reyes asked us if we still wanted to snorkel and since we were aleady wet from the rain, everyone agreed to give it a try. We went into the water, but it was very rough and my husband and I got out almost immediately. Of course, the weather was no fault of the tour, but we felt that going into the water with lightening and thunder all around us was not a safe thing to do. We dried off as much as possible and waited under the palapa until lunch was ready. It was a nice buffet of chicken and carne asada tacos, rice, beans, soft drinks, beer and water. As soon as we were done with lunch the clouds parted and it was beautiful, but unfortunately it was time to leave for our next stop so we never did get to snorkel there. Next stop was Del Cielo, an incredibly beautiful beach with the whitest, softest sand! We relaxed and enjoyed the warm Caribbean ocean for about an hour. Our guide Reyes was nearby but didn't really interact with us much at all. The third stop was at the lighthouse at Punta Sur. There we did some tequila tasting and saw 'Faro de Celarain', Cozumel's original lighthouse. At that stop, the family in the other car noticed that one of their tires was going flat. Reyes called someone to ask for another car to meet us, then offered to have the family drive his car and he drove theirs until the replacement car met us along the route. At that point we also learned that our car had no break lights in the rear! We drove along the coast until we made it back, in the pouring rain again, and windshield wipers barely working. to our original meeting place, just in time to board the ferry back to PDC. There was no time to spend in the area near the ferry to do any shopping. It was nice to see so much of Cozumel, and Reyes was a nice man, but our expectations for the tour, based on the description on the Viator website and on the Wisest Tours website was definitely not what we had anticipated or paid for. Reyes never talked to us about the culture or the people, which is something we love to learn about when we travel. We did not "embark on a city tour to see how the locals live" as stated in the overview of the tour. Nor did we "stop at an original Mayan building, called the 'seashell tomb', then continue to Colombia Lagoon, home to over fifty types of native bird species and what the locals call 'yellow crocodiles'." Reyes did try to find a crocolile that hung out near Punta Sur but we never saw it. Again, not his fault and not a big deal. Our BIGGEST issue was the obviously poor maintanence of the vehicles, especially since we, as tourists, were the ones driving in a foreign country on unfamiliar roads. We feel that the most important responsibility of a tour company is the safety and well-being of the tourists in its care. For the money we spent, we did not feel that we got what we paid for from beginning to end. Viator needs to vet their tours better to make sure what they are describing is actually true and up to date, and Wisest Tours needs to do a better job of supplying safe, well-maintained vehicles that are representative of the pictures on their website. We have used Viator in the past to book tours in San Francisco, Boston and Washington, DC that were great so that is why we felt we could trust them for one of our Mexico tours, but going forward we will be looking for other companies when we book tours. (And please don't blame any of this on COVID!!!) And by the way, just so you know we aren't So that is why we suggest that if you're looking for a tour of Cozumel, look for a different one.

Response from Host, Oct 2022

Hello Patti, We deeply appreciate your feedback. We will take action on these notes along with our tour staff to offer a great experience to our customers. We are happy to offer you a discount on any service for your future vacations to México or Punta Cana. Please write us to info@wisest.travel We remain at your service!

Family trip

MAXA_O, Jul 2022

Second time on this excursion and it was fun, informative and the snorkeling was stunning. Our guide, Maui, is the best!

Not what we expected

Ty_L, Dec 2021

First let me say our tour guide Maui was great and informative! Now let’s say some other things were not great! We booked this Jeep tour online for 5 adults, full price, no discounts. When we arrived at the ferry in Playa we were notified we needed to pay an additional 60.00 USD (I assume for the ferry tickets but we thought everything was included in our booking)., Okay, I quickly forgave that. Next we arrived at the place in Cozumel and discovered we were not getting Jeeps, but instead worn out looking modified open door cars and to top that off they put all five of us in one of those cars, which included my seventy year old parents, one of which has had hip surgery and had an extremely hard time getting in the low vehicle with a really high raised modified door plate. (Website said it was max 4 people per Jeep). Really upset we drove to our first stop and and I informed our tour guide to tell his company that we were not leaving that stop until we received another car that my parents could get in and out of. On a positive note they did bring us a Jeep which was great (but not 2, we still had to cram five adults into one Jeep) This did make the tour better but definitely not good! Lastly the only thing that made this tour enjoyable was our guide Maui but other than that, I would find something else for your precious vacation day!

Cozumel Jeep Tour

suzanne_s, Oct 2021

This excursion was a lot of fun. Our guides were a lot awesome and we pretty much got to see the whole island. We had a great time, would definitely recommend it!

The staff for this tour were great...

Sonji T, Mar 2017

The staff for this tour were great! Wonderful people. Very knowledgeable.. Only complaint was condition of one of the jeeps was very old. The other one was new so that was good. Also there was a misunderstanding that lunch was actually around 2:30pm instead of 12 to 1, so we had to buy snacks to hold us over until the lunch. Snorkeling was good. Glad they provide life jackets. We did not have fins however.. recommend fins for rough current. Otherwise, very good staff.. just need to update some equipment.