Sian Ka'an Adventure from Tulum

The tour is all worth the money! Our guides - Santi & Jenny - were just fabulous! Santi really took care of me being a newbie to snorkeling and not being fully comfortable with swimming. They together with captains were super observant noticing all the wildlife around. Throughout the whole tour they were also highlighting the importance of respect for the nature and were making sure we obey all the rules (e.g. applying sunscreen while before getting into the water). Everything was super on time, the atmosphere was brilliant., lunch was delicious with the most amazing view I hope to come back and redo this tour - only with them!

Carlos was an awesome guide! He knew everything about the area and the animals, very informative and polite. Sian Ka’an is a gorgeous place! The water is bright green, turquoise, light blue- just gorgeous! Snorkeling we saw a nurse shark, sea turtles and a sting ray. The captain was really helpful in seeing those sea life as well. Highly recommend this tour if you’re in the area!

It was indeed an adventure! I’ve been visiting Mexico for the past 9 years and for the first time in a while I felt that connected with the nature. Our tour guide Carlos was unbelievable. The amount of knowledge and detail about the biosphere that he gave us, was beyond my expectations. Sian KA’AN is beautiful! We got to see barracudas, manatees, crocodile, stingrays, lots of dolphins and wonderful birds! It’s absolutely stunning. Arriving at Punta Allen was a lovely experience, felt very off grid! Lunch was tasty! We were given water bottles and lovely breakfast snacks. The highlight for me was definitely the snorkeling part. I’m not a confident swimmer and in fact that was my second ever time in deep waters but I felt safe and I got to see lots of fish and coral reefs. Carlos took a great care of me and I am grateful for this experience! I would return again and again. Can’t wait to be back already. Also, big shoutout to Ursula, the captain and our driver, who were amazing hosts and made us feel so welcome! Thank you!

Karen and Carlos made the trip incredible! Sian Ka’an is truly heaven on earth and having them as guides helped us truly appreciate the wonder and beauty of it all. Mexico Ka’an tours did a fantastic job and we are most grateful! If Karen ever gets her hands on the granola bar recipe she served to us, I really have to have it please!!!

Absolutely amazing day trip. Both Karen and Alex extremely friendly, knowledgeable and passionate guides. The true beauty of Yucatan peninsula. Definitely a highlight of my Mexican hols!

Do: This tour is taking very much care of the ecosystem of the Sian Ka'an National Park. Guides do very much know the places to visit and you can see turtles, dephines, lot of different birds ... Don't: Lunch is okay and the snorkeling could be individualised a bit more, than to snorkel in a group and follow different guides with different ideas does't help to appreciate this underwater world

An excellent rip. Saw turtles, manatees, dolphins and American alligators. We finished off with an excellent lobster/for lunch

We had the pleasure to meet our guide Carlos Fuego Zen, which guided our tour, via Sian Ka'an. The tour, was a great experience to be part of the bioreserve for the day. The tour wasn't congestion with fellow tourists. That day, we were treated to a variety of wildlife in the bioreserve. Everything led to the grand finally, snorkeling The great Mayan reef. The reef was active and alive with sea life. Carlos, was always vigilant in detecting wildlife and keeping the reef clean. Also, keeping us safe.

In advance of the day's activity, it was very easy to communicate with the tour personnel via Viator's email to ensure hotel pickup and vegetarian food options. When we were picked up exactly on time by Karen, we were instantly welcomed to a host that exudes both passion and kindness for all participants and subjects/environments. Her understanding of local history, geology, biology, Mayan theology, and chemistry was on display all day throughout many different environments. Never one to make our group feel rushed, time and again Karen took care to make sure proper time was devoted to each important experience of every area we visited in the vast Sian Ka'an nature preserve. We were lucky to see TWO alligators and a baby dolphin in addition to many lovely birds on our way out to the snorkeling portion of the day. The highlight--of course--was the open sea snorkeling session over a spectacular coral reef. Our boat captain Gaspar accompanied Karen and the rest of us into the water, guiding our swimming and pointing out important features animals. We saw multiple HUGE sting rays, a nurse shark, an enormous sea turtle, endless schools of exotic fish, tiny jellyfish, and endless varities of coral. Karen and Gaspar stressed just how ideal the weather conditions--excellent underwater visibility/little to no current--of our day were by offering to allow us more time snorkeling instead of traveling to a separate location. Their excitement was utterly palpable, and of course the group agreed to snorkel longer. It truly needs to be seen to be believed. Not lost in this was Karen's warning of how fragile this ecosystem has become--less than 1% of Mexico's coral reefs remain alive--and how short a period of time others may have to experience it for themselves. Again, I truly cannot overstate how fantastic a tour this is because of not only the location/flora/fauna, but particularly because of the people involved in making it happen. Karen and Gaspar get my highest recommendation, and I wish anyone that takes this tour could end up in their care. Thank you for an unforgettable experience!

I was pretty impressed with how punctual the pick-up from my hotel was, and Karen/Marie welcomed me into the van with open arms - as they did with the following couple and I'm sure with everyone before me. Although the boat ride was bumpy, it was oddly serene due to the blues of the water and saw every animal promised we would see - YAY! We even got to go snorkeling due to how great the weather was. We were a group of 12, split into two boats; both Marie and Karen were fantastic and knowledgeable of the biosphere's inhabitants. The whole tour was ~7-8hrs -- it was a great day! *A plus was the homemade granola bars they provided -- SO GOOOOOOOD! They also had nuts and fruits. If you need to borrow a water bottle, they have for you.