We booked a tour to Tulum from a smaller vendor. They picked us up in a van with about 4 other groups of people. The drive time was almost two hours from our resort. This tour included a snorkel with turtles and a Cenote.
The Mayan ruins consisted of a walled city that was heavily guarded by Mexican police. Narrow doorways led to the inside of the complex:
I apologize for any arms that may have gotten into these photos. I took them with my iPhone because the tour guide warned us that they would not allow professional cameras into the facility. What he didn’t explain was that you can put your camera in your backpack and they didn’t search anyone. I was quite disappointed when I got inside and saw many people with their Canons taking pictures, while my EOS 6D sat in the van outside the facility…
When we returned to the resort, we looked it up and there’s a tax that they charge for professional cameras, and it’s a pittance. So, keep that in mind.
A professional tour guide took us around to several facilities, then we were let loose for about fifteen to twenty minutes. The missus and I ran around and took pictures as quickly as we could.
The Cenote
The Cenote on this tour was inside a cave. They drove the van onto a technical road for at least an hour deep into the jungle. Ah, that was a fun ride. Then we had lunch and did the Cenote:
We did not go into the water, but our group went into a cave that goes into an underground reservoir, then they came back out.