- Accommodation:
- Elements Tulum Boutique Hotel
- Transport:
- ADO bus service leaves from Cancun Airport and is the only public transportation available
- There are currently 6 buses a day that go from the Cancun Airport to Tulum, taking around two hours to arrive in the downtown of Tulum
- the company also offers services to the Coba ruins, Bacalar or Playa Del Carmen
- The main bus station for Tulum is in the center of town
- Renting a bike or using one provided by the hotel is a fun way to get around
- Bike rentals are offered in the hotel zone and downtown areas, costing between $5-10 for the day
- If taking a taxi, it’s worth knowing that taxis in Tulum are not metered and instead, charge by the zone
- Small vans, ‘colectivos’, operate on the highways between towns and will stop and pick up and drop off anywhere you want
- The cost can vary between 20-45 pesos
- Things to see:
- Zona Arqueológica de Tulum
- Gran Cenote
- Parque Nacional de Tulum
- Muyil Ruins
- Dos Ojos Cenote
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Cenote Calavera
- Cenote Zacil-Ha
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Laguna de Kaan Luum
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Kaan Luum LagoonTulum Tower
- Tips:
- Take a trip to Parque Dos Ojos to see a complex of underwater caverns, stalactites & stalagmites
- The entrance fee to the Tulum Mayan Ruins is $35-40 pesos per person. Visiting times are 8am-5pm
- If driving to the ruins, it’s a 2 hour drive from Cancun with easy access via Federal Highway 307 from Cancun to Tulum. It’s unofficially the southern end to the Riviera Maya
- You have to park at the shopping center’s car park (an extra $30 pesos fee) when arriving through the main ruins’ entrance
- The 1 km journey between the car park and the site’s entrance can be made either by walking or on a small train, which costs $10 pesos
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