Go Visit Cancun · Cancun
A driver and a guide pick you up at your Cancun hotel, take you to Coba first for about two hours, then to Tulum by the sea, with a buffet lunch and a cooler of drinks in the van. It's for people staying in Cancun who want both sites at their own pace.
Go Visit Cancun runs this as a private day for your group, up to 12 people, with a driver and a separate guide. Coba comes first, after about two hours on the road, which matters: you reach the jungle site before the afternoon heat and well before the stairs of Nohoch Mul close at 15:30. The listing gives about two hours at Coba and two at Tulum, and a July 2026 guest describes a guide who offered the climb and took the photos.
The operator's own page lists entry to Coba and Tulum, a buffet lunch, a bilingual guide and an on-board cooler with beers, sodas and water. What it leaves out is the bike or tricycle taxi inside Coba, so carry about 60 to 80 MXN per bike or 150 to 180 MXN for a tricycle for two. Video cameras at the sites carry a federal charge.
The from-price of $348 per person is for two people; it drops as the group grows. For a couple that's real money next to the $59 group day with the cave cenote, but you skip the 5 a.m. meeting points, the transfers and the fixed slots. Families spanning three generations have done it at their own pace, which is the point.
Ask for an early time when you book: guests who left late hit traffic and the midday heat.
The guide covers Maya history on the way; one 2026 guest's guide brought visual aids.
Walk, bike or take a tricycle taxi (paid locally) to the ball courts and Nohoch Mul, and climb if you like.
At a restaurant in Coba village.
The clifftop city and its views of the Caribbean, with a beach swim if the sea is clear of sargassum.
Drive back to your hotel with the cooler.
★★★★★He offered us to climb Nohoch Mul, one of the only preserved ruins that vistors can access. We did so enthusiastically and he offered to record our photos for posterity. [...] We stopped for a buffet lunch at a wonderful restaurant in Coba.
★★★★★Coba was much more active (choice to bike through the site and climb) and Tulum was beautiful. Super convenient and comfortable to be picked up from our hotel and the van was well stocked with snacks. Guide and driver were both very friendly, knowledgeable and patient with the pace of my family that spanned the ages of 10-75.
★★★★★Only drawback was that I did not know that I could have requested an earlier pick up time. We got a bit of a late start which meant more traffic and mid day heat.
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Yes. The operator lists entry to Coba and Tulum in the price, along with lunch and the drinks cooler. Bikes or tricycle taxis inside Coba are extra. See our bike or tricycle guide.
From $348 per person for two people, falling per head as the group grows (up to 12).
Yes. Coba comes first, so you arrive well before the 15:30 cut-off, and guests in 2026 climbed with their guide.
9 to 11 hours, depending on your hotel, traffic and how long you stay at each site.
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A private guide and van from your Cancun hotel to Coba and Tulum, with lunch and a cooler of drinks.
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