10 Valladolid Tours Worth Booking

1.Valladolid Mayan Bees Tour with Lunch or breakfast and Honey Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 193 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) Our pick

Walk into a dry cenote to see Mayan stingless bees in the wild, then taste honey and enjoy breakfast or lunch at Xkopek in Valladolid.

“We loved this experience! Our guide was so knowledgeable and spoke excellent English. We learned about the different kinds of native bees and observed several different hives. We sampled 9 different bee products and then enjoyed a delicious lunch. We would highly recommend this to all visitors to Valladolid!”

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2.Rio Lagartos guided boat tour- Ek Balam from Valladolid

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 151 reviews · 10 hours (approx.) · from $198

Small-group Río Lagartos boat tour for flamingos and crocodiles, plus Ek Balam Maya ruins from Valladolid, with lunch and hotel pickup.

“Wow! Rio Lagartos was a fantastic trip! We saw a crocodile, flamingos, and varied birds. We experienced a mud bath and saw the pink lakes. We enjoyed time swimming in the Rio Lagartos. And lunch was amazing…..so delicious. Ek Balam was great to see with a tour guide who gave us educational experience. Highly recommend this tour.”

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3.Chichen Itza + 2 Cenotes with Shared Transportation

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 109 reviews · 8 hours · from $68

Small-group shared day trip from Valladolid to Chichén Itzá plus 2 cenotes, early entry, swimming, and convenient transport for $68.

“Micaias was very kind and knowledgeable about Mayan culture and history. The last cenote of the tour is a thing of beauty, different from the usual tourists’ places.”

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4.Full Day Tour Chichen Itza plus Cenotes From Valladolid

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 107 reviews · 6 to 7 hours (approx.) · from $88

Chichén Itzá plus cenotes from Valladolid, with lunch and a guided visit. Great value if you plan for timing, crowds, and extra swim fees.

“Clear communication that the start of the trip would be at 9 a.m, but the driver came to the pick-up spot at 9.30. Overall poor communication from the company. The trip should’ve included an English speaking person, but our driver didn’t speak English at all. Great person though. Pretty odd that no water was included either. Chichen Itza guide was very good and the Cenotes visited were very nice. When looking at the price vs competition, still very much worth it.”

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5.Shared Mezcal Tasting Experience in Valladolid Mexico

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 97 reviews · 45 minutes (approx.) · from $40

Shared mezcal tasting in Valladolid: 5 Oaxaca and Nayarit mezcals plus a signature cocktail, about 45 min at Xoul Art & Mezcal

“Very disappointed in this experience unfortunately. All of the reviews were great! But maybe we didn’t have a great “guide”. Basically we were served a plate of five tastings each and given a booklet with information about each of the mezcals available. There wasn’t any personal explanation or serving of each drink. Definitely not a guided experience. It would have been really nice to have each of the tastings labeled so at least I knew which page to read about as I sipped. (We were of course told the names of each five when served but forgot as we drank and chatted). The process was not interactive, there was no…”

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6.Chichen Itza skip the line – Cenote – Izamal from Valladolid

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 97 reviews · 11 hours (approx.) · from $189

Small-group day trip from Valladolid to Chichen Itza early, swim at Cenote Yokdzonot, and explore Izamal’s yellow convent town with lunch included.

“A fantastic guided tour. While I’m usually a budget traveler using Mexico’s bus system , what makes this worth it is the context guide and significance explanation. His history and heritage knowledge is unparalleled. Worth every penny!”

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7.All-inclusive Cenotes tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 93 reviews · 7 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $82

A small-group cenotes day from Valladolid with Nool Ha, Suytun, and Hacienda Chukum, plus lunch, lockers, and swim gear included.

“Probably our favorite tour yet!! We've been vacationing in Yucatán for a couple weeks and this tour was the best! Miriam is fantastic, a wonderful safe driver and a great tour guide. Her tours never feel rushed and she gave us plenty of time at each cenote for swimming and/or relaxing. We initially thought about just exploring cenotes on our own but are so glad that we did the tour instead-- you get to travel in an open-air old-timey car, have access to all of the cenotes plus lockers already handled, plus a delicious meal at the last cenote. I recommend taking advantage of the ziplines and jumping rocks/decks!! All…”

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8.Tour to Chichen Itza & 2 Cenotes

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 92 reviews · 8 hours · from $69

Small-group day trip from Valladolid to Chichén Itzá plus 2 cenotes, early arrival for fewer crowds, and good food included with one cenote.

“Gustavo was very informative and spoke good English. He asked us what we would like to do and organized our guide for Chichen Itza. Martin Lugo was our guide there and he was incredible. He knew some much about the place and was so enthusiastic about his job. I would highly recommend him. We then did 2 centotes which were also amazing, and not crowded. Gustavo also gave us some good recommendations for Valladolid, including places to eat.”

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9.Xkopek, Mayan Bees Tour and Honey Tasting in Valladolid

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 66 reviews · 1h 30m · from $18Best value

Xkopek’s Mayan bees tour in Valladolid: walk to a dry cenote, spot stingless hives, then taste honey and hive products for 90 minutes.

“Very informative and a beautiful setting. We learned a lot about the bees and tasted many different types of honey”

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10.FROM VALLADOLID RIO LAGARTOS + LAS COLORADAS + CENOTE (COLECTIVO TOURISTIC)

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 37 reviews · 9 hours · from $81

One day from Valladolid to Río Lagartos, Las Coloradas, and Cenote Hubiku, with wildlife, pink lagoons, and a swim.

“Le transporteur mika était ponctuel, avec une conduite agréable. Le bateau a rio lagartos était cool, on a vu crocos, flamands roses, pélicans et autres oiseaux, dauphins et une petite raie. Le guide ne nous a pas beaucoup parlé mais le spectacle etait quand meme grandiose. las colaradas ne vaut pas le coup pour moi (460 pesos pour une photo d'un lac rose sachant qu'on peut prendre les photos de l'extérieur du site) Le cenote vaut le coup, il est grand et mystique, dégustation de tequila et miel maya gratuit et un buffet simple mais bon. je recommande”

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