点评:Our tour , "Tulum and Coba with Cenote and “Aldea Maya” "was both disappointing and wonderful.
A few notes:
Although your pick up will likely have you on a bus with a group of people not all of them will necessarily be taking the same tour. Maya Adrenaline seems to combine different tours into the same transportation and groups are divided at each step.
You will need to remove your belongings from the van at each step until Cobá. There are lockers available at the Tulum site.
On this tour, since a cenote is included it is necessary to take or wear your swimsuit, however you should bring a change of clothes as there is a long ride from the cenote to Cobá.
There was VERY limited time to change after the cenote so be aware of that.
The tour: Tulum Ruins Portion
From our pick up point we were taken to the entrance of the Tulum Ruins Site which is a plaza with a plethora of kiosks all with people hawking their goods and a large store with everything a tourist might need-including bathrooms. What we were not given (as we had on both tours we’d taken in previous days) were bottles of water or even told to drink up, so when we started I asked about drinking water. I was told I should have gotten it at the store.
There seemed to be several van loads of people and we were divided into English speaking and Spanish speaking. Nacho was the English speaking guide. The day was hot, there was little shade and because the trolleys that transport visitors to pick up points were full, Nacho decided we could walk. Since I really needed to drink some water he stopped at a small kiosk along the way where I bought water in a can (he seemed to think this might be unacceptable to me but potable water is potable water)
He walked at a very fast pace. Not only were there 2 families with young children but my husband was having trouble keeping up as well and he would start his lecture before everyone was gathered. We did stop at several significant sites and got some history but then we were allowed free time which gave us time to explore on our own. We chose to ride the trolley back to the exit and skipped walking around too much but I think that we might have gotten more out of it had we been able to visit a few more of the structures.
Lunch and cenote portion:
We regrouped into various vans and then drove for a number of kilometers over bumpy roads (“they call it getting a “Mayan Massage”) for lunch. Groups who were going on the ATV tour or Zip Lines were also there. Our lunch was acceptable but nothing compared to the others we’d had with other tours. The waitstaff was all very nice however and helpful. After lunch we regrouped again to ride a few more kilometers to the cenote. I will say here that I don’t know whether it was time constraints for those who were continuing to other activities or not but at this point things became very rushed. The lockers are small and several people took more than one so some of us had to go to another area to use those lockers. We had to get life vests, change and lock up but my husband did not have time to remove his hearing aids and the guide pushed us to leave so he skipped the cenote. This cenote was quite nice though there was no lighting as there had been in several others we visited. We were given flashlights but our guide’s batteries were dead so he took mine because I had my phone. I did not get the name of the cenote but it was large with a number of really nice formations. Afterwards, we quickly changed and were on our way back to the lunch stop where, once again, we changed the group.
Cobá portion:
One couple had stayed and another had joined so we ended up only being 6 in the group which was the first good thing about this portion. We drove back down the long rutted road and then another ½ -¾ hour to Cobá. There we had an EXCELLENT guide, Nico who is not only a teacher of the Maya language but full of history and interesting information about Mayan language, Cobá and all delivered with excellent English (his 3rd language) and insight. After the guided part of the tour at the area called the Church, he directed us to the tricycles where for $mx180 we could hire a guide to “drive” us (2 people sit on a bench on the front of a bike driven by the guide to the main temple, Temple of Nonoch wich is the tallest in the Yucatan. We passed a number of buildings on the way which we stopped at on our return including the larger of the 2 ball courts at Cobá. Our last stop was at a delightful Aldea Maya (Mayan village) called Yuum Kin where we were first experienced a blessing by a shaman then were treated to fresh tortillas with delicious filings of scrambled eggs with chaya ( somewhat like spinach) and a pumpkin seed tomato sauce paste that was delicious. There is a small shop there as well. This portion of the trip was made excellent by Nico’s passion for sharing his culture and knowledge.
Overall:
Everyone has bad days so I do not want to say that Nacho is a bad guide. He clearly has experience but we felt rushed and confused by the inclusion of so many different groups until we got to Coba and left feeling that we would have preferred a trip that was limited to Tulum Ruins, Cobá and the Aldea Maya with perhaps a cenote stop between Tulum and Cobá with lunch or simply the opportunity to eat at Cobá. Even with all the rushing we arrived back in Tulum 2 hours after our scheduled time.
翻译:我们的旅游“图卢姆和科巴,包括天然井和“玛雅古城””既令人失望又令人惊喜。
几点说明:
虽然您很可能与一群人一起乘坐巴士,但并不是所有人都会参加同一次旅游。玛雅刺激似乎将不同的旅游结合到同一种交通方式中,并且每一步都会分组。
您需要在到达科巴之前的每一步从货车上取下您的物品。图卢姆站点有储物柜。
由于此旅游包括天然井,因此必须携带或穿着泳衣,但您应该带一套换洗衣服,因为从天然井到科巴有一段很长的路程。
离开天然井后,换衣服的时间非常有限,因此请注意这一点。
游览:图卢姆遗址部分
从我们的接送点出发,我们被带到了图卢姆遗址的入口,这是一个广场,广场上有许多售货亭,人们都在兜售他们的商品,还有一家大型商店,里面有游客可能需要的一切东西,包括浴室。我们没有得到瓶装水(就像我们前几天参加的两次旅行一样),甚至没有被告知要喝完,所以当我们出发时,我问了饮用水的问题。我被告知应该在商店买。
似乎有几辆满载乘客的货车,我们被分为说英语和说西班牙语的两组。纳乔是说英语的导游。天气很热,几乎没有阴凉处,而且由于运送游客到接送点的推车都满了,纳乔决定我们步行。因为我真的需要喝点水,所以他在沿途的一个小亭子停了下来,我在那里买了一罐水(他似乎认为这对我来说可能是不可接受的,但饮用水就是饮用水)
他走得非常快。不仅有 2 个带着小孩的家庭,而且我丈夫也跟不上,他会在大家到齐之前开始讲课。我们确实在几个重要景点停留,了解了一些历史,但之后我们有自由时间,可以自己探索。我们选择乘坐电车回到出口,避免四处走动,但我认为如果我们能够参观更多的建筑,我们可能会收获更多。
午餐和天然井部分:
我们重新集合到不同的面包车上,然后在颠簸的道路上行驶了几公里(“他们称之为‘玛雅按摩’”)去吃午餐。参加 ATV 之旅或 Zip Lines 的团体也在那里。我们的午餐还可以接受,但与我们在其他旅行中吃到的午餐相比,就差远了。不过,服务员都非常友好,乐于助人。午餐后,我们再次集合,再骑几公里到天然井。我在这里要说的是,我不知道对于那些继续进行其他活动的人来说,这是否是时间限制,但此时事情变得非常匆忙。储物柜很小,几个人拿了不止一个,所以我们中的一些人不得不去另一个地方使用这些储物柜。我们必须穿上救生衣,换衣服并锁上,但我丈夫没有时间摘下助听器,导游催促我们离开,所以他跳过了天然井。这个天然井相当不错,虽然没有照明,就像我们参观过的其他几个天然井一样。他们给了我们手电筒,但我们的导游的电池没电了,所以他拿走了我的,因为我有手机。我没有记住天然井的名字,但它很大,有许多非常漂亮的构造。之后,我们迅速换了衣服,回到午餐站,在那里,我们再次换了组。
科巴部分:
一对夫妇留下来,另一对加入了,所以我们最终只有 6 个人,这是这部分的第一个好处。我们沿着坑坑洼洼的长路返回,又开了半小时到科巴。我们在那里遇到了一位出色的导游,尼科,他不仅是玛雅语老师,还对玛雅语、科巴的历史和有趣信息了如指掌,而且用流利的英语(他的第三语言)和洞察力讲解了所有内容。在教堂区域完成导游带领的游览部分后,他带我们去了三轮车,我们可以花 180 美元雇一个导游“载”我们(两个人坐在导游驾驶的自行车前面的长凳上)前往主庙宇——尤卡坦半岛最高的诺诺克神庙。我们途中经过了许多建筑物,在返回时停了下来,其中包括科巴的两个球场中较大的一个。我们的最后一站是令人愉快的玛雅村(玛雅村庄),名叫 Yuum Kin,我们首先在那里体验了萨满的祝福,然后品尝了新鲜的玉米饼,上面撒着美味的炒鸡蛋和木薯(有点像菠菜)以及美味的南瓜籽番茄酱。那里还有一家小商店。Nico 的热情分享他的文化和知识,让这部分旅行变得非常精彩。
总体而言:
每个人都有不顺心的日子,所以我不想说纳乔是个糟糕的导游。他显然很有经验,但我们在到达科巴之前,因为有这么多不同的团体而感到匆忙和困惑,离开时我们觉得我们更希望这次旅行仅限于图卢姆遗址、科巴和玛雅村,也许在图卢姆和科巴之间停留一个天然井吃午饭,或者只是有机会在科巴吃饭。尽管如此匆忙,我们还是比预定时间晚了 2 小时才回到图卢姆。