Mexico Small Group Tours & Trips

We had an amazing trip planned and carried out by Kimkim to the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Our stay included three nights each in Valladolid and Tulum. Our activities included seeing various Mayan ruins (Ek Balam, Chichen Itza, Coba and Tulum), a boat ride seeing crocodiles and flamingos (our captan Luis was the only one who went far enough out to see the flamingos while we were there, and then we had a delicious lunch at his house prepared by his wife, Malchita, got to play Uno with their grandson Matias), snorkling with turtles, swimming in 4 different cenotes, cooking lessons on traditional Mayan foods. The hotels we stayed in were local, we enjoyed avoiding the big name companies and got to experience more true Mexico than a room that could be anywhere in the world. The ease of the trip was a blessing, from the planning to the execution. We were met at the airport and then each morning by our driver for the day, who took us to each of our destinations, waited for us, and took us to our next and then back to our hotel. Our amazing drivers included Jesus, Carlo, Francisco, Ivan #1, Ivan #2. I got an update each evening with the next day's plans and identifiation of the driver which made it very straight forward. I would highly recommend Kimkim to anyone travelling and looking for local experiences and low stress vacations.

Hotel Reviews

Piedra Escondida

Tulum, Quintana Roo

Beautiful location with friendly, helpful staff.

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El Mesón del Marqués

Valladolid

Great room, friendly people, excellent food. Flavor of Mexico.

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Activity Reviews

Cenotes of Chemuyil

Mexico

This was by far our family's favorite activity. We were picked up by one of the founding members, Ivan, of the Cenotes of Chemuyil restoration project. We enjoyed hearing about their effort at cleaning up and protecting their community and space of their childhood memories. The bike ride was easy and pleasant, getting to see some of the town along the way. The variety of the cenotes, from cave-like to open, was cool. The water refreshing, the guides friendly. The food at the end of the day was the cherry on top. I would highly recommend this tour.

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Visit the archaeological site of Tulum

Mexico

Beautiful. Our guide was acceptable. I think the 4th ruin was a little too much for us. Kids loved seeing some of the animals before we entered the park.

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This was the only activity where we had trouble meeting up with our guide. Our driver, Ivan, was very helpful and made calls to get us in the right place.

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Snorkeling and Sightseeing with Turtles in Akumal

Mexico

It was really amazing to see the turtles. Unfortunately, the seaweed came in a couple days before we got there, so visibility and enjoyment were not as good as they could have been.

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Explore Cobá!

Mexico

Our guide, Sebastian, was friendly and very informative.

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Visit to Lol Ha cenote in Yaxunah

Mexico

This was our first cenote experience and we really enjoyed it. Fun to explore, cool off, experience something new.

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Cooking Cochinita Pib with locals at Yaxunáh

Mexico

The food that was cooked was amazing. The experience was brief but enjoyable. The kids enjoyed the "hands on" aspect.

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Visit Chichén Itzá, Wonder of the Maya World

Mexico

Amazing experience. Enjoyed the knowledge of our guide, Ricardo.

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Carlo was an amazing driver and guide. He taught us about the Mayan culture, including helping us learn some basic words.

A pink-ish day at Río Lagartos & Las Coloradas

Mexico

Our captain Luis (Baba) was amazing, took us further out than any of the other boats in order to find the flamingos, then went back to his house for an amazing lunch prepared by his wife Malchita.

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Guided tour to the AS of Ek Balam

Valladolid

Baltazar was an excellent guide.

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Jesus was amazing

Driver Ray and guide Francisco were superb, could not ask for better.

This trip to Mexico was amazing! The ruins were fascinating and the beaches and lagoons were spectacular! The staff at Rancho Encantado in Bacalar were particularly friendly and helpful. They were great at helping us get transportation when we needed it and helped us plan our day to make our son’s birthday a wonderful day!

Our favorite parts of the trip were floating in the Sian Ka’an and going to see the ruins in Calakmul. Being so far out in the rainforest. Seeing monkeys swing from the trees, and climbing up the ruins to see the amazing views from above is something we will never forget! My one critique is that a couple of the activities that we had planned on the itinerary were not what was described for us. We were put in a large group tour to Chichén itza when we were told it would just be a small group tour and it felt very rushed that whole day. Other than a couple discrepancies like that between the itinerary and what really happened, the trip went smoothly and kimkim did a great job helping us plan it. Thank you kimkim!