The trip was good but the night before we were told we would be picked up at 530 instead of 6. We payed extra for the English tour but that was just for the ruins. You would think they could have had the bus driver hand out a translation of the gist of what he was saying. Paying extra was definitely not worth the expense. The guide spoke more in Spanish to the group than English. And the driver must have problems with night driving because he kept using his high beams on even though the trucks would flash at him. So they kept their high beams on. It was very bright so I wore my sunglasses. Several times the driver would be talking to friends or conducting business when we were all on the bus waiting to go. It was a long day and it was frustrating

A little misleading this trip as there isn’t really any visit to the jungle, just visiting the sites which happen to be there, but no specific jungle time. The sites themselves are worth a look but be warned it takes a long time to get between sites. The food provided is not the best but then that’s Mexico for you. Boat trip to get to the first site was pleasant. The guide was pleasent and well informed and they do their best to accommodate. 6/10

Beautiful Mayan ruins, great boat ride to Yaxchilan. We stopped for a buffet breakfast before the first ruins. Ordered lunch before the boat ride so it was ready when we returned. Super hot and humid in the jungle! Bonampak was after lunch. The paintings were gorgeous and so well preserved. There wasn’t dinner, but we stopped for five minutes to use the bathroom and were told we could have coffee. It was the same place we had breakfast. The guide that came with us was really great. Spoke multiple languages and took his time explaining the ruins. Our driver was intense, he drove really fast and hit a lot of things on the road. We had to stop multiple times so he could check to see if something was wrong. It was a very long day, but wonderful to see the ruins, the Bonampak painting especially.

Long tour with experienced driver. Magic to visit two Mayan sites. Good guide. Well organized. Pickup from hotel. Breakfast and lunch good quality.

We loved our tour. They were on time, the driver was wonderful. And our guide was informative and funny. It was a long day. I would consider staying overnight with the Lacandona I believe the experience would be even better spread over two days.

This tour includes a lot and, as you'd expect, means it's a long day. Very early morning pick up times from Palenque, swapping buses part way through which meant my wife was stuck at the front of the bus for the first few hours while I was stuck at the very back. Luckily, when we stopped at a roadside cafe for 'breakfast' the family at the back of the bus took pity on us as it was our honeymoon and swapped places so my wife could join me at the back. The ride in the back was painful, the road surfaces are dreadful but at least we were together. The breakfast cafe place has a good thing going with the tour groups and runs very smoothly. There's not much selection and, being vegetarian, we weren't terribly impressed but others seemed fine with it. A few painful hours on board the bus finally got us to the river. Here you walk across wooden planks (makeshift bridges) to your waiting long boats. The journey along the river between Mexico and Guatamala was beautiful. We saw locals washing their clothes and fishing, then further up the river we saw a crocodile! The scenery was just fantastic. We paid extra to have an English speaking guide who took us around Yaxchilan and then, later, Bonampak ruins. He was eccentric and very knowledgable. At Yaxchilan, as well as climbing and walking amongst the ruins, we saw howler monkeys shouting over each other's territories. The ruins are fascinating and one has even been claimed by some gorgeous fruit bats. Bonampak saw us head back down the beautiful river, back on the bus for another painful journey. A brief stop at another roadside eatery for a three course meal (soup, cheese wrap for us vegetarians and a lemon cake/ tart for desert) which was pleasant before arriving at a settlement owned by the Laconda people. Only the Laconda people can take people into the sacred site of Bonampak so we had to swap to their bus for the even bumpier ride through the jungle to Bonampak. Bonampak is well preserved and has some of the best art work of its kind that still exists. If not for the muggy conditions and the swarms of mosquitos and numerous other bitey bugs, it would have been a fascinating end to the days ruins. The insects just wouldn't leave everyone alone, regardless of what insect repellent we wore. Such a shame but something that can't be helped. Some of our group had opted to stay with local Laconda family's for the night so we dropped them off and headed back to Palenque, making a stop at the roadside cafe again for 'supplies' and to pick up rowdy tourists heading in the same direction as us. We arrived back at our hotel in darkness, absolutely knackered and very grateful to get off the awfully uncomfortable minibus! All in all, a very mixed day. Yaxchilan and the boat ride were fantastic. Our English speaking guide was helpful. Bonampak would have been fascinating if we could have relaxed and absorbed the information. The food was mixed. The transport was dreadfully uncomfortable, painful even if you're near the back, and seemed to last forever. We are glad we did it but wouldn't rush to do it again!

The sites were great, the history informative, events confirming, and scenes beautiful. The guide was knowledgable, helpful, and good, but took us 2 hours out of our schedule and tour for his personal and next day tour advantage, ending our trip with very unpleasant and negative experiences and chain of events.

Its several hours drive from Palenque to this site and then must leave vehicle to then go with the Lacondonia people who oversees this area. The paintings are wonderful but its a rough drive in places, 3 seperate fees apply, and the people care taking this place are offered zero info....they also were not on time with our vehicle transfer and seemed to care less. Someother Mexican government entity needs to supervise this place

Yaxchetmal is everything I imagined, a short river trip, ruins in the sense jungle. Bonampec was a big surprise. The frescos are magnificent.

BEST TOUR W/ ANTHONY. We had a private tour because we were the only English speaking of that day. Anthony is so knowledgeable and a wonderful teacher. He made the ruins come to life for us and his passion for Mayan ruins is so prevalent. Make sure to bring extra pesos to tip along the way!

We were allocated to a bus with different tourists from other tours providers, all together. We first dropped off a German couple who had been mistakenly picked up at 6am instead of 9am and subsequently were on the wrong tour (probably to maximize costs). This changed the schedule of the day: we first went to the pier , dropped off the couple heading to Guatemala, then we were told that no boats were available for the yaxchilian tour. We waited for almost one hour for our driver to come back (after taking the couple to immigration).We then drove back to Bonampak did the tour there and returned to the yaxchilian starting pier. By that time our allocated lunch time had past and no boats were yet available. To save money our guide decided to wait for another group going to share the boat costs. We nearly waited one hour for them to finish their lunch meanwhile not having any lunch for ourselves as promised. We forced the hand an left our tour leader off (we were 13 people on the boat and needed 12 to leave for yaxchilian) so that we could start finally the tour. We finally managed to visit the site and come back (wonderful site and great on-site local guide). Lunch was skipped and dinner was provided instead around 6.45pm , first meal after the 7am breakfast. On the way back (unknowingly) we stopped multiple times to drop off and pickup customers performing seemingly now a bus service rather then the exclusive tour we paid for. We finally reached the hotel around 10.30pm. We booked through Viator paying nearly 200 USD for a boutique tour with translation included (as my girlfriend doesn’t speak spanish). It turned out that the translator was not included and the tour leader did her best to attempt in translating the on-site guides, but definitely not matching the expectations or the other tours we took in Mérida and Mexico City. We are asking for a refund and we strongly not recommend this specific tour.

Our tour was all in all not a good experience. The pickup was not very friendly and we were not informed how the day would pass. The drivers were reckless and the drives were dangerous at least to international standards. The guide in Bonampakmwas treating us like first graders, had no plan how and what he wanted to show us. The guide in Yaxchilan, however was superb, interested and motivated, well versed in english and nature themes. Due to an obviously high number of visitors, the schdule of the trip was changed, without us being notified. Thus, lunch was at 16:30 after breakfast at 8:00. The guide at Yaxchilan was paid by us but therer were other people with us in the boat and so, we shared the guide with a group,of 12 people and the person from the tour operator did not even mention to the guide,that we were his employers. All in all, the tour was not worth the money spent. Things can go wrong and changes need to be made. But I expect to be informed about it. And If I am the one paying for something, I should be the one benefitting from it.

had a very wonderful experience. very beautiful archeological sites. my driver alfredo who doubled as my tour guide made all efforts to compensate for the absence of an english guide who was sick.

Tony gave us a great long day of touring. We left at 6am and returned at 7pm. There was a minor slip up with the boat trip where we had to travel separately. Otherwise we had a great day.

It was mind blowing! Our guide had an awesome knowledge of the Maya. No one could have done the tour better!

Muy linda experiencia, increibles relatos del guia ,por suerte la locomoción buena ya que los caminos son muy difíciles el desayuno y almuerzo muy bueno .Muy recomendable

La veille je n'avais aucun contact pour le lieu de prise en charge et l'agence ecoexperiencas était fermée. Heureusement l'hotelier a pu par mail renouer contact. Etait-ce ce qui était prévu? Car pour le prix, bus rempli, siège sur roue sans cesse secoué (long parcours) et ce n'était pas le nom de l'agence affiché sur le minibus. Je suppose qu'elle m'avait oublié et soustraité au dernier moment suite à ma relance. Je pense que c'était les excursions qui pouvaient être prise aux hotels à coût nettement moindre. Guide trés moyen. Dommage les sites valent la visite.