Whale Shark Swimming and Isla Mujeres Beach Tour | 4 hours to 5 hours

375 Reviews | Cancun
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Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English, Spanish
  • Sodas & bottled water
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Professional guide
  • Snacks
  • Use of Snorkelling equipment
  • Coffee and/or Tea
  • Light breakfast
  • $20 usd per person dock fee, cash at the check-in

Overview

Come join us in this once in a lifetime experience and live the most incredible adventure swimming beside this ocean’s gentle giants. Your encounter will be supervised by our very experienced guides not to mention you’ll be wearing our snorkeling gear certified by National Geographic Snorkeler. We start the adventure picking you up from any hotel in Cancun, Riviera Maya or Playa del Carmen to take you to our new private marina in Punta Sam in Cancun. After a light breakfast we board and head to the Whale Shark protected area where, after finding them, we will start the dives, 2 to 3 per person, always in couples and with our certified guide. Before we head back to our marina we will visit beautiful Playa Norte beach in Isla Mujeres where you will have an hour to relax and enjoy the best ceviche prepared in sight by our crew.

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We can pick you up at most hotels in Cancun hotel zone or downtown, Playa del Carmen, and Riviera Maya. For Tulum or any vacation rental, we provide a pickup from a nearby meeting point. ... Read more â–¼

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Meeting points

Contoy Adventures
Carretera Punta Sam Km. 4.1 Smz 86 Mz 9 Lote 4, 77400 Cancún, Q.R., Mexico

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Our marina is located right next to the Punta Sam Ferry terminal to Isla Mujeres and next to the Villa del Palmar hotel.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

  • Contoy Adventures

    Our Whale Shark Encounter begins early in the morning where, depending on the hotel or condominium you're staying at, our experienced van drivers will pick you up right at the lobby or entrance to take you to our new marina located in the ferry terminal in Punta Sam in Cancun. All of our vans are comfortable A/C units in perfect conditions and all of our drivers are licensed and certified to operate tourism in the highway. Once you arrive to our marina you will be welcome by our ground staff and, after a quick check in, where you will be assigned to your boat, you will have the chance for a light breakfast before boarding. We leave at 7:50 am and head straight into the whale shark protected area, life vests are mandatory from the minute you board, this always for your safety which is a mayor concern to us. After an hour we arrive and find the whale sharks, our captain will choose one and do the proper manouvers with the boat to start the swims, always in couples and with our certified guide, 2 by 2 you will go in the water to swim beside this beautiful creatures, there are 10 people on each boat, after 2 to 3 dives per person, making sure everybody gets their chance,you will all board and start the return but, before we reach Cancun we have one final stop, Playa Norte beach in Isla Mujeres. Playa Norte is the nicest beach in Isla Mujeres and, it's considered one of the most beautiful beaches in the world, here you will have an hour to relax or, if you want, do some more snorkeling. Our captain will prepare his famous ceviche while you enjoy your favorite non alcoholic drink, sandwiches will also be available. Then we head back to our marina in Cancun where our vans will be expecting you ready to go back to your hotels after this wonderful adventure. Pickups in hotels start at 5:30 am depending on the hotel and area you're staying at and the boats are usually back at our marina between 1:00 and 2:00 pm.

    5 hours

  • Isla Mujeres

    Following the whale shark adventure, relax at paradisiac Playa Norte, where you also get to enjoy fresh ceviche prepared by the captain.

    1 hour

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Additional Info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Not recommended for child aged 3 and under.
  • Pregnant women are not allowed for safety reasons and as per federal regulations.
  • Even though the probability of seeing whale sharks is very high, we cannot guarantee sightings.

Free Cancellation

May 25100% refund
May 26No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Reviews

4.8

375 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews
  • 5 stars
    334
  • 4 stars
    19
  • 3 stars
    6
  • 2 stars
    9
  • 1 star
    7

Reviews by TravelOne travelers

Showing 1-5 of 334 reviews with 5 stars

Swimming with Whale Sharks and Reef at the Farito

Published on Sep, 2024

Fantastic experience. Captain Angel was great finding the whale sharks and his mate Geovanny did a great job accompanying us in the water, directing, instructing and videotaping the entire experience. They deserve two thumbs up. I can't wait to go back with my kids and their spouses for them to enjoy the trip. Captain Angel also is a great ceviche chef. Then they took us to "El Farito" to do snorkeling in a shallow reef, which was amazing on its own. Kudos to the captain, crew and people in the shop.

Beautiful

Published on Aug, 2024

Shout out to our guide, Ney, and Captain Omar! They found us a whale shark, even though it was the end of the season. Because there was only one shark, it was a bit crowded with other tourists. But we each got two swims. Ceviche at Isla Mujeres was icing on the cake!

A must do

Published on Aug, 2024

This was one of the best experiences we have ever had. Our guide Matteo was brilliant and got us up close to the whale sharks. We had clear views and he recorded some incredible videos for us.

Blowing mind experience

Published on Aug, 2024

Once in a lifetime experience. The whale shark is an AMAZING creature. The boat crew search for them all around til you see it and then you can go swim near them. A beautiful adventure. This incredible fish are close to Rivera Maya beaches only a few weeks a year, so if you have the rare opportunity to see them you should do it. If you like the ocean and underwater experiences, snorkel, scuba diving, you'll love this one. Its expensive. But it was worth it for us. We did with kids age 7 and 9, their minds blow!!

A must do!

Published on Aug, 2024

Absolutely worth it. Swimming with these gentle giants has been my dream for years. Our Captain Gernan and guide Willy Wonka made this dream into a reality. They made sure everyone had a great experience. I had a hard time seeing the whale sharks on my second jump, so they allowed me to give it one more go, and it was amazing.

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