Put your wetsuit, helmet with a special lamp and wet shoes and get deep in a cave, walk and swim in an unforgettable scenario, a world wonder where you will experience a journey through an stunning underground river with thousands of stalactites and stalagmites
Enjoy a fantastic experience in one of the most incredible locations in the Riviera Maya that begins at the moment you arrive at the Natural Reserve where you will be greeted by our highly trained guides and equipped like a professional dive master. You will put on a wetsuit, helmet with a special lamp and wet shoes.
At Rio Secreto (Secret River), you will experience the silence of a world below, crossing for an hour and a half through the crystalline water museum. Filled with a kaleidoscope of speleothems, walk an easy 600 meter route amidst the thousands of stalactites and stalagmites found in this protected natural reserve. This is an underground adventure like no other!
After the tour, you will be provided with an excellent lunch of light foods and have a chance to relax at this great natural habitat.
Frequently Asked Questions
How thick is the wetsuit?
It is 2.5 to 3 millimeters thick.
If I don’t know how to swim, can I still take the tour?
It is not required that you know how to swim. You only need to know how to float. The in-water portion of the tour is very brief and shallow. In addition, you will be aided by your life jacket and wetsuit, which help you stay afloat.
What is the temperature of the water?
The water is cool, with a temperature of 22º C to 24º C, or 69º F to 75º F. However, our visitors wear neoprene wetsuits and life vests t
Inclusions
- RIO SECRETO REGULAR: Round trip transportation, Access to the Nature Reserve, groups of 10 people max., specialized guide, lockers, wetsuit, life jacket, helmet with lamp, towels, regional buffet, non-alcoholic drinks.
- RIO SECRETO PLUS: Rio Secreto Regular Tour + Rappel + bike + Salon de la Paz Experience
- RIO SECRETO WILD: Entrance to the cave system, expert guide, personal photographer, safety helmet with light, bicycle, wetsuit, snorkel, mask and life vest, breakfast, box lunch snack, beverages and an exquisite buffet at the end of the journey.
Not included:
- Tips, souvenirs or any other service or activity with an extra charge at the location not listed in this program.
Additional information
- Children minimum age is 4 years for Regular tour, 7 years for Plus Tour and 13 year for Wild Tour
- There is free babysitting service for 4 years old kids or younger in charge of staff with first-aid certificates. This service is under request.
- Maximum weight permitted 120kg/250lb.
- This tour is not available for people with severe physical handicaps, heart diseases, pregnant women or for people under the influence of alcohol or drugs
- The following items are not allowed inside the underground river: caps, sunglasses, Flip-flops, watches, jewelry, photo or video cameras, band-aids, any objects in swimsuits pockets or any other type of bag
- The water is cool, with a temperature of 18° C to 19° C, or 64° F to 66° F. However, our visitors wear neoprene wetsuits and life vests to keep them comfortable and help mitigate the brisk water temperature.
- It is not required that you know how to swim. You only need to know how to float. The in-water portion of the tour is very brief and shallow. In addition, you will be aided by your life jacket and wetsuit, which help you stay afloat.
- In order to protect the safety of individuals, the group and the cave, you are not allowed to bring photography or video equipment into the caves, since you can slip or damage a natural structure while inside. However, you may use them outside the cave.
- During the expedition, there is professional photographic equipment and lighting inside the cave, which allows to safely capture your adventure on film and deliver high quality photographs. Common cameras are barely able to generate a bright enough flash inside Rio Secreto and they are unable to capture and illuminate the beauty and scope of the entire cave. You can purchase these photos individually or in CDs.
What to bring
- Wear comfortable clothes and shoes.
- We recommend wearing shorts and a t-shirt.
- Wear your bathing suit underneath.
- Bring a dry change of clothes for after the tour.
- No need for sunscreen since you will be inside the cave in the shade.
Pick-up Information:
- Pick up is available for hotels located in Cancun. Exact time of your pick-up will be sent by email after booking.
- In case we dont have pick-up for a specific hotel or location will be sent you the nearest meeting point where pick-up is available
Refunds and Cancellations:
- Cancellations made 48 hrs before = 100% refund
- Cancellations made between 36-48 hrs before = 80% refund.
- Cancellations made between 24-36 hrs before = 50% refund.
- Cancellations made less than 24 hrs before = no refund.
- No show = no refund
Overall rating: (39 Reviews)
Great adventure!
Ari was a fantastic tour guide! He did everything and was an incredible speaker in both languages. Very knowledgeable, entertaining, friendly, and fun. Not only did he help us through the cave and other activities, he even brought us tortillas during lunch, cleaned eveyone’s tables, and drove everyone home! He’s the best tour guide we’ve ever seen anywhere in the world and he deserves a promotion! Thank you, Ari!
Was great. Our guide was amazing.
This is a DO NOT MISS experience.
It was awesome my family and I enjoyed very much will be back soon. Beautiful peaceful place.
Felipe and David are awesome, friendly and on time.
Gustavo the guide is great, shared a lot of info.
The whole tour was so beautiful and Mich the guide was phenomenal. So much knowledge and passion for what he does. I was an experience I will never forget.
Fantastic adventure. Our guide Felipe was amazing. Photos are much too expensive, we would have bought a photo for $15 but not $25. 2 for $25.
Alfredo was AMAZING. He was passionate, knowledgeable, and all around excellent.
I would have liked to purchase the pictures of our adventure but $25.00 for one picture too expensive.
We loved Benito! He was a wealth of information!
The terrain is a bit intense, so I used a walking stick and it saved me several times. Next time we are back in the area, we will do the tour again but a different part of the cave system. It was THAT cool!
Rio Secreto was amazingly beautiful! So glad we decided to go on this tour. Bus ride over was nice & comfortable as well (Tour bus with AC & bathroom). Absolutely no complaints; completely satisfied!
Great tour.Knowledgeable guide. Lunch was great!
Our tour guide Vickey was awesome!
We enjoyed with the tour. Julian is a excelent guide
Excellent service from beginning to end
Great experience and a wonderful sight to see. Highly recommended to those who have never seen a cave before. Nature at its beauty!!
The tour was amazing
The only complaint I have is that the constant photography was distracting to say the least. You are trying to maneuver through the water and you have the photographer constantly asking you to pose. I would definitely make my feeling known about no photography if I venture into another cenote since it was very intrusive while you are trying to enjoy the experience.
This was incredible. Santi was extremely knowledgeable and entertaining
Love this tour!
The terrain in the cave was a little rougher than expected, but it just made the tour more adventurous.
Awesome experience. The guide was great & the group was relatively small which was nice - 7 of us. The experience in the cave was absolutely amazing! Great job!
Excellent tour and transportation. A must-do!
The staff there where very nice and friendly I loved everything about rio secreto. It was a really great place to visit. On top of that the caves were awsome
Incredible adventure
This was a great experience made even better by the fact that we had a very knowledgeable guide, Benito.
The guide was GREAT and helped me immensely as I had difficulty with the walk. Frankly, it was too strenuous for me. I've swam in cenote caves before without a life jacket, which I can handle but the trek with the rocks was beyond my capacity.
Definitely one of the highlights of our vacation. Our guide was knowledgeable, witty and made the experience memorable.
This tour far exceeded our expectations. We have already recommended it to everyone and we will definitely come again when we visit Cancun next year. The cave was spectacular and the tour guide was absolutely fantastic. Rio Secreto was the high point of our vacation, hands down!
This was a great tour and the guides are very knowledgeable. A must do in Cancun.
Loved everything about this expedition! Can't wait to go back and bring my family & friends!!!
Great tour! Really well run, excellent guide and information.
Our tour guide was excellent. He had a bit of hard time as I could not swim ;)
It's a must do excursion when visiting Cancun. Loved it!
Totally amazing! Our guide, Epco, was very knowledgeable and super friendly! When you first get there you watch a video in your preferred language and then they give you a guide that speaks your language which makes it much more enjoyable. We would definitely recommend this activity and we want to return ourselves soon!
I have been to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico,which is a lot bigger than Rio Secreto,but you walk on a paved path and everything is well illuminated.Rio Secreto is just the opposite.No path,hardly any illumination.You truly feel the adventure of being in a cave.It was also exciting to see bats and a cave spider.Lunch was a buffet which also had enough vegetarian options and we got to taste the "ixtabentun",an anis flavored liquor.This was one of my best tours out of Cancun.
It was a really good time.
Loved it! Our tour guide Pablo was awesome: knowledgeable, fun and very committed.
This was far and beyond the best tour i took in Cancun area.
would love to come back.
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