The 4 Best Audio Tours in Playa del Carmen

1.Chichen Itza: Self-Guided Tour with Audio Narration & Map

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 72 reviews · 2 to 3 hours (approx.) · from $9Our pick

Walk more than two miles through Chichén Itzá with Action’s self-guided audio app. GPS-triggered stories cover El Castillo, the Great Ball Court, El Caracol, and other major structures. Download the tour before you arrive, then use it offline. The $9.99 tour does not include your archaeological-site admission ticket.

“Really nice to walk around on our own and avoid the large crowds. The map is a little off, the audio will start playing before you reach the location, but that kind of makes it more fun as you have to search for what the audio your guide is talking about. I would definitely use this again for future tours”

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2.Tulum Mayan Ruins GPS Self-Guided Walking Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 20 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $9

Follow a self-guided, English-language audio route through Tulum’s 1.5-mile archaeological site. GPS-triggered stories cover El Castillo, the Temple of the Frescoes, water systems, and more. Plan for 1 to 2 hours, bring headphones, and buy your entrance ticket separately. The tour costs $9.99 and includes lifetime access.

“Good app and easy to download. We found it best to download when we had wifi and then log out of it (even switch off the phone to remove the blue quick open button top left) so that it didn’t use up all our battery power. Best to take a separate power bank in case your phone runs low. Sometimes the section didn’t play, probably more to do with us not being in the right spot, but easy enough to just click on the list and tap it manually. Really liked the voice of the narrator and the helpful photos.”

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3.Self-Guided Audio Tour – Tulum: The Return Home

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 8 reviews · 1 hour (approx.)

Walk through Tulum’s archaeological zone with an English-language app guide, offline chapters, and maps. The roughly one-hour route covers the ruins, historical landmarks, and a beach stop. Some sections use actors to voice different characters. Bring your own smartphone and headphones, and buy site admission separately.

“The best part about this tour is that it started on our time. There was no rush to meeting up with a group tour with a guide. The price was extremely reasonable too. The downfalls were that the information was sparse, and although they have a clever idea with using actors to act out different characters, there wasn’t a lot of substance or history. Each stop on the tour had a very brief audio that left a lot to be desired. The idea was great, but it can use some tweaking to include more historical and archaeological information.”

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4.Tulum Legends: A Self-Guided Audio Tour of the Ancient Mayan City

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 3 reviews · 40 minutes to 1 hour (approx.) · from $6Best value

This self-guided VoiceMap tour takes you past Tulum’s Archeological Zone, El Castillo, the Temple of the Frescoes, and other named stops. Listen in English on your phone, with offline audio and maps available. It lasts about 40 minutes to an hour; site admission, transport, and headphones are not included.

“We wound up hiring a private guide and did not use the audio however, I had listened to a sample of it when I downloaded it, and it was quite good when we returned to our hotel I thought we might listen to portions of it, but as it turned out, it said that we were 105 km from the starting point”

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