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Isla Mujeres Catamaran: Snorkeling, Spinnaker & Beach Club Lunch

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Free cancellation

1/21

Duration8h

GroupUp to 50

LanguagesEN · ES

Mobile ticketAccepted

The Catamaran Leaves at 9:30—and You'll Want to Be on It

You board a catamaran in Cancun's hotel zone, snorkel at a reef with all gear provided, experience the spinnaker activity with an open bar of national drinks, then relax at an exclusive beach club on Isla Mujeres with a buffet lunch included. You get free time to explore the island before returning to Cancun in the evening, all without arranging transport, equipment or food yourself.

Step-by-step itinerary

Check in at meeting point before 9:30
Board catamaran and sail to reef
Snorkel with provided equipment
Enjoy spinnaker and open bar
Arrive at Isla Mujeres beach club
Have buffet lunch at beach club
Relax and explore Isla Mujeres island

The Experience

The meeting point is in the Cancun hotel zone, and if you've never done a catamaran trip to Isla Mujeres before, there's a moment when you first step aboard and realize you're about to spend the whole day on the water with a drink in your hand. Check-in happens before 9:30, and then you're off—the boat cuts through the Caribbean toward the reef where the snorkeling happens. All the equipment comes with you, so you don't need to bring anything except sunscreen and a willingness to get wet. The guides handle the rest.

The first real stop is the reef. You'll be in the water with fish moving around you, and the visibility is usually good enough that you actually see what you came for instead of just murky shapes. After snorkeling, if the wind cooperates and the weather holds, there's the spinnaker—an activity that sounds fancier than it is, but basically means you get to feel the boat move fast while you're holding on and the open bar of national drinks keeps flowing. Some days the wind doesn't show up or the weather turns, so the spinnaker gets skipped, but the snorkeling and the rest of the day happen either way.

By mid-afternoon you're at the beach club on Isla Mujeres itself, and this is where the day shifts from moving around to actually sitting still. The buffet lunch is included—local dishes, nothing fancy, but it's there and it's hot. The beach club has everything you need: shade, loungers, water access. You get time to walk around the island after eating, which means you can actually say you've been to Isla Mujeres instead of just sailed past it. The boat heads back to Cancun in the late afternoon, and you're done by evening.

If you need hotel pickup instead of meeting at the hotel zone, that's available for an extra cost—worth asking about when you book, especially if you're staying far from the meeting point. The whole day runs full, so bring a hat and plan to be in the sun for most of it.

What’s included

Catamaran sailing to Isla Mujeres.
snorkeling at a reef with all equipment provided.
spinnaker activity (weather and wind permitting).
certified guide.
open bar with national drinks on board.
access to an exclusive beach club.
buffet lunch.
free time to explore Isla Mujeres island.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Official Tours Cancun

Is this one for you?Book this if you want a full day on the water with snorkeling, food and drinks all sorted—the fixed schedule and included meals mean you show up and the rest is handled, which is what makes a catamaran day work without planning five separate things.