11 Holbox Island Day Trips Worth Booking

1.Holbox Island Full Day Trip with Lunch From Playa del Carmen

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 212 reviews · 12 to 13 hours (approx.) Our pick

Review of the Holbox Island day trip from Playa del Carmen, with boat stops, wildlife, lunch, free time, transport tips, and honest drawbacks.

“Overall the excursion was a great experience. Positive: beautiful stop at “mosquito beach” clear water, just beautiful. Tour guide: friendly and knowledgeable, lunch was good. Negatives: it’s a very long van ride from Playa Del Carmen 2 hrs - the pier at Holbox is in disrepair and we had to get off the boat directly in to gross seaweed/ stagnant water that smelled like a toilet. - it’s extremely hot on the island and 2 hours is too long unless you really enjoy shopping for souvenirs. I could have done without stopping at Holbox Island all together, it would have made the overall experience better.”

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2.Holbox island: Boat tour & golf cart ride, Lunch and open bar

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 24 reviews · 10 hours (approx.) Top rated

Review of a Holbox day tour from Playa del Carmen with boat wildlife stops, Punta Mosquito, golf carts, lunch, drinks, and free time.

“Island absolutely worth visiting, full of colors and small craftsmen with fantastic souvenirs.Our Erica guide was super helpful and always smiling, absolutely recommended!Auto-translated”

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3.Holbox Island Tour in Mexico with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 17 reviews · from $110

Review this 12-hour Holbox tour from Playa del Carmen, with boat rides, Punta Mosquito, Isla de la Pasion, lunch, and useful booking tips.

“Amazing tour, had a wonderful time in the 4 places we visited. Our guide Manuel was exceptional, very well organized and kept the entertainment going. My favorite places were mosquito island and Yalahau. Highly recommended.”

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4.Holbox Island from Playa del Carmen

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 17 reviews · 9 hours (approx.) · from $165

Review of the Holbox Island tour from Playa del Carmen, with boat transfers, Passion Island, lunch, costs, timing, and practical tips.

“Pick up and travel to the island was nice. A lot of choice for the lunch as well. But when arrived at the island there was a lot of see wead. They knew this apparently already days before becaused it rained. In my opinion you should warn the visitors in advance since we paid a lot of money for this day. Besides this, the way back was way longer (too long). We went back via Cancun where the operated should have booked two different transports. This made our trip back home 3,5h in the bus instead of 1,5h. Very sad ending of the day”

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5.The best of Holbox from Tulum

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 17 reviews · 10 to 12 hours (approx.) · from $99Best value

Review the Holbox day trip from Tulum, with island beaches, Yalahau Lagoon, boat lunch, transport, costs, timing, and practical booking advice.

“Todo muy bien, playa naturaleza y paraíso. Las guías Mildre y Minerba fueron muy atentas y hicieron un tour genial. Para repetir.”

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6.Full Day Excursion to the Best of Holbox From Riviera Maya

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 16 reviews · 9 to 11 hours (approx.) · from $99

Spend a full day from Riviera Maya exploring Holbox, Isla de la Pasion, Punta Mosquito, and Yalahau Lagoon by boat.

“100% yes, was great trip. Very appreciate effort of Darren and Montserrat. Well organised trip, with super safe feeling from Montserrat and Darren. We seen Flamingos, Pelicans and incredible nature. Over the trip we had stormy weather, even this didn’t change plans. We visited four islands, being provided snacks, drinks and picnic style delicious lunch. Thank you guys for wonderful day, experience!!!❤️ We are very recommending these two Ekinox tour instructors and tour. Was pleasure to spend day with you 🤗”

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7.Full Day Tour All Inclusive Holbox Island + Cenote!

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 15 reviews · 8 to 9 hours (approx.) · from $160

Explore Holbox, Yalahau Lagoon, Isla de la Pasión, sandbanks, lunch, and a boat ride on this full-day trip from Playa del Carmen.

“We went on holiday to Cancun, and we couldn't stop going to know the island of Holbox.. it was amazing, super cute, we loved it, we took many photos with my boyfriend, part of the island, the cenote that includes the tour, key to calming the heat that it was! Thank you x make us enjoy a spectacular day.Auto-translated”

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8.Holbox Island Adventure from Riviera Maya

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 11 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $199

Review the Holbox Island Adventure from Riviera Maya, with Yalahau Lagoon, island beaches, lunch, wildlife, guides, costs, and travel tips.

“Judith and Alonso were both amazing. Judith did a great job explaining the history behind the Mayan ruins and we had so much fun in the cenote caves. We saw so many sea turtles and she was really great taking so many pictures for us as well. The beach club had great food and friendly staff with beautiful views. Alonso treated us with VIP chauffeur and water/snacks. Would highly recommend this tour and couldn’t have had better guides! Justin and Elizabeth”

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9.Full Day Holbox Island Tour from Playa del Carmen with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 11 to 12 hours (approx.) · from $148

Review of the Holbox Island day trip from Playa del Carmen, with boat rides, nature stops, lunch, costs, timing, and booking advice.

“Fabulous experience guides were very attentive and the tour options were plenty. What a great day to spend you will talk about this forever.”

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10.Full-Day Holbox Island Boat and Buggy Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 3 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $210

Review of Holbox Island’s boat, buggy, wildlife, beach, lunch, transport, costs, timing, and practical drawbacks from Playa del Carmen.

“The pick up from our hotel (Royalton) 6.30am then drove for an hour to a garage to meet other mini buses, tour guides and a passenger. Then driven for another hr to a hotel for coffee and put sun lotion bug spray on. Then driven another hr to the dock. Then onto a small fishing boat takes you to a small island that has flamingos,pelicans etc. get off the boat for about 20 mins. Then back on the boat round to pinto mosquito to see a bird reservoir which really wasn’t a lotto see or do and you are there for about 45 mins. Then back on the boat to…”

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11.Holbox Island Tour with Pasion Island and Punta Mosquito

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 11 to 12 hours (approx.) · from $119

Review of the Holbox Island Tour from Playa del Carmen, with Passion Island, Punta Mosquito, lagoon views, lunch, and practical tips.

“Today we had a very pleasant family experience, given that at all times the Enterprise staff had an Excellence, Punctuality and Safety Service.”

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