Thread: Cozumel tour guides

Does anyone know of any GOOD tour guides to use in Cozumel? We are not looking to snorkle, or anything like that, just mainly "sight seeing", and a beach if at all possible.

If you can think of anything that is a MUST SEE there, please let me know also.

Our time will be short there, but I want to take advantage of it.

brneyes

I recommend to just rent a jeep and cruise around the island, it is very easy to get around, sightseeing did not seem to be a big one as most in Cozumel is underwater and at the beach, those are the real attractions. But a drive around the island is really nice...

I really don't want to rent a vehicle.

Do you know if there is public buses/vans or anything like that, that would take us around?

brneyes

I just found this on the Independent Traveler .com, and this is a response from Cozumel after something was stolen from the taxi in 2008.

"We appreciate your time and patient in this matter, this has been a difficult situation as Cozumel is a taxi union monopoly that does not allow any company to manage their own transfer units and all local tours operators have to use them without any other option. We did our best to follow up with the Police, taxi union representative and airline but there were no good results, the police has no idea where was the problem because the airline said that your piece of luggage was not registered as it was a carry on and the taxi Union says that they can not take the responsibility of something that was not documented and they have doubts of this existing luggage. Unfortunately the taxi union of Cozumel does not allow us to be involved in their procedures and the result of their lack of control is to have situations like the one going on."

Originally Posted by brneyes

Does anyone know of any GOOD tour guides to use in Cozumel? We are not looking to snorkle, or anything like that, just mainly "sight seeing", and a beach if at all possible.

If you can think of anything that is a MUST SEE there, please let me know also.

Our time will be short there, but I want to take advantage of it.

brneyes

After YEARS of going to Cozumel 1,000 times....we finally went over to the East side in January for the frst time and loved it.

We hired a private driver named Gerry. He was wonderful.

He speaks excellent English...but his written English is still a little rough....so Mike Thompson handles the email/reservations for him.

You do not give them a credit card to make a reservation. You simple email cozumeltaxi@hotmail.com and see if Gerry is available for the day your ship will be in port.

Gerry charges $95.00 for 3 hours for up to 4 people (although he can get a van that holds 8....I am not sure if there is an additional charge). It is $25.00 for each additional hour.

You plan the day. He takes where ever ( and for however long) you want to go.
He will even bring an ice chest if you want to stop at a grocery for ice, soda and beer.

Gerry picks you up at the pier. Takes you where you want to go and brings you back to the pier. You pay him in cash at the end of your tour.

If I can find our pictures...I will post one of him so that you will know what he looks like.

Both the vehicles he uses (station wagon or van) are new and well equipped. He is a safe driver, tells you a lot about the area...will show you places like the hospitals and colleges etc. He is careful to lock the van at every stop.

The East side is primitive with open bars....so we "bar hopped" down the East side and had a blast. (which is why we did not want to drive....since we would be drinking)