15 of the Best Island Hopping Tours in Mexico

1.Boat and Snorkel Tour to 5 Islands of Los Arcos

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,176 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $48Our pick

Review of Puerto Vallarta’s Los Arcos boat and snorkel tour, with five islands, sea caves, wildlife, bus transport, costs, and practical tips.

“Had a fantastic afternoon out at Mismaloya and the Los Arcos. Our tour guide Sabastian was great explaining all the Islands and helping us with our snorkeling experience. Would recommend this adventure for sure. Even for someone whom has never snorkeled Sabastian makes it fun and easy.”

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2.Los Arcos Islands Boat Tour and Snorkeling

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 317 reviews · 3 hours · from $47

Review of Puerto Vallarta’s Los Arcos boat and snorkeling tour, with practical tips on the bus ride, wildlife, guides, costs, and water conditions.

“it was an amazing experience... I enjoyed the learning and being able to snorkel -was so terrific !”

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3.Los Arcos 5 islands Snorkeling Cliff Jumping and Hidden Beach

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 295 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $49Top rated

Review of Puerto Vallarta’s Los Arcos tour, with snorkeling, cliff jumping, a boat ride, hidden beach stop, costs, and practical tips.

“Came with my husband and 13 year old son and we all loved it! For the cliff diving, they have different heights you can jump from. The snorkeling was amazing. We saw all kinds of different fish and even a sea turtle. Alfonso and Diego were our guides, they both had so much knowledge and were super helpful and friendly. Chito was our captain who was also great! Would highly recommend!!”

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4.Boat Tour of Three Islands in Holbox with Transportation

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 172 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $41

Review of Holbox’s three-island boat tour, with Yalahau Cenote, Isla Pasión, birdwatching, transport, costs, tips, and honest drawbacks.

“Best bilingual tour guide, she was knowledgeable and very kind. The captain made us feel safe. The tour guide speaks french, english and spanish”

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5.Guaranteed Hidden Beach • Small Group Tour • Punta Mita

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 109 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $173

Review of Punta Mita’s small-group Marietas Islands tour, with Hidden Beach, snorkeling, wildlife, practical tips, costs, and safety details.

“Memorable adventure to the Marietas hidden beach under the excellent guidance and navigation by Reuben & Chuy. While accessing the beach requires a strong swim through a cave with active currents, we enjoyed the thrill and felt very safe under Reuben’s watch. Beautiful boat ride and we got very lucky to see whales up close. Highly recommend if you’re looking for a true adventure in Puerto Vallarta.”

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6.Holbox 3 Island Private Boat Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 99 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.)

Review of Holbox’s private 3-island boat tour, with birdwatching, Yalahau cenote swimming, flexible stops, pricing, and practical tips.

“The guide is as excellent. The first stop was a bit disappointing with the exception of the swimming in cool fresh water was great”

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7.Snorkeling at Los Arcos 5 islands Hidden Beach and Cliff Jumping

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 71 reviews · from $44

Review of Puerto Vallarta’s Los Arcos snorkeling tour, with cliff jumping, a boat-only beach, pickup details, price, and practical tips.

“We went with a group of 9. Instructions were easy to follow. We had no problem finding where to go to meet Jason where he took us to our boat. Ivan was our guide. He was great, very informative about the area and things to do. We gRead more”

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8.Holbox 3 Island Group Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 50 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours (approx.) · from $41

Review of Holbox’s 3 Island Group Tour, with bird islands, flamingos, sandbanks, guides, timing, price, and practical booking advice.

“Definitely worth the price paid. If not just for the nice boat ride and excellent tour guide. He was a local who answered all our questions and seemed genuinely happy to be there. Great way to see punto mosquito without doing the laborious walk. The cenote swim was an added bonus. I highly recommend!!”

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9.Marietas Islands Boat Tour: Snorkel, Kayak, Playa Nopalera

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 40 reviews · 6 hours · from $131

Review of the Marietas Islands boat tour from Puerto Vallarta, with snorkeling, Playa Nopalera, kayaking, meals, drinks, and practical tips.

“this tour was great fun, saw loads of humpback whales, outstanding snorkeling, helpful staff, very good lunch! highly recommended”

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10.Whale Watching and Los Arcos 5 Islands Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 32 reviews · 4 to 5 hours (approx.) · from $79

Review of Puerto Vallarta’s whale-watching and Los Arcos boat tour, with wildlife, snorkeling, practical tips, price, and booking advice.

“We saw whales and dolphins. The dolphins were jumping out of the water and a whale breached right in front of us.”

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11.Private boat tour (3 islands tour)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 28 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.)

Review of Holbox’s private three-island boat tour, with Isla Pasión, Yalahau Lagoon, Punta Mosquito, costs, timing, and practical tips.

“This tour is not interesting. Might as well go by taxi to punta mosquito and pay 3 euros because it is pretty. 220 euros for that is losing your money. The cenote yalahau is awful (when you’ve seen real beautiful cenotes before it’s ridiculous even) and crowded, even early in the morning. Big tourist trap with a huge tail (dozens of boats from tourist groups arrive at the same time). We stayed 15 minutes instead of the 1 hour scheduled. In addition, it costs 100 pesos per person while on the tour description it says 50. Finally Isla Pasión is also not interesting and again crowded with tourists. The beach…”

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12.Snorkel & Playa nopalera • Small Group Tour • Punta Mita

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 23 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $71

Snorkel clear waters at the Marietas Islands, explore Playa Nopalera, and enjoy a small-group Punta Mita boat trip for $71.65.

“Great tour. The guides were excellent and very friendly. Snorkeling was good but water was a bit murky. Got to see whales as a bonus.”

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13.Los Arcos Snorkeling & 5 Island Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 15 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $39Best value

Review of Puerto Vallarta’s Los Arcos snorkeling tour, with boat views, sea caves, guides, transport, value, drawbacks, and booking tips.

“Private transportation from and to the Romantic Zone is included. Very important as the driver knows exactly where to drop you off, and on return you don’t want to have to take the public bus or a taxi in a wet bathing suit. The excursion leader Alfonso was excellent. He worked hard to learn everyone’s name and succeeded. He treated us as adults—didn’t opine on whether or not to do the cliff climb and dive, left it up to each of us (on our excursion, 2 of 8 did it). Not his fault—the snorkeling was only so so as the water visibility was limited. But there were lots of fish…”

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14.2 Island Adventure: Contoy & Mujeres with Snorkeling & open bar

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 6 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $80

Explore Isla Mujeres and Isla Contoy from Cancun with snorkeling, lunch, open bar, island time, and practical value tips.

“The host made us feel like family. Over all 10 start experience will highly recommend. The tasting of the food and liquor were amazing.”

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15.3 Islands tour Holbox . (Yalahau and more)

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 6 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $50

Review of Holbox’s 3 Islands tour to Isla Pasión, Yalahau, and Punta Mosquito, with pricing, timing, value, and practical tips.

“My daughter (11) and I did this trip yesterday and it was great! It was a small group, only 6 people in addition to us, and our tour guide Alex was very passionate about and familiar with the nature reserve and excited to share his knowledge with us. It didn’t hurt that we had absolutely perfect weather, and even got to see a few flamingos in the wild, even though it’s not really flamingo season. I’d definitely recommend this tour. I only wish we’d had a little more time to explore at each stop.”

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