Eddie is awesome and so is the whole day you'll be experiencing. Tip well!
The $100 a person is beyond reasonable for the experience he provided. We all threw in more cash for the tip and gave him an additional $140. It's worth every penny. We were dropped off around 1:30 and still had the rest of our afternoon to explore Playa. I had barely known Eddie for a few hours, but he already felt like a close friend. His genuineness and love for what he does really comes out in the tour. I will recommend this tour to anyone i know that's going anywhere close to Playa. I hope this review brings Eddie more business for him and his whole crew. I could type another 7000+ characters but words cannot explain the day we had.
Our group chose the reef and cenote tour on July 28th with 6 people.
During the ride to the national park location, Eddie explains various facts and information about the reef that we'd shortly be exploring. He is very knowledgeable and you can tell he truly enjoys what he does. Eddie prefers that you do not apply any sunscreen, even the biodegradable kind. He explained that even the bio friendly stuff harms some of the corals, so pack your rash guards/ long sleeve dry fits!
For our lunch, the van pulled up to a roadside tent with about 20 people gathered around, listening to music and having a good time. They were serving pulled pork more or less. Eddie explained that the family had cooked the pig underground. We each received a torta and a taco. All of our food was great in Mexico, but these roadside tortas were out of this world. They had red onions and roasted habanero to top the torta and tacos. I love hot foods and this was the best habanero I've had. We all raved to each other how great this food was while eating at a little table under the shade.
After the meal, we all got back into the van and headed to the cavernous cenote, less than 10 minutes away.Eddie's whole crew is very flexible and caters to everyone's needs. When snorkeling in the cave/cenote, you can see everything with the dive lights. Its amazing what you see above and below the water here. Oh, and I almost forgot to mention, the water is ice cold.
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