Any one use chunky monkey tours costa Maya ?

[Anieto89]

So this is really my first cruise but I figured since I speak good Spanish, that It wouldn’t be a bad thing to book an outside excursion in Mexico. I booked with chunky monkey tours and I just wanted to see if any of you guys had an experience with them that you would share. Thanks 

[Host Kat]

12 minutes ago, Anieto89 said:

So this is really my first cruise but I figured since I speak good Spanish, that It wouldn’t be a bad thing to book an outside excursion in Mexico. I booked with chunky monkey tours and I just wanted to see if any of you guys had an experience with them that you would share. Thanks 

 

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[c-leg5]

4 hours ago, Anieto89 said:

So this is really my first cruise but I figured since I speak good Spanish, that It wouldn’t be a bad thing to book an outside excursion in Mexico. I booked with chunky monkey tours and I just wanted to see if any of you guys had an experience with them that you would share. Thanks 

 

They seem to be a relatively new company. I asked earlier about their beach club but got no response. Since then they seem to be offering a beach break but I was really interested in going independently and just PAYG. They do not appear to have an email contact for questions.
 

Not sure which tour you have booked but if you go to their beach club please report back.

[Anieto89]

Okay I will and I booked the beach club and this is what it includes 

• Transportation from the Costa Maya port to “Chunky Monkey Beach Club”
• A 60-minute snorkeling trip (boat ride included) or a 60-minute massage
• Lunch Entree – Fresh fish, Ceviche, Fish Filet, Portobello Burger other selected items available, vegetarian options also available
• Appetizer – Nachos, Guacamole, selected items available, vegetarian options also available
• Your favorite alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages
• Free Wi-Fi, English-speaking host                
  I will def report back with my review this is the contact they gave me 
• Phone:847-804-5458

• Email:mswederski@gmail.com

  
   

[MississippiMom]

On 6/25/2022 at 9:33 PM, Anieto89 said:

Okay I will and I booked the beach club and this is what it includes 

• Transportation from the Costa Maya port to “Chunky Monkey Beach Club”
• A 60-minute snorkeling trip (boat ride included) or a 60-minute massage
• Lunch Entree – Fresh fish, Ceviche, Fish Filet, Portobello Burger other selected items available, vegetarian options also available
• Appetizer – Nachos, Guacamole, selected items available, vegetarian options also available
• Your favorite alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages
• Free Wi-Fi, English-speaking host                
  I will def report back with my review this is the contact they gave me 
• Phone:847-804-5458

• Email:mswederski@gmail.com

  
   

When is/was your cruise?

I just stumbled across their website, and I am looking forward to your review.

[c-leg5]

@Anieto89

 

I see you are back from your cruise now and hope you are still monitoring these boards! Do you have any updates on Chunky Monkey Beach?

[Anieto89]

Yeah they were good but they didn’t pick me up I had to get a cab both ways and they didn’t pay for the cab either after I paid 89 each online I was expecting to get picked up. The food and drinks were excellent as was the massage I got from Guadeloupe . So I recommend just catching a cab and taking it there if you want to do that but I did not like costa Maya it stank from the rotting sargassum . Next time I’m definitely staying on the ship skipping that one 

[c-leg5]

15 minutes ago, Anieto89 said:

Yeah they were good but they didn’t pick me up I had to get a cab both ways and they didn’t pay for the cab either after I paid 89 each online I was expecting to get picked up. The food and drinks were excellent as was the massage I got from Guadeloupe . So I recommend just catching a cab and taking it there if you want to do that but I did not like costa Maya it stank from the rotting sargassum . Next time I’m definitely staying on the ship skipping that one 

Thanks for the update.
 

Unfortunately you sailed at the height of sargassum season and this has been a particularly bad year. I imagine Chunky Monkey is too far south to be protected by the baffles positioned off the beach along the malecon. Were they trying to keep the beach clear or not a Chunky Monkey - i suspect it is a small workforce?

 

The website does say transport included in the package, $89 and no transport is very expensive. Also it says only one drink was that correct? I don’t want the snorkeling or massage. Did you see people just arriving without a package and doing PAYG? Did you see a menu with prices? Thanks.

Edited September 12, 2022 by c-leg5

[Anieto89]

It was unlimited drinks and you got to choose an entrée off the menu basically anything you wanted and they were huge portions. The food was absolutely wonderful and I think they try to do something about the sargassum  it was just too bad. They told me the best time to come is in March. I didn’t get many photos of the food because the wind was blowing and it started to rain. It was kind of a bus but the drinks were strong and delicious and the food was the best I had on the whole trip. you can definitely arrive without a package But we just actually went on a very bad day so we were the only people there