6 extreme activities and sports in Cancún to enjoy during your vacation

Cancun is famous for its spectacular beaches, nightlife, gastronomy, and high-quality accommodations, but it also has a wide variety of adventure activities and sports to practice in the area.

The Cancun area is full of excursions, activities, and sports for the most adventurous visitors, whether you want to enjoy them as a family, with friends, or as a couple. We will tell you about the main activities you shouldn't miss during your vacation in Cancun if you are an adrenaline lover.

What activities can you do in Cancun?

1. Kitesurfing
2. Bungee Jumping
3. Flyboard
4. Speedboat
5. Whale shark swimming
6. Extreme activities in theme parks

1. Kitesurfing

This is one of the main extreme sports in Cancun, as the area is perfect for practicing this sport, where you rise into the air thanks to the wind powering a parachute while you surf the sea on a board.

The beaches of Cancun are ideal for practicing it freestyle and on the waves, at beaches like Chac Mool or Delfines. Within the Cancun Hotel Zone, you will find everything from Kitesurfing schools to competition areas.

Tip: Due to the wind quality, the best season to practice it is between the months of November and June.

2. Bungee Jumping

Located at Playa Tortuga, in the heart of the Hotel Zone, you can take this free jump from a 25-meter platform located next to the spectacular Caribbean Sea. The jump costs $1,000 MXN per person.

3. Flyboard

The Flyboard is a trendy activity in Cancun, so there are different points in the Hotel Zone where you can do this activity, whether inside La Isla shopping village, on the Nichupté lagoon, or on one of the beaches in the area.

It consists of a personal hoverboard equipment strapped to your feet and propelled by two powerful jets of water that allow you to fly over the water, in true Ironman style. The challenge here is to learn how to control your body weight to perform tricks and jumps. The safety equipment includes a helmet, ear protection, and a life jacket to prevent any incidents. The average cost is $1,500 MXN for 20 minutes.

4. Speedboat

This is the ideal activity for speed lovers, as the boat reaches speeds of up to 90 km/h while the driver makes 270-degree turns on the Nichupté lagoon, which offers a spectacular view of the mangroves and channels in the area.

Best of all, you can enjoy this activity as a family since people 7 years of age and older, with a minimum height of 120 cm, can board the boat. The 30-minute ride has an average cost of $1,300 MXN per person.

5. Whale shark swimming

It is a great experience that allows you to appreciate these magnificent creatures that reach about 10 meters in length, in the open sea a few kilometers from the coast of Cancun.

The activity is designed for ages 8 and up, lasts about 6 hours, and has an average cost of $3,000 MXN per person.

Tip: Summer is the best season to see sharks in the Cancun sea, especially the whale shark.

6. Extreme activities in theme parks

If you want to practice several extreme activities in Cancun, there are different adventure parks throughout the Riviera Maya. Although some are not within the Cancun Hotel Zone, it won't take you more than an hour and a half to reach any of them:

• Xplor Park: Includes seven different zipline routes around the park, with access to rafting equipment and amphibious vehicles. They have night tours where you go through rings of fire from the ziplines.
• Selvatica: They have 10 ziplines, bungee swings, a Jungle roller coaster, and a track where you can drive a 4x4 all-terrain vehicle through extreme trails.
• Xavage: Has channels for kayaking, rapids for rafting, rides in Monster Truck-style all-terrain vehicles, and a zipline circuit that includes the longest horizontal zipline in the region.

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On your next vacation in Cancun, don't miss the opportunity to visit some of these extreme activities, which you can enjoy by staying at one of the Solaris family hotels in Cancun. In addition to being in a privileged location to visit the best activities in the area, we have diverse activities for all ages.

Visit us and book directly from our website, where you can find the best all-inclusive lodging offers and the best tour deals in Cancun.

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