Rosewood Mayakoba: the island spa, its prices and the temazcal

Q: Can I have a massage in my suite?

Yes, with a surcharge of USD 30 for any in-suite treatment.2

Rosewood Mayakoba keeps its spa on an island in the jungle, set apart from the rest of the resort: Sense, A Rosewood Spa, a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star in 2026. People come for the old Mayan remedies, starting with the temazcal, a pre-Hispanic steam ceremony led by a shaman.

Updated 24 October 20265 min readHow we write the guide

The paved path between palms and trees leading to the entrance of Sense, A Rosewood Spa, its sign on a brick wall.

The Kuxtal ritual is the one I would book: in the sensory garden you pick a plant by instinct, and its healing meaning shapes the rest, whether bodywork, meditation or energy balancing.

Booking: Online, on +1 855 571 0820 or at mayakoba.spa@rosewoodhotels.com, guaranteed by a credit card; cancel or move it up to 12 hours ahead, after which the full price is charged.¹³
What it costs: In pesos: a massage is 6,750 for 60 minutes, 9,900 for 90 and 12,400 for 2 hours, a Hydrafacial 8,400 for 60 minutes. Spa online booking, 24 October 2026.³
Hours: Daily from 8am to 8pm, for treatments and for the heated pool, sauna, steam room and Jacuzzi, which resort guests use free of charge.¹
Without staying: Guests of the other 3 Mayakoba hotels, Alila, Banyan Tree and Fairmont, can book treatments here too, ideally through their own hotel’s concierge.⁴

Sense, A Rosewood Spa The visit

The choice, in short

Why choose Rosewood Mayakoba

The 5 GROUND rituals were created exclusively for Rosewood Mayakoba with GROUND Wellbeing, plant-based aromatherapy handmade in Cork, Ireland, among them one for anxiety and one for sleep.

As a couple

When to look elsewhere

Not a spa day for the whole family: the spa and the gym admit young adults over 16, and younger children have the 3 treatments of the Sense of Beginning menu, 45 or 60 minutes long, with a parent present throughout.

The rituals

What happens on the island

The Cenote Temazcal Purification lasts 150 minutes and begins in the sensory garden, where the plants are chosen; then, inside a stone structure, steam rises from herb-infused water poured on volcanic rocks while an indigenous scrub goes on the skin. It ends with a water rinse and a massage with warm herbal poultices.²

Of the GROUND rituals, Seed opens with a scrub of basil, rosemary and geranium from the garden and ends with a peat mask for the feet; Wisdom massages with cool marble stones and can add a kaolin clay wrap; Star uses a green clay wrap and a slow abdominal massage.⁶ Seed and Wisdom cost 9,900 pesos for 90 minutes, and all 3 cost 12,400 for 2 hours.³

Among the private holistic sessions, the Spiritual Guidance Consultation spends 90 minutes with the resident spiritual guide on numerology, the Enneagram, astrology and oracles, for 7,500 pesos; the Handpan Soul Session, a private sound session, runs 60 minutes for 6,000, and the Sacred Breath breathwork 5,000.³

Before and after a treatment

Group classes
Yoga and Pilates run 60 minutes, the float versions 50, at 550 pesos a class.³
The jet lag collection
4 treatments of 30 minutes at 2,800 pesos: back and neck, head with gua sha, hand and foot reflexology, legs.³

Rosewood Mayakoba

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Sun & Moon, the ritual for 2

What it includes

It starts at your suite, with a private boat to the spa
A scrub and wrap of cacao, crushed rose petals and neroli
A couples massage to finish

On the island

Gym	Open 24 hours a day.¹
Hair and make-up	The salon also does hair, make-up and waxing; for hair and make-up, write to the spa.²

Rooms at the hotel

The plunge pool and terrace sofa among the plants

Rooms and staying here

4 Mayan rituals compared

Ritual	What it is	Length and price
Temazcal	Herbal steam on volcanic stones	60 minutes, 11,980 pesos
Itzam Herbal Cure	Copal incense, a clay of garden herbs, a wrap of plant fibres	120 minutes, 12,400 pesos
Kuxtal Sensory Garden	A journey set by a plant from the garden	2 hours 16,800 pesos, 3 hours 20,250
Putzia	Energy rebalancing with 4 hands	90 minutes, 7,500 pesos

Before booking

Can I have a massage in my suite?

Yes, with a surcharge of USD 30 for any in-suite treatment.²

Are there treatments during pregnancy?

Yes: Bloom, the ritual for the second and third trimesters, works on the shoulders, back, hips and lower legs, and its 90-minute version adds half an hour of massage and gua sha on the face and scalp.² It costs 6,800 pesos for 60 minutes and 9,900 for 90.³

How early should I arrive?

At least an hour before, to use the facilities and talk to your therapist. A late arrival ends at the booked time and pays the full fee.²

How does a group book?

From 4 people up, book at least 7 days ahead and pay in full on confirmation; a cancellation in the last 7 days, or a no-show, is charged in full.²

What should I bring?

Nothing: you get a bathrobe, sandals and a locker on arrival, and disposable underwear for body treatments. Jewellery is best left behind.²

The spa’s page

Sense, A Rosewood Spa

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