Do you run golf trips on the Riviera Maya?

Yes. The Hyatt Zilara Riviera Maya Golf Escape is live: four nights at the adults-only all-inclusive with two rounds at El Camaleón, one at Gran Coyote, Cancún airport transfers, and tee times confirmed at reservation. We have not yet hosted a group week on this coast; a custom week can be requested on top of the package.

Which courses does a Riviera Maya golf trip play?

The live package plays two of the coast's best: two rounds at Greg Norman's El Camaleón at Mayakoba and one at Nick Price's Gran Coyote. The wider bench on this page is custom-week territory: von Hagge's Hard Rock course, P.B. Dye's Iberostar Playa Paraíso, Nicklaus's Riviera Cancún, built with you on request.

What makes El Camaleón worth the flight?

The record, mostly. It staged the first PGA TOUR event ever played in Mexico in 2007 and hosted the tour for sixteen editions, followed by LIV Golf in 2023 and 2024 and the inaugural LPGA Riviera Maya Open in 2025. The course itself moves through jungle, mangrove, and limestone canal to two oceanfront par threes, with a natural cenote beside the opening fairway.

Is hurricane season a reason to skip a Riviera Maya golf trip?

It is a reason to plan one carefully, not to rule one out. The Atlantic season runs June through November and peaks August through October; direct strikes on this coast are the exception rather than the rule, but its record includes major hurricanes. A trip in those months should carry flexible plans, and December through April falls outside the season altogether.

Riviera Maya & Cancún · Mexico

Golf in Riviera Maya & Cancún, handled end to end.

Tour fairways, jungle cenotes, one coastline.

The Riviera Maya has moved from our study list to the tee sheet: four nights at adults-only Hyatt Zilara with two rounds at El Camaleón, the Greg Norman design that brought the PGA TOUR to Mexico for sixteen editions, and one at Nick Price's Gran Coyote is bookable today, and a custom week can still be arranged on request.

Courses: 4
Region: Quintana Roo
Country: Mexico
Updated: August 25, 2026

The case

Why did the Riviera Maya earn its page?

Because the golf here has been tested in public. El Camaleón hosted the PGA TOUR for sixteen editions, then LIV Golf, then the LPGA; two of the coast's courses co-hosted a World Amateur Team Championship; and all of it sits within about an hour of one of the busiest international airports in Latin America.

The record does most of the talking here. Professional fields have been grading El Camaleón in public since 2007: the PGA TOUR through 2022, LIV Golf in 2023 and 2024, the LPGA beginning in 2025. The courses around it carry the signatures of von Hagge, Price, Dye, and Nicklaus. When a record is that long and that visible, this page's job is mostly to point at it.

The disclosure, kept current: our first packaged product on this coast is live, with four nights at the adults-only Hyatt Zilara Riviera Maya, two rounds at El Camaleón and one at Gran Coyote, transfers and tee times handled. But ArriveGolf has not yet hosted a group week here. The course facts on this page remain the destination's own, checked against public sources, and a custom week beyond the package can be requested any time.

The courses

What is the golf like on the Riviera Maya?

Five names carry it. Greg Norman's El Camaleón at Mayakoba, with a cenote beside the opening fairway and two oceanfront par threes; Robert von Hagge's 1994 course in the Playacar jungle; Nick Price's Gran Coyote in Playa del Carmen; P.B. Dye's Iberostar Playa Paraíso; and Jack Nicklaus's Riviera Cancún, routed through a mangrove reserve at the edge of Cancún's Hotel Zone.

El Camaleón is the résumé course. Greg Norman finished it in 2006, the PGA TOUR arrived in February 2007 for its first-ever event in Mexico, and the tour kept coming back through 2022, sixteen editions in all. LIV Golf played it in 2023 and 2024, and in May 2025 it hosted the inaugural LPGA Riviera Maya Open, which returns in 2026. The chameleon in the name is the routing: jungle, mangrove, limestone canal, and then, twice in a round, the open Caribbean. There is a natural cenote beside the opening fairway, in case the point about geology needed making.

The rest of the coast is a study in architects. Robert von Hagge's 1994 design in the Playacar jungle, the former Golf Club at Playacar and now under the Hard Rock name, is the old-school test, all narrow doglegs and small greens under a canopy patrolled by coatis. Nick Price's Gran Coyote, formerly Grand Coral, threads jungle in Playa del Carmen and was built with an environmental team minding the water and wildlife around it. P.B. Dye's Iberostar Playa Paraíso, which co-hosted the 2016 World Amateur Team Championship alongside El Camaleón, is called one of his toughest by Iberostar itself, with small, undulating, heavily bunkered greens, recognizably a Dye. And Jack Nicklaus's Riviera Cancún, a Signature design from 2008, plays through mangroves and a natural reserve minutes from the Hotel Zone, its holes isolated from one another by wetland and long cart boardwalks.

The calendar

When is the best time to play the Riviera Maya?

November through April is the dry season and the natural golf window, with winter highs around eighty from December through February. May through October is the wet season, hot and humid, when rain tends to come in short, heavy bursts, often in the afternoon, rather than all-day storms. The Atlantic hurricane season runs June through November and peaks August through October, and a week in those months should be planned with the season in mind.

Dry season: Nov–Apr; the golf window, and the busy one
Winter highs: ~80°F; December through February
Wet season: May–Oct; hot, humid, rain in bursts
Hurricane season: Jun–Nov; peaks August through October

The dry months are the obvious answer and the honest one: this is the coast's most popular window, so the driest weather and the fullest tee sheets arrive together, and a group with flexible dates has reason to look at the quieter ends of it. Wet-season golf is workable golf: the rain mostly comes in short, intense bursts, often in the afternoon, leaving mornings the clearer half of the day, which is where summer rounds belong.

The hurricane question deserves a straight answer rather than a brochure one. The Atlantic season runs June through November and peaks August through October. Direct strikes on this coast are the exception, not the rule, but the record includes major hurricanes, and an honest page says so. A late-summer or fall week should be planned with flexibility built in. A group that wants no part of the question can point at December through April, which falls outside the season altogether.

The arrival

How do you get to the Riviera Maya's golf?

Through Cancún International, which carries nonstop service from dozens of cities across the United States, Canada, and Europe and ranks among Latin America's busiest airports for international traffic. The golf spreads south from there along one coastal highway: Riviera Cancún sits minutes from the airport at the edge of the Hotel Zone, Mayakoba is about forty-five minutes down the coast, and the courses around Playa del Carmen are roughly forty-five minutes to an hour away.

Ease of arrival is half the case for this coast. CUN carries nonstop service from dozens of cities across the United States, Canada, and Europe, and the geography past the terminal is simple: one federal highway runs south along the shore, and every course on this page lies along or just off it. There is no ferry crossing and no mountain road between the runway and any first tee here.

The spread is honest, though: this is a corridor, not a single address. Riviera Cancún plays minutes from the terminal, while Mayakoba and the courses around Playa del Carmen are a forty-five-minute to one-hour run down the highway. Where a week bases itself along that line matters: the live package answers it with Hyatt Zilara, north of Playa del Carmen, and a custom week can weigh the corridor differently.

The golf

The courses we plan around

The courses we build Riviera Maya & Cancún trips around, each with its designer and the numbers that matter. Your itinerary confirms your exact rotation. Facts from our verified course library.

Golfers on the fairway seen from inside the cenote cave at El Camaleón, Mayakoba

The tour stop

El Camaleón Golf Course

Greg Norman's routing through Mayakoba hosted the PGA TOUR every year from 2007 to 2022, the first TOUR event ever played in Mexico, then LIV Golf in 2023 and 2024, and the LPGA's Riviera Maya Open from 2025. The course changes skins the way its name promises: out of dense jungle, through mangrove and limestone canals, to two par 3s set directly on the Caribbean at the seventh and fifteenth. A natural cenote gapes in the middle of the first fairway. You play the same Paspalum the pros putted.

Par: 72
Yards: 7,116
Designer: Greg Norman

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The jungle veteran

Hard Rock Golf Club Riviera Maya

Von Hagge cut these fairways through the Playacar jungle in 1994, and three decades of growth have turned every corridor into a commitment: narrow lines, doglegs that hide the landing area, small greens, water where you'd rather it wasn't. The wildlife is part of the round, with coatis patrolling the ropes, and the Caribbean sits a few hundred yards beyond the trees. From the black tees it's 7,136 yards with a 142 slope; choose your tees with humility.

Par: 72
Yards: 7,136
Designer: Robert von Hagge

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Golden-hour aerial of bunkers and a palm-lined cart path curving beside a lake at Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club

The examination

Iberostar Playa Paraíso Golf Club

Playa Paraíso is proof that yardage isn't difficulty. At 6,704 from the tips it rates 74.3 with a 137 slope, and Iberostar's own materials call it one of the toughest courses P.B. Dye ever drew. The holes run through thick Riviera Maya forest to small, heaving, heavily bunkered greens, and its championship résumé is real: it co-hosted the 2016 World Amateur Team Championship with El Camaleón and staged the Canadian Tour's Riviera Maya Open from 2007. It plays inside the Iberostar Paraíso complex on the Riviera Maya.

Par: 72
Yards: 6,704
Designer: P.B. Dye

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The honest test

Gran Coyote Golf

Gran Coyote opened as Grand Coral and later took its current name, but the course underneath is unchanged Nick Price: honest angles, jungle rough that converts wayward drives into recovery lessons, and Platinum Paspalum surfaces. It was built with an environmental team involved in the design, so water use and native wildlife shaped the routing, and it anchors the Corasol development just north of Playa del Carmen. Par 71, just over 7,000 yards.

Par: 71
Yards: 7,043
Designer: Nick Price

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The stay

Where our groups stay

The resorts we place our groups in, chosen so the golf, the dining, and the beach are all a short step from the room. Your itinerary confirms your group's resort.

Adults-only all-inclusive

Hyatt Zilara Riviera Maya

Rebuilt from the ground up and reopened in late 2022, Hyatt Zilara Riviera Maya is an adults-only, all-inclusive resort of 291 suites on seventy acres of Caribbean beachfront. Hyatt puts it at 29 miles from Cancún International and six miles north of Playa del Carmen. Nine restaurants, bars, and lounges, a Zen Spa, swim-up suites, and a wide white-sand beach, with the golf a short run down the coast road.

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Good questions

Common questions about golf in Riviera Maya & Cancún

Do you run golf trips on the Riviera Maya?: Yes. The Hyatt Zilara Riviera Maya Golf Escape is live: four nights at the adults-only all-inclusive with two rounds at El Camaleón, one at Gran Coyote, Cancún airport transfers, and tee times confirmed at reservation. We have not yet hosted a group week on this coast; a custom week can be requested on top of the package.
Which courses does a Riviera Maya golf trip play?: The live package plays two of the coast's best: two rounds at Greg Norman's El Camaleón at Mayakoba and one at Nick Price's Gran Coyote. The wider bench on this page is custom-week territory: von Hagge's Hard Rock course, P.B. Dye's Iberostar Playa Paraíso, Nicklaus's Riviera Cancún, built with you on request.
What makes El Camaleón worth the flight?: The record, mostly. It staged the first PGA TOUR event ever played in Mexico in 2007 and hosted the tour for sixteen editions, followed by LIV Golf in 2023 and 2024 and the inaugural LPGA Riviera Maya Open in 2025. The course itself moves through jungle, mangrove, and limestone canal to two oceanfront par threes, with a natural cenote beside the opening fairway.
Is hurricane season a reason to skip a Riviera Maya golf trip?: It is a reason to plan one carefully, not to rule one out. The Atlantic season runs June through November and peaks August through October; direct strikes on this coast are the exception rather than the rule, but its record includes major hurricanes. A trip in those months should carry flexible plans, and December through April falls outside the season altogether.

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