After hotel pickup in Playa del Carmen, take a 30-minute drive north to Punta Maroma. Upon arrival, receive safety tips and instruction on how to operate your Flyboard, a personal water jetpack connected to a board. It’s an easy-to-learn activity, and you’ll be in the capable hands of an experienced Flyboard instructor who will give you personalized attention during your individual session. Most first-timers are flying within five minutes. (

When you’re ready, strap your feet onto the Flyboard and feel it hoist you out of the water with its nearly 400 pounds (180 kg) of thrust. As you get comfortable, use your own control to shoot up into the air like Ironman and hover in place. Then slash through the water and skyrocket into the air again.

(You have 20 or 30 minutes on the Flyboard ─ depending on the option you select when booking ─ ample time to soar through Punta Maroma’s Caribbean waters and practice your newfound superhero skills. ( (

Your instructor will be right there to help as needed while a photographer captures your daredevil antics. Purchase pictures as souvenirs after you’re done with Flyboarding, and then relax your adrenaline-pumped body during transport back to Playa del Carmen.