Adventure in the Mayan World
10 days, 9 nights
HIGHLIGHTS
Chichen Itza, Wonder of the World, Patrimony of Humanity by UNESCO
- Sacred Cenotes of the Mayas
- Colonial & Traditional Mérida
- Flamingos at the Celestun Biosphere Reserve
- Archaeological sites of Tulum & Becan
- Campeche Patrimony of Humanity by UNESCO
- Lagoon of Bacalar, The 7 colours lagoon
- Calakmul Biosphere reserve, Patrimony of Humanity by UNESCO
- Visit an Old Hacienda
- Local gastronomy
- Traditional Gastronomy
- Jungle encounter at Calakmul
- Local Handcrafts and Mexican Folklore
ITINERARY
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
DAY 6
DAY 7
DAY 8
DAY 9
Arrival to Cancun.
Welcome drink at the hotel in Cancun.
Meeting with your guide to discuss diverse aspects of the tour before
going out and have an authentic mexican dinner.
Overnight in Cancun.
Chichen Itza and Merida.
Meeting at your selected hotel in Cancun or Riviera Maya.
We`ll go visit the archaeological site of Chichen Itza.
Continue to Merida.
Overnight at Merida.
Sacred Cenotes and Merida.
Historic centerVisit to some of the most beautiful Cenotes in the Yucatan to swim in the crystal clear waters.
Back to Merida and City tour in the historic center.
Overnight at Merida.
Natural reserve of Celestun.
We´ll drive to the Natural Reserve of Celestun, shelter of birds like the Pink Flamingos and other fauna, like crocodiles. We´ll take a motor boat in the estuary and through the mangroves for Wild life Observation.
Afterwards we`ll go the wide beaches of Celestun to have lunch before we continue to the Colonial City of Campeche.
Overnight at Campeche.
Campeche archaeology museum and Fortressed Campeche.
This day we´ll visit the Fort of San Miguel, an important defensive fortress facing the ocean from top of the hills pointing canyons to the pirate ships. Also this place holds the Archaeological museum of Campeche where we can see the original burials and artifacts from the mayan city of Calakmul, a very important visit considering we will be going to Calakmul afterwards.
We’ll have a walking tour inside the City walls, visiting the Gate of Sea and Gate of Land.
Your will love this historic city, Patrimony of Humanity
Overnight at Campeche.
Ancient Hacienda.
This morning we`ll drive towards south along the Gulf of Mexico
We´ll visit the magnificent restored Hacienda of San Luis Carpizo, now is a military complex for training special forces, almost no one knows about this place, but I once found out that asking kindly to the soldiers to let us visit the Hacienda, they kindly do it. A very interesting visit as we can see the facilities where these mexican soldiers train and live.
Afterwards we´ll continue to the region of Calakmul to spend the night
Overnight at Calakmul.
Calakmul Bisophere Reserve and Archarological site.
Today we´ll go deep into the core of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve where the impressive Mayan Pyramids and Temples are waiting for us to climb them in the middle of the jungle, the solitude of the place is fascinating, very few people visit this place as it is pretty far off the beaten track. But wild fauna as Spider or Howler monkeys, wild turkeys, and other wild animals might be seen in their natural habitat.
This visit will take mainly all our day, we´ll bring some lunch to the place.
We´ll return to the hotel late afternoon where you will have time to relax.
Overnight at Calakmul.
Magic town of Bacalar and Lagoon of the 7 Colors.
This morning, we´ll go towards the Bacalar lagoon, but first we will stop to visit the Mayan archaeological site of Becan, the only one surrounded by a Fose.
We will continue to the Magical town of Bacalar, small town with a 18th century fortress at the lagoon shore, the 7 Colours lagoon.
Overnight at Bacalar lagoon.
Free day at Bacalar.
This day you will have it free for you to spend it at Bacalar and enjoy the lagoon.
Overnight at Bacalar.
DAY 10
Tulum Archarological site and Riviera Maya.
After having recharged batteries at the Bacalar lagoon, we´ll head north and east back to the Caribbean.
This day well have a visit to the archaeological site of Tulum
Afterwards we´ll continue to Riviera Maya or Cancun to your selected destination.
