Day 1, Arrival at Chetumal, Bacalar, Rancho Encantado

MAYA NATURE welcomes you at Chetumal Airport (CTM). Upon arrival one of our drivers will transfer you to the Rancho Encantado Hotel next to Seven Colors Lagoon of Bacalar for overnight. Dinner on your own.

Day 2, Bacalar, Kohunlich, Chicanna Ecovillage

Morning at leisure at Bacalar Lagoon. After lunch transfer to the Kohunlich Archaeological site, where we can admire the beautiful giant stucco masks. At the end of this visit we´ll follow our route bound for Chicanna Ecovillage Resort for overnight. Lunch and Dinner on your own. B

Day 3, Calakmul, Balamku,Chicanna Ecovillage
Very early in the morning we will depart provided with a box breakfast, bound to the Calakmul archaeological site, also a World Heritage site. Set deep in the tropical forest of the Tierras Bajas, a Biosphere Reserve, this important Mayan archaeological site played a key role for more than twelve centuries. Calakmul’s outstanding examples of Mayan art provide a testament to the city’s advanced political and spiritual development. After this visit we will procede to Balamku, a site where we find a spectacular modeling stucco façade with policromy, dated at the end of the Early Classic period among 550 to 650 A.D. This frieze is considered one of the most beautiful artistic expressions in the Mayan low lands. Then we will return to Chicanna Ecovillage for lunch and overnight. Lunch and Dinner on your own. B

Day 4, Becan, Chicanna

Before breakfast, we will have the opportunity of a bird watching tour on the Chicanna Ecovillage grounds. Among others we could watch Turquoise Browed Moot-moot, Yucatan Oriol, Keel-billed Toucan, Yucatan Jay, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Yellow-lored Parrot and many others. After breakfast you will be guided to a walking tour by an internal path (2 km) to Becan, a regional capital that was surrounded by a moat, unique in the Mayan area, and that flourished between years 600 and 1000 of our era. We´ll return to our hotel for lunch. In the afternoon we will visit Chicanna archaeological site, just across the road from our hotel (600 mt walk). Its name means “The House of the Snake Mouth”, and is thought to be part of the great city that was Becan. It owes its name to the façade of structure II, which is richly decorated with an enormous snake mask that symbolizes the sacred mountain. Overnight at Chicanna Ecovillage Resort. Lunch and Dinner on your own. B

Day 5, Departure

At due time, we will pick you up at your hotel for transfer to Chetumal Airport (CTM) in order to board your flight back home.

End of our services

• Price includes:

• Price does not include:

Accommodantions
Ground Transportation in a/c  vehicles
Guides services.
Entrances tickets at archaeological sites and museums.
Boat when indicated.
Meals as indicated on the itinerary
Lodging, meals and transportation  taxes
Gratuities for bellboys and waiters

Beverages
Laundry and personal expenses
Phone calls
Gratuities for guide and drivers
Any other service nonmentioned in the itinerary
Any flight nonmentioned