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TOURING THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
   
 
MAYAN RIVIERA AND CALAKMUL


The Mayan Riviera are the white sand beaches that stretch 70 miles from Puerto Morelos, just South of Cancun to Tulum, that is the entrance point to the Sian Kaan Biosphere Reserve, a Natural World Heritage Site. The municipality of Calakmul is the largest in the State of Campeche, with a surface of 11,000 km2, from which almost 40% are natural protected areas. Also within their extensive jungles you may find many important Mayan archaeological sites. In this 6 nights (7 days) excursion you will be able to go deep in the vast jungle of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve and visit 5 of these important Mayan sites.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Day 1, Arrival at Cancun, Tulum

MAYA NATURE wellcomes you at Cancun International Airport (CUN). Upon arrival one of our drivers will transfer you at the hotel "Los Lirios" in Tulum for check in and overnight. Rest of the day and meals on your own, where you will be able to enjoy the white sands Caribean beach at the hotel.

 

Day 2, Maya Encounter

After breakfast at your hotel. Your encounter with the Maya culture starts with a 1,500 year-old historical journey to the ancestral city of Cobá, an archaeological site hidden deep inside the rain forest of south-eastern Yucatan Peninsula. Climbing the Nohoch Muul temple (the tallest pyramid of the state), you will be able admire the pristine beauty and immeasurable vastness of the surrounding sub-tropical rain forest. Your Maya Encounter journey then leads you to an authentic Maya village, a self-sufficient Maya community living next to an integral part of the region's lagoon system. You will walk you through the Maya community's forest, learning the mysteries of their local fauna and flora. Your unforgettable off-track adventure tour then begins: exciting zip-line flying over an incredibly beautiful Cenote, a refreshing swim, rappelling down into another Cenote, and canoe paddling on a lagoon of enormous beauty. And to end it all, a delicious traditional lunch prepared by the women of this Maya community.Dinner on your own. B, L.

 

Day 3, Sian Ka'an, Tulum

After breakfast at your hotel, we will depart toward the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, a World Heritage site. In the language of the Mayans Sian Ka’an means "Origin of the Sky". This 1.3 million acre reserve is home to forests, wetlands, a coral reef system and more than two dozen Mayan archaeological sites. There we will visit the Muyil archaeological site, and walking trough a "sac-beh" (Mayan word for white path) and the Canan-Ha wood path we will reach Muyil Lagoon, where we will take a boat for a ride trough this and the Chunyaxche lagoons to reach a man made canal system, where we will float pushed by the gentle stream toward the sea, after that we will get on the boat again for the ride back toward our departing point. On our way back to Tulum we will stop at a colorfull and lesser known "cenote" (subterranean river) where a delicious lunch will be waiting for us. After a dive at the warm "cenote" waters we will return at your hotel. Dinner on your own. B, L.


Day 4, Becan, Chicanna

After breakfast you will be transfer to Becan archaeological site, 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, Calakmul, Balamku, 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 facade 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. After lunch 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. Dinner on your own. B, L.

 

Day 6, Transfer Los Lirios Hotel

After the breakfast we are going to go to Los Lirios Hotel in the Riviera Maya for a free day and enjoy the caribean sea. Lunch and Dinner on your own. B

 

Day 7, Cancun Airport

After breakfast,at Los Lirios hotel we’ll pick you up at your for transfer to the Cancun International Airport (CUN) in order to board your flight back home. B.

End of services.

 

Day

H   o   t   e   l    s

B

L

D

1

Los Lirios

 

 

 

2

Los Lirios

 

3

Los Lirios

 

4
Chicanná Ecovillage Resort

 

 

5
Chicanná Ecovillage Resort

 

 

6
Los Lirios

 

 

7

 

 

 

B = Breakfast,  L = Lunch,   D = Dinner

 

 

Single

Double

Triple

Price per person

$2,184.00

$1,340.00

$1,100.00

Aditional nigt in Tulum
(Breakfast included)

$193.00

$96.00

$84.00

050310

 

DEPARTURE DATES
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

• 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
Air ticket from Campeche to Cancun


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

 

All prices are quoted per person in USD, valid trough December 15, 2010. Ask for group prices for more than 6 travelers. Your reservation will not be confirmed until you have accepted our confirmation of the price/availability of the tour.

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