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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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H o t e l s |
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D |
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Los Lirios |
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2 |
Los Lirios |
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3 |
Los Lirios |
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Chicanná Ecovillage Resort |
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Chicanná Ecovillage Resort |
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Los Lirios |
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B = Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner |
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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
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• 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
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Beverages
Laundry and personal expenses
Phone calls
Gratuities for guide and drivers
Any other service nonmentioned in the itinerary
Any flight nonmentioned
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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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