Yucatan Pearls
Duration
4 Days
Physical rate
Moderate
Start city
Cancun, Quintana Roo
Available
April 2024 / March 2025
Detailed day by day description
Introduction
Dear Traveler: thank you for choosing us to perform this Tour! We hope you enjoy your trip.
Here we give you a guidance on their tour with the information that we believe may be of your interest. The information is indicative, may exist variations on designated hours.
TRANSFER from the airport, if you have it included or purchasing. Our transfer will be waiting for you with a poster on behalf of Europamundo or its name to the output of the custom (after collecting your luggage)..
Remember to inform us by phone if you lost your connection flight or expected delay of their arrival, in your VOUCHER figure the phone of the transfer.
IMPORTANT: If you had additional nights upon arrival the hotel will have your reservation, but his travel guide normally will not be until the night before the start of the tour.
Note: Depending on the number of participants, the trip from Cancun to Merida may be by regular first class bus.
08.00 hrs.- We leave Cancun towards the capital of the state of Yucatan.
12.00 hrs.- MÉRIDA , arrival- visit of the vibrant capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan. This city treasures a rich colonial and Mayan heritage, we visit the fortified cathedral of Mérida, the limestone church of the Third Order as well as the House of Montejo, a sixteenth-century mansion, emblem of Plateresque colonial architecture. Free time in the afternoon, we suggest you to visit the Museum of the Mayan. In the evening we include a transfer to attend the sound and light show "Sacred Stones" . Accommodation.
Scenery : Nice stage to get to know the state of Yucatan.
N.B.- Remember to bring comfortable clothes and shoes, swimsuit and towel, sunscreen and mosquito repellent.
08.00 hrs- Merida- departure.
09.15 hrs- IZAMAL - arrival to one of the prettiest cities in Mexico, declared a "Magic town".
10.15 hrs- Izamal, departure.
11.30 hrs- CHICHEN ITZAN, - we include admission and a visit to the most important and renowned vestige of the Mayan civilization, a World Heritage Site where we see the mythical pyramid of Kukulcán and the warriors’ temple.
14.30 hrs - After the visit we include a Mayan cuisine lunch .
16.00 hrs- Chichen Itzan- We continue on our beautiful stage through the state of Yucatan.
18.15- RIO LAGARTOS , arrival to this small fishing village in the middle of a Biosphere Reserve.
Note: The hotel infrastructure in Rio Lagartos is very limited. Occasionally, we will have to provide accomodation in Valladolid. In that case, we will visit Valladolid on Sunday instead of Monday and spend more time in Rio Lagartos on Monday.
Note: Remember to bring comfortable clothes and shoes, swimwear and towel, sunscreen and mosquito cream.
08.00 hrs. - We include a boat ride of more than two hours. We enter the biosphere reserve, where we can see crocodiles among its mangroves, lots of birds, including pelicans and pink flamingos. You can also "live the mud experience" by smearing mud with high concentrations of sulfur, minerals and salts that act as exfoliants for the skin, leaving a feeling of softness throughout the body.
11.30 hrs- Rio Lagartos, departure. We head to the interior of the peninsula.
13.00 hrs- VALLADOLID- arrival in the third largest city of the Yucatan with a very nice historical city center. We recommend that you have lunch in one of the restaurants in the main square.
14.30 hrs- Valladolid, departure.
15.30 hrs- CENOTE CHOJ HA. We will explore this Cenote managed by the local Mayan community. We will walk along a short trail in the jungle to visit the dry cave and swim in the wonderful lake inside the wet cave.
17.00 hrs- Cenote, departure. Continuation to Cancun.
20.30 hrs- CANCUN , arrival.