Yucatan Eco Tour
Eco Tour the Mayan Riviera’s national marine parks of Puerto Morelos, Cozumel, and Isla Mujeres. Perhaps the most popular Mayan Riviera eco tour is Xcaret reserve with the world’s largest butterfly pavilion, shake hands with a dolphin program, serpentarium, nature preserve, and Mayan folk art. Farther south along the Mayan Riviera coast is the Akumal [...]
Caribbean Vacation
Your Caribbean Vacation expores lush, tropical islands of the “Spanish Main”, chasing the flying fish and dolphins over crystal, clear-blue waters. Just an hour away from many southern American cities; your Cancun Caribbean vacation delights you with extravagant resort hotels or quiet secluded bungalows — dizzying non-stop entertainment or the solitude of deserted, pure-white beaches [...]
Sacred Xcaret
Xcaret has called Maya women for a thousand years, to come and purify themselves in its sacred pools – before making the 12 mile crossing to the island of Cozumel to worship the fertility goddess Ixchel. Xcaret is open from 8:30am – 10:00pm every day. The entrance fee is $50 adult, $25 kids, and under [...]
Mayan Ruins
Mayan Ruins extend from the Yucatan peninsula to El Salvador, covering 5 Latin American countries and an area far greater than the Aztec empire. Long forgotten and shrouded in jungle, Mayan ruins are still being discovered today. Around 2,000 BC the Mayas emerged from the Mexican Yucatan spreading a culture of advanced architecture and astronomy. [...]
Tulum
Tulum “The Wall” was originally named Zama “Place of Dawning”. Silently overlooking the blue waters of the Caribbean, Tulum is Mexico’s most visited Mayan ruins. The only walled city built by the Mayas on the Caribbean coast; this was a thriving trading community when first visited by the Spainards who reported it as grand as [...]
The Mayan Riviera
Mayan Riviera (Riviera Maya) beaches stretch along 100 miles of the world’s most beautiful pink and white powdered coral, from Cancun to Tulum. The Mayan Riviera is studded with some of the newest and fanciest hotel resorts as well as private, secluded bungalows and small hotels (some without electricity or phones). Beginning at the “gateway” [...]
Playa del Carmen
Playa del Carmen is located in the heart of the Mayan Riviera and offers a convenient base of operations for many area attractions. In Playa del Carmen you can scuba dive, snorkel, ski, sail, rent a boat or mo-ped, para-glide, hot-air balloon, horseback ride, and take your choice of several jungle and eco tours. Playa’s [...]
Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza was abandoned long before Columbus reached the “New World”, yet Maya culture continues to exert a significant influence today in the lives of millions. During the “Dark Ages” of Europe, the Maya of Chichen Itza had a sophisticated mathematics and astronomy, and the only written language in the Americas. Maya civilization and culture [...]