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Tour Days Mondays to Saturdays; from Cancun only Tuesdays and Thursdays Duration 6 Hours Price US$129.00
US$ 90.00 children between 4 and 7 years
Minimum age for this tour is 4 years.Country Mexico Departure from Riviera Maya, Playa del Carmen or Cancun Trip Style Mayan Ruins and Nature Activities Mayan Ruins, Jungle, Cenote, Swimming Physical Demand Easy to medium Season Year Round - Tour Information
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The Tour
This tour combines both the Mayan history and the natural beauties of Sian Ka’an Nature Reserve.
Upon arrival to the reserve, the tour starts with a boat ride across the lagoon. Your naturalist guide will explain more about the eco-system and wildlife of these wetlands. After 45 minutes, you may leave the boat and simply float on the current through the canals.
At the other side of the lagoon, your guide will take you on a jungle hike to the ancient Mayan site of Muyil. Muyil was one of the earliest and longest inhabited Mayan sites on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. The site used to be an important point on the Maya Caribbean trade route.You will then be invited to swim and snorkel in a cenote. The Yucatan Peninsula has many cenotes, which are natural sinkholes or caverns, connected to an endless system of underground-rivers. Explore this amazing underwater system with a mask and snorkel!
You will head back to Tulum where you will enjoy your choice of a fish, beef or chicken lunch before returning to your hotel.
Included in the Tour:
- Pick up and return from your hotel,
- Naturalist or biologist guide
- Entrance fees
- Lunch
- Non-alcoholic drinks
Maximum 10 people per group
What to Bring: Camera, mosquito repellent.
- Background
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Sian Ka´an
Sian Ka´an means “where the sky begins” in Maya.
The reserve is the largest protected area in the Mexican Caribbean. It protects several ecosystems like mangroves, wetlands, coastal dunes and coral reefs. The reserve gives home to many animals such as jaguars, tapirs, manatees, dolphins, turtles, crocodiles and tropical birds.
On the eastern side of the reserve, one finds an ancient Mayan establishment called Muyil.
- Pictures
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These are pictures from this tour.
