Cancun Trip Overview
This private 2-day tour will allow you to dive into the history, culture and life of the Yucatan Peninsula.
We start the tour picking you up at your hotel and go to visit Chichen-Itza, swim in the cenote Ik Kil, and move to the capital of Yucatan Peninsula, Merida City. You will have a guided city tour there and after making a check in in the hotel, you have a whole evening to enjoy a real colonial Mexican city.
The second day begins with breakfast in the hotel and visit of Uxmal archeological site. The following stop is the cacao museum and you will visit an ancient mysterious Manor called Yashkopoil. Then, the last place in our program is we will visit the Yellow Small Town of Izamal.
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Duration: 2 days
Starts: Cancun, Mexico
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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This private 2-day tour will allow you to dive into the history, culture and life of the Yucatan Peninsula.
We start the tour picking you up at your hotel and go to visit Chichen-Itza, swim in the cenote Ik Kil, and move to the capital of Yucatan Peninsula, Merida City. You will have a guided city tour there and after making a check in in the hotel, you have a whole evening to enjoy a real colonial Mexican city.
The second day begins with breakfast in the hotel and visit of Uxmal archeological site. The following stop is the cacao museum and you will visit an ancient mysterious Manor called Yashkopoil. Then, the last place in our program is we will visit the Yellow Small Town of Izamal.
Itinerary
Day 1: Chichen-Itza – cenote IkKil – Merida
Stop At: Chichen Itza Mexico
Our professional certificated guide provides a deep historical overview of one of the New7Wonders of the World. On arrival at Chichen Itza, head straight for the Kukulkan Pyramid (El Castillo) — the crowning feature of the UNECO-listed site — to capture photographs and hear of the serpentine shadow cast on the pyramid during equinoxes. See, too, architectural highlights such as the Great Ball Court, the Temple of Warriors etc
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Cenote Ik kil, Carretera Costera del Golfo 3 Kilometros de la zona arqueologica de Chichen Itza, Chichen Itza 97757 Mexico
After a hot walk, we drive to the famous natural Cenote of IkKil, where we will refresh swimming in its clean cool water.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Merida, Merida, Yucatan Peninsula
Go to visit the most important city on peninsula, it´s capital, Merida. This colonial city populated by nearly a million people and situated relatively far from touristic zone with all it´s appearance talks to you about the Spanish époque in the history of Mexico. You will see a beautiful Montejo street, where all the colonial houses of the rich conquistadors are placed, visit the main square and cathedral. After making a check in on one of the Merida´s central hotels you have a whole evening to enjoy a real colonial Mexican city.
Duration: 15 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch: Buffet Lunch (drinks not included)
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 4* hotel in the center of Merida.
Day 2: Uxmal – Cacao Museum – Yaxcopoil – Izamal
Stop At: Zona Arqueologica Uxmal, Carretera Federal No. 261, Uxmal 97899 Mexico
The second day starts with breakfast in the hotel and visit of Uxmal archeological site, where at the very entrance two tween – pyramids, the guardians of the city, are welcoming you to pass. In Uxmal you climb the pyramid of Magician which structure is very uncommon for mayan architectural style, visit the female monastery, the house of the governor and the temple of the Temple of Turtles.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Choco Story uxmal, Calle 48 # 390 Int 1 Diagonal 31 y Diagonal 33, Uxmal 97899 Mexico
The following stop is the cacao museum where you learn about the history of this delicious drink and will be taught an ancient ritual of its preparation and of course, you won´t leave without trying cacao prepared just in a way it was prepared for the imperators.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Hacienda Yaxcopoil, Mexico 261 Km 220, Yaxcopoil 97391 Mexico
Then, you will visit a little Mexican village built around an ancient mysterious Spanish farmstead, called Yashkopoil. Yashkopoil means “a place of rustling elm-trees” and was called so because of the amount of elm trees growing there. You will take a walk around the farmstead and learn about its history and the lifestyle of its former habitants.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Izamal, Izamal, Yucatan Peninsula
The last place in our program will be a visit to the Yellow Small Town of Izamal. This fabulous completely different town will not leave anyone indifferent. We will visit the museum of the old monastery built by the Spaniards on the basis of a destroyed pyramid and made a city tour in a horse cab, observing the colonial buildings and ancient pyramids preserved right in the center of the city.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
