Merida Trip Overview
On this tour you will go deep into the mountains of the ¨Ruta Puuc¨ and discover UXMAL. This ancient Mayan city is decorated with highly detailed sculptures, buildings made with thousands of small stones perfectly polished and adjusted to geometric mosaics of a perfection not found in the entire Mayan area. You can go up to the top of one of the buildings to enjoy the impressive view it offers!
We will continue our tour visiting the Cacao Museum, where you will travel back in time to an era of splendor of the Mayan people. You will be able to witness the original preparation of the hot chocolate and discover the taste of this ancient drink, an extraordinary experience for your senses!
Then, we will visit a private haciendas where you will discover the amazing history of the Henequen´s Haciendas and will enjoy its private cenote just for yourself.
To finish our last stop will be to delight your palate with Yucatecan food before returning to Mérida.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Merida, Mexico
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
On this tour you will go deep into the mountains of the ¨Ruta Puuc¨ and discover UXMAL. This ancient Mayan city is decorated with highly detailed sculptures, buildings made with thousands of small stones perfectly polished and adjusted to geometric mosaics of a perfection not found in the entire Mayan area. You can go up to the top of one of the buildings to enjoy the impressive view it offers!
We will continue our tour visiting the Cacao Museum, where you will travel back in time to an era of splendor of the Mayan people. You will be able to witness the original preparation of the hot chocolate and discover the taste of this ancient drink, an extraordinary experience for your senses!
Then, we will visit a private haciendas where you will discover the amazing history of the Henequen´s Haciendas and will enjoy its private cenote just for yourself.
To finish our last stop will be to delight your palate with Yucatecan food before returning to Mérida.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Zona Arqueologica Uxmal, Carretera Federal No. 261, Uxmal 97899 Mexico
From Mérida we will head towards the south of Yucatán State where the archaeological zone of Uxmal emerges spectacularly, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996. On our tour we will discover the secrets of this ancient city, decorated with highly detailed sculptures, buildings made with thousands of small stones perfectly polished and adjusted forming geometric mosaics of a perfection not equaled in the entire Mayan area. You can go up to the top of some of its buildings to enjoy the view of this beautiful city that is lost in the middle of the Maya jungle. You should live it!
The round trip by car will take 2 hours in this tour.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Choco Story uxmal, Calle 48 # 390 Int 1 Diagonal 31 y Diagonal 33, Uxmal 97899 Mexico
We will continue our tour of the Choco-Story Museum, located in the facilities of Hacienda Uxmal, an old sugar plantation, where you will travel back in time to a splendor time of a Mayan town. You will learn how they lived, about daily life, you will walk among their homes perfectly represented in this museo, their cornfields and gardens and you will learn how cocoa was transformed into chocolate by ancestral Mayas.
The museum is interactive and is made up of several rooms built in the typical Mayan hut style. In addition, you will be able to witness the original preparation of Chocoh ha ‘, hot chocolate and discover the taste of this ancient drink, an extraordinary experience for your senses! You cannot miss one of the most special moments of this visit, the Mayan ceremony in honor of the god Chaac.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Hacienda Yunku, Mucuyché Km.6, 97848 Yunku, Yuc., Mexico
At the end of our tour of the museum, we will go one emblematic haciendas of Yucatan, Hacienda Yunkú. Here you will discover the history of the haciendas and why the Henequen plantations and products were so important during centuries XIX and XX.
One of the joys of the hacienda is to take a walk through its grounds, the old machinery and the old aqueduct, the maya houses and the joy of this place, its private cenote.In this cenote cavern type you can cool off and enjoy the privacy just for you!
Finally, you will enjoy a peaceful Yucatecan lunch in an environment surrounded by nature and history!
Duration: 2 hours
