Mayan Encounter - All Tour Native

Mayan Encounter, Mexican Caribbean

Come and experience the richness of the Mayan World.
Discover Coba and climb Nohoch Muul, the tallest pyramid in the Northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula.

Visit a Mayan village, cohabit with the descendants of this most admirable Pre-Hispanic civilization and participate in the preservation of their cultural and natural heritage. Paddle on a lagoon of enormous beauty. Make a thrilling rappel descent. Swim in the transparency of age-old cenotes and soar on the zip-line above the Mayan Jungle.

To see the real Mexico you must leave the town and traffic far behind and join us for an expedition into the heart of the jungle where we will show you a Mexico that most tourists, and many Mexicans, never see.

You will be picked up and taken on an historical journey that spans 1500 years of Mayan culture. Our first stop is the recently-opened ancestral city of Cobá, an archaeological site hidden deep inside the rain forest of south-eastern Yucatan Peninsula, where we will guide you through the history that pertains to this site.

Walking through these verdant green vegetation-covered ruins one literally feels the ancient rhythms of this once strong city-state, and climbing the Nohoch Muul temple (the highest in the state) one can truly appreciate the pristine beauty and immeasurable vastness of the surrounding sub-tropical rain forest.

Leaving here we head to an authentic Mayan village, a self-sufficient community living next to an integral part of the region's lagoon system. Together with the locals we walk through their forest, learning of the local fauna and flora, enjoy a zip-line flying over an incredibly beautiful cenote, rappel down into another cenote, canoe on a lagoon, and enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by the local Mayan women. Spending time with these Mayan people in the jungle and their village one is able to truly appreciate how they live and survive far from the "civilized" lifestyles that we are accustomed to.

Itinerary

7:00 – 8:00 am.
Pick up and departure for Cobá.

9:30 am.
Arrival at Cobá. In this majestic archeological site we take a two-hour tour. After visiting its temples and the legendary ball game area we walk 1.5 km/1 mile and arrive at Nohoch Muul (the tallest pyramid in the Yucatan). From the top of this beautiful pyramid we may enjoy a wonderful view of the amazing sub-tropical jungle that surrounds the site.

11:30 am.
Departure for the Mayan Village.

12:00 pm:
Arrival at the Mayan Village. We will have the opportunity to see how the Mayans live and experience with these wonderful people an adventure in their natural world.
Together with the locals we will:
- walk through their forest, learning of the local fauna and flora
- enjoy a zip-line flying over an incredibly beautiful cenote
- rappel down into another cenote
- canoeing/kayaking on a wonderful lagoon
- enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by the local Mayan women

04:30 – 5:00 pm.
End of the expedition.