Merida & Riviera Maya Tour Package

This morning, you will enter Chichen Itza before the crowds. Here, you will visit the famous Kukulkan pyramid, the ball court, the observatory, the nunnery, and the “cenote sagrado”(the sacrifice well).

After you will continue to Mérida (2 hours).

After breakfast, you will begin your trip towards Uman (30 Minutes). This village has a 16th-century church, San Francisco de Asis Church. It is a domed structure built of stone, with columns adorning the gothic-looking entry. You will also visit the local market and try some exotic fruits.

Continue with the trip, transfer to Oxkintok (1 hour); the Mayan word Oxkintok, for a long time and by a literal interpretation, was customary to translate as “three days of burning” since it is made up of the words Ox: three; Kin: day or sun; and Tok: flint; that is, “three days flint” or “three cutting suns.” Currently, it is handled as a possible meaning of “the city of the three Flint suns.”

Oxkintok is considered one of the most important settlements in northern Yucatan and, perhaps, the oldest city in the central Puuc region. His position allowed him to control the flow of commercial goods from the south of the peninsula and connect with other contemporary cultures. Its main chronology is Upper Preclassic and extends until the Early Postclassic, from 300 BC. C., approximately 1200 AD. C.

Then, visit Hacienda San Pedro Ochil. This is one of the seven haciendas that, at the end of the 19th century, gave prosperity to the region with the production of henequen fiber. Beautifully restored, the main gate stands out, especially with a Moorish-style arch and neoclassical influence.

Here, you can see henequen, the original clotheslines, machinery, fireplace, and chapel of the hacienda, visit the cenote and observe how artisans work inside the workshops, or visit a small folk art museum. Jewelers work the filigree, women weave hammocks and embroider the white cotton dresses known as huipiles, and men carve wood and stone.

In the afternoon, return to your hotel in Merida.

After breakfast, you will begin the trip to Celestun Reserve, located 95 km west of Merida; this reserve has 51,139 hectares, and a 20-km-long estuary empties into the Gulf of Mexico in Campeche. At this biosphere reserve, you can witness the spectacular sight of pink flamingos in flight and admire more than 170 resident and migratory bird species that inhabit the area. You’ll also spot crocodiles in the marshes, and you may have the pleasant surprise of watching green, hawksbill, and loggerhead turtles laying their eggs (seasonal)

Time to relax in a secluded beach,

Afternoon return to Merida.

Today, you will enjoy a cultural City tour in Merida, a journey through time and history.
In the old paved streets of the “White City,” among the beautiful buildings that you will visit are Merida’s main Cathedral, built in 1561, Casa de Montejo, the government palace, the municipal palace, theaters, a cultural center, parks, and markets. You can also enjoy authentic Yucatecan Food.

Morning transfer to Punta Allen. Upon arrival, board the boat for a tour through lagoons, mangroves, and the Caribbean Sea. Enjoy snorkeling in the second-largest reef in the world and swimming with starfish, turtles, and millions of colorful fish species. You will also do birding and spot other marine animals like dolphins.

This morning, you will visit Tulum National Park, whose buildings have a Toltec influence and were abandoned about 75 years after the Spanish conquest. El Castillo is the tallest building at Tulum (the castle), appropriately named, where you can have the most fantastic view of the Caribbean.

It’s time to snorkel at the Tulum site.

Free afternoon to relax on the beach.

At your convenience, transfer to Cancun International Airport in time to catch your international flight back home.