Chichén Itzá

Valladolid

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• Playa Info tours are planned to give you a fun day of culture, history and natural wonders.

• Playa Info Tours only take small groups (maximum 12 people) and the tours fill up pretty fast.

• This means that if you are interested you should book as soon as possible.

• If you wait too long it's highly unlikely that there will be space left.

• Leave Playa del Carmen at 7.30 am.

• On the ride to Chichén Itzá (which is a little more than 2.5 hours), we will give you the history of the Mayan people and the area we travel through.

• Before getting to Chichén Itzá we will have a sandwich to give us the energy we need to see this amazing ancient city.

• On our visit to Chichén Itzá, the grandest of ruins in the Yucatan, you will learn more about Mayan life and traditions. The oldest buildings in this site date back from 850 AD. Chichén Itzá was the center of power in the 12th century and it is one of the biggest sites in the Mayan World. On our three hour visit we will cover both the south and the north part of the site. A local site guide specialized on Chichén Itzá will join us.

• About half an hour from Chichén Itzá lies the small colonial town of Valladolid, which we will visit next. Valladolid is one of the first towns the Conquistadors built in the Americas and it certainly has an interesting history. By the quaint Zocalo (the main square) we will enjoy authentic Mexican food served with fresh fruit drinks.

• After this late lunch we visit the amazing cenote X’keken near the village of Dzitnup, just outside of Valladolid. A cenote is a sinkhole that works as an entrance to a cave system. It's often water filled with cool and amazingly clear water. X'keken is one of the most amazing cenotes on the Yucatan peninsula.

• On our way home there may be time to stop in one of the little Mayan villages to pick up some beautiful handicrafts.

• We will be back in Playa around 7.30 pm.