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Check out our alternative tourism offer to get to know Yucatan from a local perspective:
Tekit – Mayapan
DAY 1 / TEKIT / MAYAPAN
DEPARTURE TIME: 8 AM – ARRIVAL TIME: 6.30 PM
08.00 hrs Departure from Merida
09.00 hrs Welcome in Tekit
09.15 hrs Bakery workshop
11.00 hrs Visit to the Mayan plot
13.00 hrs Traditional Yucatecan meal
14.30 hrs Visit to the guayaberas factory & shopping
16.00 hrs Visit (not included) to the archeological site of Mayapan
INCLUDED
✅ 1 complimentary bottle of honey
✅ Walk through the village accompanied by a certified local guide. Three activities:
guayaberas factory, bakery workshop and Mayan plot.
✅ Lunch, natural beverages and dessert.
⚠ Transportation service, the services of 1 driver-guide are included for groups
between 2 and 6 people.
⚠ For groups larger than 7 people, the
services of 1 guide and 1 driver are included.
NOT INCLUDED
❌ Personal activities and expenses outside the program such as: souvenirs, tips, etc.
❌ Admission fee to the archaeological site of Mayapan.
WITH TRANSPORTATION Special price starting at 4 people from $1,210 lowers to $1,100 MXN
(PRICE PER PERSON)
Ek Balam – Rio Lagartos
DAY 1 / EK BALAM
DEPARTURE TIME: 7 AM
07.00 hrs Departure from Merida
09.30 hrs Arrival and breakfast at the cooperative
10.30 hrs Transfer and visit to the archaeological site of Ek Balam
13.00 hrs Visit to the X’Canché Cenote
14.00 hrs Lunch in the cooperative’s restaurant
16.00 hrs Transfer to the village of Ek Balam
16.30 hrs Walk through the village
19.30 hrs Dinner in the cooperative’s restaurant
DAY 2 / RIO LAGARTOS
RETURN TIME: 5 PM
08.00 hrs Breakfast in the cooperative’s restaurant
09.00 hrs Transfer to Rio Lagartos
10.15 hrs Arrival in Rio Lagartos and boat ride along the estuary
13.00 hrs Lunch at a local restaurant
14.30 hrs Return to Merida
INCLUDED
In Ek Balam
✅ Overnight stay at Unajil Ek Balam (Cabin base double).
✅ 2 breakfast and 1 dinner in the restaurant of the cooperative Unajil Ek Balam.
✅ Walk through the village with tortilla, hammocks and embroidery workshops.
In X’Canché
✅ Entrance to the X’Canché Cenote with bicycle or trici-taxi (tuk tuk).
✅ 1 lunch and natural beverages in the restaurant of the cooperative X’Canché.
✅ Access to cooperative’s facilities such as restaurant, bathrooms, dressing
rooms and hammock area.
In Rio Lagartos
✅ Boat trip along the estuary with a duration of 2 hours 30 minutes, observation
of flora and fauna, visit to Las Coloradas, Mayan bath and time in beach area.
✅ Accompaniment of a local guide during the tour.
✅ 1 lunch at a local restaurant.
⚠ Transportation service, the services of 1 driver-guide are included for groups
between 2 and 6 people.
⚠ For groups larger than 7 people, the services of 1 guide
and 1 driver are included.
NOT INCLUDED
❌ Admission fee to the archeological site of Ek Balam.
❌ Activities and personal expenses outside the program such as: souvenirs, tips, etc.
❌ Zipline, rappel and hammock for the rest area in X’Canché, it’s possible to request
them on-site.
WITH TRANSPORTATION Special price starting at 4 people from $4,345 lowers to $3,950 MXN
(PRICE PER PERSON)
Sinanché – San Crisanto
DAY 1 / SINANCHÉ/ SAN CRISANTO
DEPARTURE TIME: 9 AM – RETURN TIME: 7 PM
09.00 hrs Departure from Merida
10.00 hrs Arrival in Sinanché and bee tour
12.30 hrs Transfer to San Crisanto
13.00 hrs Tour through mangroves
14.30 hrs Lunch at local restaurant*
15.30 hrs Time to relax on the beach
18.00 hrs Return to Merida
INCLUDED
✅ 1 complimentary bottle of honey
✅ Beekeeping tour with guide and beekeeping equipment.
✅ Access to the facilities of the cooperative such as bathrooms, rest areas and
craft shop.
✅ Lunch in a local restaurant.
✅ Daytime mangrove tour in a small boat in canals within the reserve.
✅ Access to the beach area with palapas, showers and bathrooms.
⚠ Transportation service, the services of 1 driver-guide are included for groups
between 2 and 6 people.
⚠ For groups larger than 7 people, the
services of 1 guide and 1 driver are included.
NOT INCLUDED
❌ Personal activities and expenses outside the program such as: souvenirs,
tips, etc.
WITH TRANSPORTATION Special price starting at 4 people from $1,210 lowers to $1,100 MXN
(PRICE PER PERSON)