Celestun – Ek Balam – Cenotes – Valladolid – Chichen-Itza – Izamal – Becal – Edzna – Campeche – Balam-ku – Calakmul – Uxmal
The Best of Yucatan + Calakmul...
Estimated budget
PersonalizedTour Type
Private - minimum 2 peopleDuration
8 Days / 7 NightsPick Up & Drop Off
Merida, Yucatan - Airport / HotelIncluded Services
Hotel, breakfast, transportation, tickets, certified guides
This is one of our recommended tours. We will visit the Ria Celestun Biosphere Reserve, the archaeological sites of Calakmul, Balam-Ku, Edzna, Ek-Balam, Chichen-Itza and Uxmal, the cenotes Xcanahaltun, Ik-Kil, Kankirixche, Homun and Cuzama, the Pueblos Magicos of Izamal and Valladolid, and the cities of Merida and Campeche.
We will travel through the Campechano Peten to the Archaeological Zone of Calakmul, within the largest Biosphere Reserve in the Mexican tropics. Calakmul, which in Mayan means “Two Adjacent Mounds”, has more than six thousand structures - most of them covered by jungle - and was in its time, the largest regional capital in the entire Mayan area. In the Reserve we will also witness the wonderful spectacle of the emergence of thousands of bats from their cave with the last rays of the sun.
WE WILL VISIT:
Ria Celestun – Real de Salinas – Ek Balam – Xcanahaltun Cenote – Valladolid – Chichen-Itza – Ik-kil Cenote –Izamal – Cuzama y Homun – Merida – Becal – Edzna – Campeche – Balam-ku – Bat Cave – Conhuas – Calakmul – Uxmal – Kankirixche Cenote – Yaxcopoil Hacienda
Merida
The "White City"
Celestun
Biosphere Reserve
Calakmul
Archaeological Site
Uxmal
Archaeological Site
Becal
Pueblo Magico
Ek Balam
Archaeological Site
Valladolid
Pueblo Magico
Chichen-Itza
Archaeological Site
Campeche
Edzna
Archaeological Site
Homun & Cuzama
Cenote Ring
Izamal
Pueblo Magico
If you have a different idea, contact us and we will gladly advise you so that your trip is just as you wish.
ITINERARY
DAY 1: Ria Celestun - Real de Salinas - Celestun Beach
9:00 a. m.: Depart Mérida for Ria Celestun Biosphere Reserve.
Boat tour of the estuary, home to flamingos and other birds such as cormorants and frigates. Get your camera ready!. Visit the "petrified forest" and a freshwater spring for a swim. Next, visit Real de Salinas and its pink evaporation ponds.
Return to Celestun Beach for dinner and sunset.
Night in Merida.
Boat tour of the estuary, home to flamingos and other birds such as cormorants and frigates. Get your camera ready!. Visit the "petrified forest" and a freshwater spring for a swim. Next, visit Real de Salinas and its pink evaporation ponds.
Return to Celestun Beach for dinner and sunset.
Night in Merida.
DAY 2: EK BALAM - XCANAHALTUN CENOTE - VALLADOLID
7:00 a. m. Breakfast at the hotel.
8:00 a. m.: Head to the amazing archaeological site of Ek-Balam, an ancient Mayan city. Visit the Xcanahaltun cenote for a swim in its turquoise waters.
In the afternoon, explore Valladolid’s main square, San Servacio Church, and San Bernardino de Siena convent.
Night in Valladolid
8:00 a. m.: Head to the amazing archaeological site of Ek-Balam, an ancient Mayan city. Visit the Xcanahaltun cenote for a swim in its turquoise waters.
In the afternoon, explore Valladolid’s main square, San Servacio Church, and San Bernardino de Siena convent.
Night in Valladolid
DAY 3: CHICHEN-ITZA - CENOTE IK-KIL - IZAMAL
6:30 a. m.: Breakfast at the hotel.
7:30 a. m.: Visit Chichen-Itza, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Swim in Ik-Kil cenote, if you like diving, this is the place!. Continue to Izamal, a "magical town" with a yellow colonial vibe. Visit the Convent of San Antonio de Padua and the Kinich Kak Mó pyramid.
Return to Mérida.
Night in Mérida
7:30 a. m.: Visit Chichen-Itza, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Swim in Ik-Kil cenote, if you like diving, this is the place!. Continue to Izamal, a "magical town" with a yellow colonial vibe. Visit the Convent of San Antonio de Padua and the Kinich Kak Mó pyramid.
Return to Mérida.
Night in Mérida
DAY 4: CUZAMA CENOTES - HOMÚN CENOTES - FREE AFTERNOON IN MERIDA
7:00 a. m. Breakfast at the hotel.
8:00 a. m.: Visit Cuzama's cenotes via horse-drawn cart. Explore cenotes Chan-Ucil, Chak-Zinik-Ché, and Bolon Chojol. Continue to Homun for cenotes Balmil and Hool-Kozom. The Ring of Cenotes, a State Geohydrological Reserve, is aligned with the crater of a meteorite that fell 65 million years ago, near Chicxulub, Yucatan.
Return to Mérida in the afternoon.
Night in Merida
8:00 a. m.: Visit Cuzama's cenotes via horse-drawn cart. Explore cenotes Chan-Ucil, Chak-Zinik-Ché, and Bolon Chojol. Continue to Homun for cenotes Balmil and Hool-Kozom. The Ring of Cenotes, a State Geohydrological Reserve, is aligned with the crater of a meteorite that fell 65 million years ago, near Chicxulub, Yucatan.
Return to Mérida in the afternoon.
Night in Merida
DAY 5: BECAL - EDZNA - CAMPECHE
8:00 a. m. Breakfast at the hotel.
9:00 a. m.: Depart Mérida for Becal, known for its finely crafted “jipijapa” hats made from palm. Continue to Edzna, an impressive archaeological site with Peten architecture.
Afterward, head to Campeche for lunch, then visit the San Miguel Fort and the San Jose el Alto Fort for views of historic battles.
Night in Campeche
9:00 a. m.: Depart Mérida for Becal, known for its finely crafted “jipijapa” hats made from palm. Continue to Edzna, an impressive archaeological site with Peten architecture.
Afterward, head to Campeche for lunch, then visit the San Miguel Fort and the San Jose el Alto Fort for views of historic battles.
Night in Campeche
DAY 6: BALAM-KU - BAT CAVE - CONHUAS
7:00 a. m. Breakfast at the hotel.
8:00 a. m.: Travel to Balam-Ku, featuring impressive Mayan stucco reliefs. Jaguars and anthropomorphic figures seated on amphibian animals, all on a frieze 17 meters long.
After lunch, visit the bat cave to watch thousands of bats emerge at dusk, benefiting the ecosystem by controlling insect populations.
Night in Conhuas
8:00 a. m.: Travel to Balam-Ku, featuring impressive Mayan stucco reliefs. Jaguars and anthropomorphic figures seated on amphibian animals, all on a frieze 17 meters long.
After lunch, visit the bat cave to watch thousands of bats emerge at dusk, benefiting the ecosystem by controlling insect populations.
Night in Conhuas
DAY 7: CALAKMUL – CAMPECHE
6:30 a. m. Breakfast at the hotel.
7:30 a. m.: Early departure to Calakmul, the largest Mayan site in the Mexican tropics, with over six thousand structures hidden in the jungle.
Return to Campeche for lunch and an afternoon tour of the Bastions, Sea and Land Gates, Plaza de la Independencia, and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
Night in Campeche
7:30 a. m.: Early departure to Calakmul, the largest Mayan site in the Mexican tropics, with over six thousand structures hidden in the jungle.
Return to Campeche for lunch and an afternoon tour of the Bastions, Sea and Land Gates, Plaza de la Independencia, and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
Night in Campeche
DAY 8: UXMAL - KANKIRIXCHE CENOTE - YAXCOPOILX HACIENDA
7:00 a. m.: Breakfast at the hotel.
8:00 a. m.: Explore Uxmal, a key Puuc region site, visit the Pyramid of the Magician, the Quadrangle of the Nuns and the Governor's Palace. Head to Kankirixche cenote to swim in its clear and calm waters. Tour Yaxcopoil hacienda, highlighting Yucatan's henequen history.
Return to Mérida.
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8:00 a. m.: Explore Uxmal, a key Puuc region site, visit the Pyramid of the Magician, the Quadrangle of the Nuns and the Governor's Palace. Head to Kankirixche cenote to swim in its clear and calm waters. Tour Yaxcopoil hacienda, highlighting Yucatan's henequen history.
Return to Mérida.
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Accommodation
We have made a careful selection of accommodation options in each of our destinations, to be able to recommend to our clients. We have chosen depending on the location, quality service, good food and pleasant atmosphere.
Meals
Our packages can be without meals, or they can include only the breakfasts: American or Buffet, depending only on what the client decides to add each time.
Transportation
Luxury vehicles with air conditioning and music, from the reception at the airport of arrival, during all the days of excursion and until the final transfer to the airport of departure. All passengers have traveler's insurance.
Guide
He/she will provide explanations about each site and will be in charge of the group all the time +local guides in the archaeological zones. A certified guide can be additionally hired in a particular language per group, if necessary (please request more information if you need it).
Tickets
Motorboat in Celestún, Cenotes: Cuzama, Homun, Abala, Yalcoba and Temozon, Forts and Bastions of Campeche, Convent of Izamal, Church of Valladolid and Cathedral of Mérida, Boat rides in Ria Lagartos and Las Coloradas, Archaeological Zones of Edzna, Ek Balam, Uxmal, Calakmul and Chichen-Itza.
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