El Rey Archaeological Zone
This place is located about 25 km from the city center, on the opposite side of Nichupte. El Rey was inhabited at least as early as 900 BC. All that remains of a once large settlement today are the ruins of 47 stone buildings.
Interactive Aquarium in Cancun
Swimming with sharks, kissing sea lions, hand—feeding dolphins or diving with them – it’s worth going to one of the best aquariums in Mexico for this. It is located in the very center of Cancun, and here visitors can get a full range of sensations by directly participating in the show.
The Pyramid of Kukulkan
The ancient Mayan people who inhabited the Yucatan Peninsula in the 6th-12th centuries AD left a lot of riddles in memory of themselves. The largest is located in Chichen Itza – a pyramid dedicated to the god Kukulkan, the “feathered serpent”, the giver of knowledge and crafts.
Underground river Sak-Actun in Tulum
The underground river and the Sac-Actun cave system in Tulum is one of the most incredible wonders of Mexico. The second longest cave system in the world (after Mammoth in the USA), Sak-Actun has more than 300 km of caves, tunnels and passages, of which only 5 km are not flooded with water.
Cenote Ik-Kil
There are no rivers or lakes in Yucatan, but the Maya Indians have never suffered from drought. They were saved by cenotes — karst sinkholes filled with the purest fresh water. Giant natural wells were part of a brutal religious cult.
Sian-Kaan
Along the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, the Sian-Kaan Biosphere Reserve stretches for 120 km — a real treasure trove of natural wonders.
Uxmal
Uxmal (“built three times”) is the ruins of one of the once large and prosperous cities located in the northwest of the Yucatan Peninsula. Surrounded on all sides by tropical forests, Uxmal, along with Chichen Itza and Palenque, is the center of attraction for researchers of the mysterious Mayan culture.
Shel-Ha
The Shel-Ha Ecological Park and Natural Aquarium is located right on the coast, an excellent place for leisure, which can be easily reached from the resorts of Yucatan. The highlight of the park is a natural lagoon, where there are a huge number of inhabitants of the Caribbean Sea, including manta rays and manatees.
Shkaret
The Shkaret Eco-Archaeological Park is one of the popular entertainment attractions of the Riviera Maya. Everything here revolves around the Mayan culture — you can walk around the ruins of an ancient settlement, watch a Mayan culture show and take part in the national ball game.
Ek-Balam
The Archaeological Park of Ek Balam is a smaller but beautiful diamond in the crown of the Mayan heritage of Mexico. The city of the Black jaguar — this is how its name translates — is the only one of the Maya complexes where samples of decorative plaster carvings that once decorated all the buildings of Mayan cities have been preserved.