Amazing day out
Michelle_C
May 7, 2024, 2:52:41 PM
May 7, 2024, 2:52:41 PM
Fantastic day out and our driver had amazing knowledge of all places we visited. Pink lakes were stunning.
About Activity
This 13-hour day trip takes you from your hotel in Cancun inland to the recently excavated ruins of Ek Balam, a Mayan city full of carvings, tombs, wall paintings, and mysteries. Visit a tequila factory for a tasting, enjoy lunch, then head to Rio Lagartos, the Yucatan's famous pink lake—a mineral-rich lagoon where you can take a healing mud bath before cleansing off in the Gulf of Mexico. This private tour by air-conditioned minivan includes entrance fees, bottled water, hotel pickup and drop-off, and a private historian guide.
What's Included
Includes
- Entrance fees to Ek-Balam, Rio Lagartos and Las Coloradas national park
- Hotel pick up and drop off: round-trip private transport by comfortable air-conditioned vehicle
- Private boat tour only for your party in Rio Lagartos
- Lunch in a local restaurant in Rio Lagartos
- Private tour with a private professional certificated guide
- Sweet snack, soft drinks & 2 cans of beer/per person
Excludes
- Tips
- Towels
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Traveler pick up offered
Itinerary
The ancient city of Ek Balam, named after its last governor, Black Jaguar, is one of the last discovered Mayan cities and opened to the public only recently. You will see the places where sacrifices were performed, climb the Acropolis - the governor’s palace, considered the biggest Mayan monument so far, and try to resolve the altar’s mystery, which guards the entrance to the kingdom of dead.
The biosphere reserve Ria Lagartos, where we will wade through the mangroves on small boats, observing flocks of flamingos, Cayman crocodiles and other inhabitants of the reserve searching of the symbol of good luck – the "sea cockroach".
Las Coloradas. It’s a valley of pink lakes. Due to the high content of minerals and salts, the water gains a special pink color and its consistency is like one of the Dead Sea.
Language Offered
German - GUIDE
Russian - GUIDE
Portuguese - GUIDE
Mandarin - GUIDE
Japanese - GUIDE
English - GUIDE
Italian - GUIDE
French - GUIDE
Spanish - GUIDE
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Operated by OlMar Travel Mexico
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
Great Day trip from Cancun! Worth the cost
Joseph_K
Dec 26, 2022, 7:43:59 AM
Dec 26, 2022, 7:43:59 AM
This was a fun excursion, I was hesitant as there weren't many reviews here. Our tour guide Abraham was very knowledgeable and friendly. Transportation was in a private Mercedes and everything was included: admissions, fees, tolls, etc. We went on a boat ride, toured the pink water area, toured and climbed the Mayan Ruin, and toured a tequila distillery. Definitely an off-the-beaten path tour and it was nice to do it privately with a very knowledeable guide in an elevated experience. Lunch was included.
amazing pink lake！
Serena L
Feb 20, 2018, 8:23:06 PM
Feb 20, 2018, 8:23:06 PM
it was a nice private trip! We thought it was a bus tour with someone else. But it was private and just us having a Benz!
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