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Chichen Itza, Cenote and Ek Balam Tour with Lunch from

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Overview

Visit with us the New World Wonder Chichen Itzá, a refreshing open cenote with lunch and the astonishingly beautiful archaeological site of Ek Balam in one day.

Learn more about two of the most important ancient Mayan cities in Yucatan with our local guides in a small, personalized group.
You won´t regret it!

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What's included

Entrance cenote

Lunch

In-vehicle air conditioning

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Professional guide Chichen Itza and Ek Balam

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Entrance to archaeological sites are not included.

Chichen Itza: 643mxn pp foreigners; +- 285mxn pp Mexicans

Ek Balam 556mxn pp foreigners; 222mxn pp Mexicans

Meeting and pickup

Pickup is offered for all travelers.

What to expect

Chichen Itza

4 hours

After pick-up in Valladolid and a 45min drive we´ll start the day with a guided visit to the Maya-Toltec site of Chichen Itzá. As we leave early, we’ll be at the archaeological site before the crowds arrive, and we´ll avoid the heat.
A professional certified guide will explain to you this New World Wonder (+- 1h30min) with the largest ball court in Mesoamerica, the Temple of the Warriors, the Observatory, the nunnery palace, and the Kukulkan temple.
The Mayans are known for their astronomical knowledge. Not a telescope, but the windows in the Caracol point in the cardinal and subcardinal directions and are believed to enable the tracking of the movement of Venus, the Pleiades, the sun, the moon, and other celestial events.
After the guided tour, you´ll have enough free time to enjoy the place and take some nice pictures.
Cenote San Lorenzo Oxman

3 hours

Cenote
A well-deserved refreshing dip in a remote open cenote will be more than satisfying on our next stop. If you want, you can take the swing rope to jump in it or take a moment to just relax.
Followed by an included lunch.
After lunch there is a 30min drive to Ek Balam
3 hours

Ek Balam, or ‘Black Jaguar’ is very different to Chichen Itza and at least as beautiful.
It is one of the most important archaeological sites of Yucatan and one you can still climb.
Recently, they found an 80% intact stucco façade of the mausoleum of Ukit Kan Le’k Tok’, the most important Maya ruler of Ek Balam, with more than 7,000 pieces of offerings dating back to the 8th century. Impressive! A professional, certified guide will tell you about its history.
After the visit of the site there is a 30min drive back to Valladolid. Back at about 5:30pm.