Sian Ka'an and Muyil Ruins Tour from Tulum and Playa del Carmen
Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Trip Type: Archaeology Tours
Duration: 7 hours
This is an ultimate combination of culture and nature in one package. The trip begins with a visit to a small but very nice Muyil ruins. Then a boat trip through two fresh water lagoons will finish with a relaxing float down a canal.
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This is an ultimate combination of culture and nature in one package. The trip begins with a visit to a small but very nice Muyil ruins. Then a boat trip through two fresh water lagoons will finish with a relaxing float down a canal.You will be picked up from your hotel between 8 and 8:30am. From there you will head to the Muyil Ruins where you will take a 30-minute guided tour. Afterwards, you will go on a 2-hour boat ride around Muyil and Chunyaxché lagoons, and you will also be able to float in the Mayan channel.
Lunch will follow in Tulum before you are driven back to your hotel at around 3pm.
Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve:
The protected, wildlife-rich area, over 5000 sq km of tropical jungle, marsh, mangroves and islands on Quintana Roo’s coast have been set aside by the Mexican government as a large biosphere reserve. Sian Ka’an (Where the Sky Begins) is home to howler monkeys, anteaters, foxes, ocelots, pumas, crocodiles, eagles, raccoons, tapirs, peccaries, giant land crabs, jaguars and hundreds of bird species. There are twenty-three known archaeological sites inside the reserve. Discoveries of human remains, ceramic pieces, and other artifacts have been dated up to 2,300 years old. The northernmost section of Sian Ka’an contains what is thought to be an ancient trade route through lagoons and mangrove channels between the cities of Tulum and Muyil. The 2 hour bout trip will take you on lagoons Muyil and Chunyaxché via this ancient Maya trade route and a natural channels. You will swim in the antic Mayan channel and float through the mangroves in translucent water!
Muyil:
While Muyil is a less excavated site, it is significant for being one of the earliest and longest inhabited Mayan sites on the Yucatan. Pottery shards and other artifacts have been found dating back from as early as 350 B.C.E. to as late as 1200-1500 C.E. Another factor that makes this Yucatan Mayan site unique is that it is an example of Peten architecture, a style typical of older, more southern Mayan sites with their steep walled pyramids such as Tikal in Guatemala. Since most tourists tend to skip Muyil, it is an interesting site to visit for those looking for a more primitive experience.
Lunch will follow in Tulum before you are driven back to your hotel at around 3pm.
Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve:
The protected, wildlife-rich area, over 5000 sq km of tropical jungle, marsh, mangroves and islands on Quintana Roo’s coast have been set aside by the Mexican government as a large biosphere reserve. Sian Ka’an (Where the Sky Begins) is home to howler monkeys, anteaters, foxes, ocelots, pumas, crocodiles, eagles, raccoons, tapirs, peccaries, giant land crabs, jaguars and hundreds of bird species. There are twenty-three known archaeological sites inside the reserve. Discoveries of human remains, ceramic pieces, and other artifacts have been dated up to 2,300 years old. The northernmost section of Sian Ka’an contains what is thought to be an ancient trade route through lagoons and mangrove channels between the cities of Tulum and Muyil. The 2 hour bout trip will take you on lagoons Muyil and Chunyaxché via this ancient Maya trade route and a natural channels. You will swim in the antic Mayan channel and float through the mangroves in translucent water!
Muyil:
While Muyil is a less excavated site, it is significant for being one of the earliest and longest inhabited Mayan sites on the Yucatan. Pottery shards and other artifacts have been found dating back from as early as 350 B.C.E. to as late as 1200-1500 C.E. Another factor that makes this Yucatan Mayan site unique is that it is an example of Peten architecture, a style typical of older, more southern Mayan sites with their steep walled pyramids such as Tikal in Guatemala. Since most tourists tend to skip Muyil, it is an interesting site to visit for those looking for a more primitive experience.
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