Travel Gallery

Here’s our monthly gallery showcasing some of the region’s many natural and historical attractions. How many have you visited? Which ones would you like to explore on future visits to Cancun and the Riviera Maya?

Yalku

This beautiful caleta or inlet north of Akumal in the Riviera Maya is a favorite snorkeling spot. Get there early for the best views of the many colorful reef fish that gather there to feed and breed.

Contoy

A two-hour boat ride to the north of Cancun lies Contoy, a true desert island offering a glimpse of the untouched Caribbean. Palm-lined beaches give way to dunes and mangrove forest that are home to 150 species of seabirds and waders, including nesting colonies of frigate birds, cormorants and ibis and led to the island being declared a nature reserve.
Visitors on eco trips to the island can spend their time relaxing on the sand on the leeward shore, swimming with stingrays in the bay or walk the coast path on the windward side where the surf is stronger.

Zaci Cenote

If you visit the colonial town of Valladolid, don’t miss Zaci Cenote on Calle 36. Surrounded by ceiba, cedar, palm, wild fig and breadnut trees, this is a massive 80-meter-deep sinkhole similar to the Sacred Well in Chichen Itza, with a winding stone staircase leading down into the cave. Cliff walls festooned with jungle vines and tree roots tumble down into the turquoise depths of a clear pool and swallows circle endlessly, skimming the surface of the water to catch insects.

Hacienda Sotuta de Peon

Hacienda Sotuta de Peon is a working henequen estate 28 miles (35 kilometers) south of Merida in the Tecoh district (take the turn off after the village of Itzincab) along the Convent Route.
Tours are available to the hacienda and include a ride out to the fields in a traditional horse-drawn wagon or “truck” to see how henequen is planted and harvested and then processed in the machine house. Visitors tour the restored estate house, see a traditional Mayan home and swim in the crystalline waters of the Dzul-Há Cenote.

Your Concierge can help you arrange tours to these locations and many more throughout the Yucatan Peninsula.