Palm-fringed beaches, chili-spiced cuisine, steamy jungles, teeming cities, fiesta fireworks, Frida’s angst: Mexico conjures up diverse, vivid dreams. And the reality lives up to them.
Day 1: MEXICO CITY – Arrive in Mexico City and Meet and Greet by our representative at the Airport. Transfer to your Hotel. Rest of the day is at leisure.
Day 2: MEXICO CITY (City Tour with Anthropology Museum) – Have Breakfast at hotel. Enjoy the city tour of Mexico City. Afterwards we will return to your hotel. Rest of the day is free for you to explore on your own or alternatively you can relax at your comfortable hotel room. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 3: MEXICO CITY (Tour to Guadalupe Shrine & Teotihuacan Pyramids) – After breakfast, departure to visit two impressive ceremonial centres, Teotihuacan (Prehispanic) and the Shrine of Guadalupe)
Day 4: MEXICO CITY / (Tour to Puebla) / OAXACA – After breakfast, Depart by land to visit first Santa Maria Tonantzintla, masterpiece of the Native baroque handmade church, the splendid Rosario chapel in Puebla, the Cathedral, the Main Plaza and the art and crafts market. Continue to Oaxaca. Arrival and stay overnight.
Day 5: OAXACA (Tour to Mitla, Tule & Montealban) – Have Breakfast at hotel and Proceed for the visit to Monte Alban, archeological area built in top of a mountain. See the largest Tule tree in America and visit the unique Oaxaca city, museum and Santo Domingo church and the Golden museum. Return to Oaxaca.
Day 6: OAXACA / SAN DRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS – Pick up your Breakfast box and early departure to the sierra. By the mountain enjoy the landscape to arrive in Chiapa de Corzo and take a ride by the river into the Sumidero Canyon. Visit the fountain mudejar style and arrive in San Cristobal de las Casas. Stay overnight.
Day 7: SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS (Visit the Ancient Villages) – Breakfast. Leave to visit the ancient villages of San Juan Chamula and Zinacantan. Later continue to follow ancient religious practices within the Catholic churches. In the main church of Chamula, where a traditional Christian mass hasn’t been held for 40 years, people sit on the pine needle covered floor and receive treatments from local shamans amid clouds of burning incense. Afternoon at leisure to walk by the cobblestone streets, see on your own the church of San Domingo and the Market place.
Day 8: SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS / (Visit Agua Azul and Misolha Waterfalls) / PALENQUE – After breakfast at your hotel transfer to Palenque, the Agua Azul and Misolha Waterfalls en route. After descending from Tonina we will break our journey here and have time to explore and swim among this spectacular series of waterfalls. Continue to Palenque for accommodation.
Day 9: Tour to Palenque) / CAMPECHE – Have Breakfast at hotel and Proceed for the tour. Today we will visit the archaeological site Palenque, considered one of the most beautiful sites in all Mexico. There are many major buildings to explore and new buildings are now being uncovered and studied. Many wonderful examples of Maya art and history are carved into the buildings’ facades, some of them the most famous depictions from the ancient Maya world. Continue to Campeche for accommodation
Day 10: CAMPECHE / (Visit to Uxmal ruins) / MERIDA (City Tour Merida) – After breakfast panoramic view of Campeche and continue to visit Uxmal ruins, one of the most popular ancient mayan cities. “Uxmal†in maya means “three times builtâ€. continue to Merida. Arrive and panoramic view of Merida, the white city. See the Montejo boulevard, the Patriots monument, the main plaza with the Cathedral and Palace of Government.
Day 11: MERIDA / (Tour to Chechen Itza archaeological park) / CANCUN – After Breakfast, drive southeast of the city of Merida to the ruins of the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza. Explore the main buildings of this ceremonial city standing as the masterpiece the Pyramid of Kukulkan, the largest and most important ceremonial building in the ancient city. Transfer you to Cancun’s Airport. Arrival, check in and stay overnight.
Day 12: CANCUN – Have Breakfast at Hotel and Check out and transfer to the airport.
August 24, 2018