Ek Balam, Rio Lagartos and Las Coloradas Private Tour from Cancun
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.
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What's included in Ek Balam, Rio Lagartos and Las Coloradas Private Tour from Cancun
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Ek Balam
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
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.
Inclusions
- 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
- Tips
- Towels
- 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
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Additional Information
Pick up from any accommodation (hotel, apartment, AirBnb, hostal, etc) in Cancun, on Riviera Maya, in Puerto Morelos, Playa del Carmen, Akumal or Tulum is included in the price. For some hotels in the Tulum Hotel zone a meeting point in Starbucks Tulum is provided.
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• Comfortable walking shoes are recommended; • Take with you: towels, sunscreen, cash for souvenirs and drinks, camera; • OlMar Travel Mexico (local supplier) numbers to call: +52 1 998 263 6588; +52 1 998 240 3199
