Highlights of Mexico
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Highlights
- Discover the very best of Mexico on this short trip
- Explore Aztec and Maya sites poking out of the jungle
- Experience the colourful indigenous town of San Cristobal
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Our tour starts today in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico and the bustling heart and soul of the country. The city is a patchwork of historic landmarks, buildings and the largest number of museums in the world. Due to the number of evening flights into the intern...
We'll dive right into Mexico City's history today and head to the mysterious pyramids of Teotihuacan. Although it was abandoned in the thirteenth century, the site was once the largest city in the Americas with 100,000 inhabitants. Its influence continued through Midd...
This morning, we'll fly to Tuxtla airport, in the state of Chiapas, and set off for Sumidero Canyon, a unique rift 41 kilometres long and up to 1000 metres deep, cut by the Rio Grijalva. This is where, in the 16th century, 1000 Chiapa peoples allegedly committed suici...
The indigenous groups from the surrounding hills fill the town and marketplace with their colourful dress including the distinctive Tzotzil community who still retain much of their Mayan customs and language. Today, we'll be visiting San Juan Chamula and Zinacantan...
Leaving the highlands behind us, today we have a long driving day ahead of us, approximately eight hours plus stops. The road is slow and winding, but there are scenic views as we descend to the jungles of Palenque. We'll be driving via the town of Villahermosa, where...
Today's guided visit to the ruins of Palenque is one of the highlights of our tour of Mexico. Palenque is both a fascinating and important site and we'll explore it in depth with a guide. Once the choking forest was cleared, the ruins revealed the tomb of the high pri...
This morning, we'll visit Uxmal, one of the Yucatan's most underrated ancient sites to those in the know. Encircled by hills, Uxmal is expansive in its design with majestic palaces and pyramids, and long geometrical friezes that rank among the most splendid examples o...
This morning we'll visit the ruins of Chichen Itza. Founded in AD432, re-founded in 987 and conquered by the Toltecs in the 10th century, the culture of the Maya and the Toltec gradually fused. The pyramids, palaces, temples and ballcourt (where death was the penalty ...
Our trip ends this morning at our hotel in Playa del Carmen. There are no activities planned today, so you\ re free to depart from Playa del Carmen at any time. If your flight is departing later in the day, luggage storage facilities are available at our hotel. If ...
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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Jan 2024
Highlights of Mexico
This was a full on trip with no real down time. Also doo...
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Oct 2023
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Ana the group leader was exceptional, her knowledge of the sites we visited was second to none which together with her enthusiasm for the subject and her country gav...
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