Maya Encounter - Alltournative tours... (Mayan Riviera)

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Here we are in our Mayan limousine, with our authenic Mayan driver. We are in the historic village of Cobá..., but let's start from the beginning!
Welcome to Bill and Yndie's mini-ventures. Today we will be experiencing a Mayan Encounter journey that will bring us to an authentic Mayan village, a self-sufficient Mayan community living next to an integral part of the region's lagoon system. We will walk through the Maya community's forest, learning the mysteries of their local fauna and flora. Our Guide Alejandro was very fluent in English and could answer any question we threw at him. We appreciated his respect shown to the Mayan elders and the local jungle, with which this alone comes our recommendation for this tour. Details and information will be found at the botton of this photo-article.


Alltournative tours picked us up at the hotel, and with no more that 9 people we were off and running in a roomy comfortable van, heading towards an ancient Mayan encounter with Coba. At 10:30 AM we were in the 1,500 year-old historical ancestral city of Cobá, an archaeological site hidden deep inside the rain forest of the south-eastern Yucatan Peninsula. Climbing the Nohoch Muul temple (the tallest pyramid of the state), we admired the pristine beauty and immeasurable vastness of the surrounding sub-tropical rain forest and the historic site itself. Very impressive, walking the hallowed grounds, where ancient cultures thrived more than a thousand years ago.




Here in Cobá we enjoyed a two-hour guided tour, which included a visit to Mayan temples, the legendary ball game area, where the losers were sacrificed, and the Nohoch Muul Temple (the tallest pyramid in the Yucatan).

At noon we departed for the tour of the Mayan Village, where we had the opportunity to see how the Mayas lived on a daily basis, and experienced this haunting lost spiritual world hidden in the vast shrub jungle. Together with the locals, after walking through their forest, learning of the local fauna and flora and many of their medical uses, we met a shaman and experienced a simple ceremony, giving thanks to Mother Nature for her many wonders, the water, the forest, the birds and the cenotes, among many other things.

This was an unforgettable off-track adventure: exciting zip-line flying over an incredibly beautiful Cenote, a refreshing swim, rappelling down into another Cenote, and canoe paddling on a lagoon of enormous beauty. And to end it all, a delicious traditional lunch prepared by the women of this Mayan community. Afterwards we Canoed/kayaked on a crystal clear lagoon and enjoyed a refreshing swim, followed by hanging out in a hammock and pondering the enormity of what it was like to live in this envirnoment fifteen hundred years ago.

If you go to the Mayan Riviera, don't miss the opportunity of this wonderful tour!
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