![]() ![]() Mayan temple constructed between 300-500 BC. Reported to have been inhabited from 200 BC with the resulting Site began in 1994 and is still on-going. To Majahual is a busy port where cruise ships stop offĪ major destination for many culture vultures are the Its touristy northern neighbor Playa del Carmen. However, because this town is forecast to develop like Off shore coral reefs secure pristineĭive sites and an abundance of marine life. Snorkeling and scubaĭiving excursions of the emerald waters can easilyīe arranged from here. Talk about a great backyard to have to play in!Īsk them to drop you in Majahaul on the return trip and stop and have a drink at any of the bars on the beach - even if you only have an hour, your daughter will love it, playing in the water and on the beach while you sip on wonderful tropical drinks watching her.Īnd then, now that you have the ruins day done, go to the Cozumel board and explore the possibilities of an all day 'beach/water' day there! We snorkeled and dove with Eagle Ray (loved them - they were great - set up prior over the internet), but I saw Paradise Beach the week before when I was there for a cooking class next door on Playa Mia Beach, and it looked great! I think your daughter would have loads of fun climbing on the 'ice mound' in the water.The small fishing village of Majahual offers tranquilityĪnd palm fringed beaches. The guides from this tour company are all local guides - one of them grew up in a house that is on the site of the ruins. So if I could do it all over again, I would go to this website and hire a private guide/tour company - their prices are only $3.00 more than what I paid for just a 'quiet ride'. And, there were no guides available for hire at the time while there, and as I understand it, there are none available for hire at all there now. Also our driver didn't say a word there or back, yet he spoke perfect English. The van that took us there only let us have an hour there, which is NOT time enough to explore - you need at least 2 hours. The only thing I would do different is I would not take the independent 'transportation' that we did from behind the building at the pier, I would hire a private guide/tour agent. ![]() Your daughter will love to explore these ruins, even though she cannot climb the temple steps, she can run up and down the steps at the Gran Basmento as much as her energy will allow her to do - I couldn't handle the climb as it is just as big a climb as the temple, but my son and his friends said the view was fabulous up there. In my reading and researching I read that Tulum was an exception to be built on the coast as opposed to the jungle. It has a real 'jungle' atmosphere about it (probably because it IS in the jungle!) which to me, is more of what I imagined a Mayan ruin was like. It didn't seem over run with tourists on buses, even though I did see 4 or 5 in the parking lot. (well, almost,depending on how many ships are in port). In the end we decided to do Cozumel as the diving/snorkeling day and Chacchoben as the ruins, as they sounded (and are) so unspoiled, and so un-touristy. I hummed, I hawed and I sought advice on every board I could think of. And the fact that because of the distance and the time involved that we probably should book with the cruise tours to be safe was also a drawback for us as I am becoming less enamoured with being herded off and on buses along with a tour guide that I never can hear (I wonder why cruise lines don't issue those small microphones to their guides?). So, even though the draw of Tulum was spectacular scenery, and many buildings that have been excavated the drawback was the distance and the time to get there. We love to poke around ruins, but really did not want to spend too much time getting there. To go back to your original question on the which ruins to do, I too had the same dilema back in December. ![]()
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