Yucatán State Day Tours
Safe and responsible travel, always.
As we get back on the road, we want to ensure our trips remain safe for everyone-for our travelers, our guides and for the people we visit along the way.
Therefore we only handle private tours, families and small groups.
Uxmal and Hacienda Museo Yaxcopoil
Explore Uxmal the ancient Mayan city of the classic period, located 62 km from the state capital, Mérida. Its name is said to derive from from Oxmal that means “build 3 times” in Maya language.
Hacienda Yaxcopoil, one of the few haciendas that has been maintained in its original condition, here you will find antiques, machinery and other typical articles used during the hacienda’s period of splendor.
Activities
Our first stop will be in the great market of Muna where we can admire the variety of fruits and vegetables of the region in an authentic rural environment.
From there we will go to Uxmal for a guided tour of approximately 2-3 hours.
Our lunch will be traditional food at Ppap Hol Chak restaurant in Uxmal.
After lunch we will visit the Mirador with the workshop of Pedro Ayuso, a well-known local craftsman.
Our final stop will be at the Hacienda Museo Yaxcopoil for a two-hour visit.
Our services
Transportation, water and fruits during the tour, specialized guide, lunch, all entrance fees to the sites.
In most of the hotels in the city of Merida, breakfast is served starting at 7:00 am. To be early in Uxmal we suggest to pick you up at 8:00 am at your hotel and return around 4:00 pm.
Please bring with you comfortable shoes, hat, sunglasses and biodegradable sunblock if possible.
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Mayapán and Cenotes
Mayapán is considered the last great capital of the Mayan culture in the Postclassic periode (1200-1450 AD). It is believed that the city had a population of 12,000 inhabitants. On the site and through the architecture you can see the strong influence of Chichen Itzá.
Swimming in a cenote is a life experience. Cenotes are reservoirs of water comming from underground rivers. They were considered as the sacred water (Zuhuy Ha) of the ancient Mayans and the entrance to the underworld.
Activities
Located just 4o minutes from Mérida, Mayapán is one of the most beautiful and important Mayan city. This ancient Maya city has a building similar to the Chichén Itzá pyramid and it can still be climbed. Our visit will be approximately 2 1/2 hours.
Afterwards, we will go for a swim in a nearby Cenote, one of the most impressive ones in the area, for approximately two hours.
Our lunch will be typical food in the town of Seyé, Here we will also visit the apiary of the melipona bees (stingless bees) and enjoy a tasting of Mayan Honey.
Our services
Transportation, water and fruits during the tour, specialized guide, lunch, all entrance fees to the sites.
In most of the hotels in the city of Mérida, breakfast is served starting at 7:00 am. To be early in Mayapan we suggest to pick you up at 8:00 am at your hotel and return around 4:00 pm.
Please bring with you comfortable shoes, bating suit, towel, personal snorkeling equipment, hat, sunglasses and biodegradable sunblock if possible.
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Cooking Class in Seyé
A unique cooking experience at our base Casa Cha’ak in rural Seyé.
Enjoy the authentic food and flavors of our town, with a mixture of species and fresh vegetables from the area.
Cook with us and take the recipe with you along with the experience of this rich gastronomy.
Choose one our optional dishes such as relleno negro, relleno blanco, escabeche, salpimentado, pollo pibil, tamales, poc chuc, tikin-xic fish or the vegetarian brazo de reyna. Learn how to make handmade corn tortillas and how to prepare guacamole and sauces with chili peppers from our garden.
The culinary delights of typical Yucatecan cuisine are made from an exquisite mix of ingredients used by the ancient Mayans, with flavors brought by the Spanish during Colonial times. The unique combination of condiments and spices such as pumpkin seeds, oregano, purple onion, sour orange, sweet chili, lime, tomato, achiote, xcat chili, habanero chili, max chili and coriander provide that special flavor to the food. Our region was once known as “the land of the pheasant and deer” for using these species as the main ingredients of the delicacies that were prepared here. Currently, these have been replaced by pork and turkey, and various seasonings have been added, giving rise to the delicious regional dishes that we all know and enjoy today.
Seyé is surrounded by Haciendas that are still in operation, when extracting the fiber from the Sisal leaf, the bagasse rich in nutrients is discarded and is traditionally used by the producers to fertilize the land and harvest 100% organic products.
Our services include transportation from your hotel to our house in Seyé, specialized guide with the cooking class information, water, seasonal fruits, luch, tipycal yucatecan sweets, coffee, honey tasting, beer or wine.
In most of the hotels in the city of Mérida, breakfast is served starting at 7:00 am. To be early in Seyé we suggest to pick you up at 8:00 am at your hotel and return around 4:00 pm.
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Cycling around Seyé and its Haciendas
Surrounded by haciendas and only 36 km from Mérida, Seyé is a suitable place to cycle in a local environment and get to know the rural life of the Yucatán state.
Enjoy activities such as bird watching during the tour, visit some haciendas, enjoy the authentic gastronomy, tasting of Mayan honey and learn about native plants and traditional Mayan medicine, which is still alive in this region, at our base Casa Cha’ak in Seyé.
Activities
At our base, Casa Cha’ak in Seyé, we welcome you and provide information about the region while you enjoy a refreshing drink or a good cup of coffee. You will also have the option to choose your bike as we have vintage and modern bikes.
Seyé is surrounded by Haciendas and Cenotes. Our tour is in the area and depending on how many kilometers you would like to pedal, we can visit one Cenote, which is part of the Ring of Cenotes.
While we are out on the tour, our team will cook an authentic regional dish at our base in Seyé for our lunch.
We will also take a tour in the courtyard of the house to learn about some medicinal plants and visit our apiary of Melipona bees with a honey tasting.
Our services
Transportation, water and fruits during the tour, specialized guide, trekking bicycles, helmets, lunch, all entrance fees to the sites.
In most of the hotels in the city of Merida, breakfast is served starting at 7:00 am. To be early in Seyé we suggest to pick you up at 8:00 am at your hotel and return around 4:00 pm.
Please bring with you comfortable shoes, bating suit, towel, personal snorkeling equipment, hat, sunglasses and biodegradable sunblock if possible.
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Chichén Itzá and Yokdzonot Cenote
Chichén Itzá was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988 and Wonder of the World in 2007, stood out as the cultural and political center of the old Mayan civilization and was one of the most extensive settlements in the north-central part of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Yokdzonot is located 13 mi. (20 km.) from the archaeological site of Chichen Itzá. In this tourist parador there is an impressive cenote with vertical walls 131 ft (40 m) in diameter and 147 ft (45 m) deep.
Activities
Chichén Itzá has numerous monuments to explore: El Castillo, the Ball Court, which is the largest in Mesoamerica, the sacred Cenote, where archaeologist have discovered a number of well-adorned skeletons of sacrificial ceremonies, the Temple of the Warriors, with its 1,000 columns dedicated to the warriors of the city, and the Caracol or Observatory.
Yokdzonot is a mayan community that is an example of unity since in 2005 the wives of the locals decided to form a cooperative and be able to work the Cenote and open it to the public, today it has a restaurant and is already a tourist destination.
Our services
Transportation, water and fruits during the tour, specialized guide, lunch, all entrances fees to the sites.
In most of the hotels in the city of Merida, breakfast is served starting at 7:00 am. To be early in Chichén Itzá we suggest to pick you up at 8:00 am at your hotel and return around 4:00 pm.
Our lunch is the Parador turistico restaurant
Please bring with you comfortable shoes, bating suit, towel, personal snorkeling equipment, hat, sunglasses and biodegradable sunblock if possible.
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Ek-Balam and Valladolid
Located some 53 km (32 miles) northeast of Chichén Itzá, the site of Ek-Balam is a compact but impressive center dominated by a large acropolis and its principal monument, sak Xok Naah (the withe house of counting) in Maya language.
Valladolid is a hospitable city full of history and an exceptional colonial flavor. Enjoy strolling through its streets with its brightly painted houses, the neighborhoods with their churches and of course the imposing Franciscan convent San Bernardino de Siena.
Activities
Our first visit will be the great ancient Mayan city of Ek-Balam where we will be for approximately 2 1/2 hours. We will have the opportunity to climb one of the most impressive constructions in the Mayan world called Sak Xok Naah, the “White House of counting” (or “White House of Obedience/Respect”).
After our visit to the main archaeological sites we move on to X-Canché cenote. The cenote is located 1.5 km (less than a mile) inside the Ek Balam Archaeological Zone and to get to it we will take a bicycle or “tricycles taxis”.
After a refreshing swim we will get back to van and drive to Valladolid. Valladolid is the second most important city in the state of Yucatan, founded in 1543 in the ancient Mayan city of Zací. “La Sultana del Oriente”, as it is also known, is a hospitable city full of history. We will visit the city council building with its impressive paintings, the street of the friars and the Franciscan convent of San Bernardino de Sienna.
Our services
Transportation, water and fruits during the tour, specialized guide, lunch, all entrances fees to the sites.
In most of the hotels in the city of Merida, breakfast is served starting at 7:00 am. To be early in Ek-Balam we suggest to pick you up at 8:00 am at your hotel and return around 4:00 pm.
Our lunch is at Restaurant El Mesón del Marqués in Valladolid.
Please bring with you comfortable shoes, bating suit, towel, personal snorkeling equipment, hat, sunglasses and biodegradable sunblock if possible.
Minimun 2 people