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Mexico Heritage Tour
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History

Maya jungle

Biodiversity

Mexico Heritage Tour

Heritage Tour is a fantastic nature and culture -soft adventure through the world heritage sites of the Yucatan Peninsula.

Enjoy a fantastic trip through the World Heritage Sites of the Yucatan peninsula. Discover the amazing Sian ka’an, Calakmul and Rio Lagartos Biosphere Reserves as well as the colonial cities of Campeche and Merida.

Explore the second largest coral reef of the world, the amazing Mayan jungle, the unique wetlands and the wide biodiversity that these ecosystems have to offer.

Learn about the Mayan culture. Understand the history of the Mayas by visiting the impressive archaeological sites such as Calakmul and Chichen Itza and experience the present Mayan culture and influence of the Mayan communities on todays Mexican culture, in the colonial cities of Campeche and Merida.

Overall enjoy fantastic nature and culture soft adventure with the friendly Mexicans who will love to take care of you.

Day 1

Pick up at the international airport of Cancun.
Transfer to Puerto Morelos. Check in at the Ojo de Agua hotel (or similar).

Day 2 World Heritage Sian Ka'an

Lecture on Coral reefs. Snorkel in the national marine park of Puerto Morelos. Lecture on the Mayan jungle and afterwards, visit to the Botanical Garden to hike and enjoy learning about the plants and animals of the Mayan jungle.Transfer to the world heritage site of Sian Ka’an and check in at the hotel.
Optional: marine turtle observation (only May – September).

Day 3

Lecture on the world heritage site of Sian ka’an. Kayak tour through the wetlands and Bicycling tour along the coastal dunes. Afterwards, enjoy learning about Sian ka’an in the Museum.
Later, lecture on crocodiles. Optional: crocodile adventure with NGO’s Amigos de Sian Ka’an.

Day 4 World Heritage Calakmul

Transfer to the world heritage site of Calakmul. On the way we stop at the archaeological site in Kohunlich.
Check in the hotel. Here, we will be having a lecture on bats. Afterwards, enjoy looking at more than 25 million bats close to Calakmul.
At night, there will be a lecture on the world heritage site of Calakmul.

Day 5 Campeche World Heritage

Visit the amazing Calakmul site learning about the Mayan jungle and some unique wildlife that is living in this area. Transfer to the world heritage site of Campeche and sightseeing tour through the colonial city.
Check in at the hotel and lecture on colonial cities.

Day 6 Merida World Heritage

Transfer to the world heritage site of Merida. Merida is a former colonial city. Here, we go on a city sightseeing tour to visit the cathedral, the government palace, murals, the market, and much more. Afterwards, check in del Gobernador hotel.

Day 7 World Heritage Rio Lagartos

Departure Chichen Itza. We are going to visit the amazing archaeological site-Chichen Itza. This is followed by a visit to the world heritage site -Río Lagartos. Enjoy a great day of bird watching (flamingos, pelicans, cormorans, egrets, herons, etc). At the end of the day we return to cancun and you check in at your hotel.

Day 8

Transfer to the airport.

EcoColors Mexico Heritage Tour

Mexico heritage tour includes:

Activities mentioned in the itinerary.
Professional Guide (Biologist).
Comfortable and safe transportation with AC.
Accommodation and meals as mentioned in the itinerary.
Eqipment.

EcoColors values are:

Personalized Attention.
Safety.
Exclusive and Unique Eco-tours.
Comfortable Transportation.
Professional Guides.

For the Mexico Heritage Tour we recommend bringing:

Comfortable clothes and shoes.
Insect repellent (biodegradable).
Hat and sunglasses.
Swimsuit and towel.
Long sleeve cotton shirt.
Long cotton pants.
Impermeable jacket.
Sufficient (ecological) sun blocker.
Camera.

Mexico heritage tour does not include:

Personal expenses.
Additonals.
Tips.

We want to remind you that 5 % of the tourist fee is donated to projects that PROTECT THE MAYAN NATURE.

Thank you very much!!

Mexico Heritage Tour 2010 Available dates:

February 16 - 23		April 19 - 26

Price $ 1,685.00 USD Per person (3 stars Hotel)
Price $ 2,049.00 USD Per person (5 stars Hotel)

Take time for an adventure with E c o C o l o r s . -
We will be happy to receive you and show the wonders of the Yucatan Peninsula