Puerto Morelos is an ideal place to have a snorkeling tour in its amazing reefs within the Arrecife National Park, considered the second largest barrier reef in the world. You may swim in its crystal-clear waters while watching a variety of coral, fish, mantarays (devilfish) and turtles.

Some Cenotes found really close to Chaktunche Rancho Ecolodge are Cenote Kin Ha, Cenote Verde Lucero, Cenote Siete Bocas, Las Mojarras; they are all unique, some are cave cenotes and others are open sinkholes. Each of them offers different activities, like ziplines, snorkeling, or others. These cenotes can be looked-for individually on the internet to learn what they are like and what they offer the tourist. There is also a place called Selvatica, which has a specific adventure tour with lunch included.

The Ruta de los Cenotes in Puerto Morelos, where Chaktunche Rancho Ecolodge is located, has a great variety of cenotes (sinkholes) where you can scuba-dive or snorkel. Let yourself be accompanied to two of the cenotes in the Route or the Mayan Riviera by specialized guides. Options can be: Cenote Zapote, about 24 km away and open every day of the year, with tables for equipment, parking lot and restrooms available. A short walk is needed to reach the cenote, which has stairs to reach a platform over the water. Cenote Zapote has a depth of 63 m (208 ft), but scuba diving is only permitted as far as 40 m (130 ft) deep. Halocline depth is 30 m (100 ft) daily. Suggestions: Use swimming suit or comfortable beach clothes and shoes for water. Carry an extra change of clothes and a towel. Bring a camera. Sunglasses. Sunblock and insect repellant (it is mandatory that it is 100% biodegradable). Debit and/or credit card and/or money for unforeseen expenses, such as deposits for the use of equipment, or for paying products or services not included in the tour. If you have a health issue or physical impediment, please contact us before making your reservation, so we can advise you accordingly.

Sources from the 16th Century name this place “Zamá”, meaning “morning” or “sunrise” in Maya. The name Tulum is relatively recent, and can be translated as “wall” or “palisade”, and it refers to the masonry wall that has survived to this day. Tulum is the most symbolic archaeological city in the Quintana Roo coast, due to its privileged location and the excellent preservation of its buildings and mural paintings. It is well known for its wall, which surrounds the main architectonical compound on its northern, western, and southern sides. The eastern side of the city faces the Caribbean Sea; it has five access points and two watchtowers. The site is presided by “El Castillo” (The Castle), the highest structure in Tulum. It has a temple with three accesses, adorned with snake-columns and two zoomorphic masks at the corners. In front of El Castillo there is a platform for dancing, and to the southwest is located the Inicial Series Temple, where the earliest documented date for Tulum is found: 564 A.D. Note: US Dollars or any other foreign currency is not accepted at the ticket office, only Mexican pesos, so you should change some money if you wish to visit the site.

The meaning of the name of this archaeological site is “the city at the edge of the well of the Itza”, Itza being the name of a Maya sub-group that inhabited Guatemala and part of the Yucatan Peninsula. It is located 115 km from the city of Merida in the nearby state of Yucatan, along the 180 Federal Highway to the town of Pisté, only 2 km away from the archaeological site. Visitors can arrive to the site by means of public transportation. Chichen Itza is the best example of the migratory changes that took place in Mesoamerica during the Early Postclassic, since it unites cultural traits both from the Maya area and the Center of Mexico, mainly Toltec. Besides, Chichen Itza was the capital of a wide territory in the Yucatan Peninsula known as the Liga de Mayapan from 987 A.D. to 1200 A.D. This archaeological site is famous worldwide due to the light/shadow event that happens each equinox on the stairs to the main structure known as El Castillo (The Castle). When the sun rises over the horizon, it sheds light over the western edge of the stairs, forming light and shadow triangles that, as the day moves on, seem to descend all the way to the snake head at the bottom of the stairs, in fact as if the snake was coming down from the temple above it. This event, accomplished because of the right orientation and inclination of the structure’s planes, shows the great level of astronomical and architectonical knowledge the Maya had, which gave place to one of the cultural regions that had a great territorial, political, and resourceful organization.