(TE32) Chichen Itza, Oxman, Cenote & Valladolid
Tour and private guide
11 to 13 hours
All entrances
Private transportation
Pick up and drop off hotel
Tour brief description
Tour for two to 15 people from Cancun and Riviera Maya.
Our tour starts in the archaeological Mayan zone of Chichén Itzá, a place declared as human cultural heritage. In its main esplanade there is an observatory, the holy cenote, the ball game and the Kukulcán pyramid.
We’ll continue to the famous estate of Oxmán, that has a beautiful cenote where you can swim and refresh in. Next, we’ll follow the way to Valladolid city and its famous San Bernardino convent. We’ll end the walk in the main square of Valladolid city with its beautiful gardens and the San Servacio church.
In every moment our certified guide we’ll explain you the stories of the place, the curious details, the development and the importance of every site.
The unit price decreases according to the size of the group.
Departure Time
7:30 a.m.
Included
- Pick up and drop off in your hotel.
- Entrance to archaeological zone of Chichén Itzá.
- Entrance to Oxman estate.
- Entrance to Oxman cenote.
- Entrance to San Bernardino convent in Valladolid.
- Visit central park in Valladolid.
- Visit to San Servacio church in Valladolid.
- Driver.
- Private guide.
- Private transportation.
- Box lunch.
- Bottled water and snacks in transportation.
- Souvenir.
- Face mask and sanitizing gel.
No Included
- Tips.
- Lifejacket rent (obligatory).
- Lockers rent.
- Video and photography permission in museums, archaeological zones and attractions.
Languages
Spanish, English.
Additional information
- Before the tour start you must show your ID to the guide.
- Tennis or comfortable shoes.
- Flip flops in aquatic activities.
- You must bring swimwear and towel.
- You must bring a change of dry clothes.
- Use sunglasses.
- Use sun block and hat.
- You must have the physical condition to walk up to 180 minutes. (with breaks).
- Spanish and English languages don’t have an extra cost.
- We don’t do surprise stops in any store to force you to buy handicrafts.
- We strictly respect the itinerary.
- We don’t sell you anything aboard or in the tour.
- Confirmation will be received by email at the time of booking.
- Infants under 2 years of age are free of charge, but must travel in the arms or on the legs of their parents. (please inform us in the notes).
- Babies (over two years old) and young children must have their own seats.
- A infant car seat available per tour, (please request it).
- The unit price decreases according to the size of the group.
(TE32) Chichen Itza, Oxman, Cenote & Valladolid
$501.92
USD max per person.
Final price in dollars includes all taxes
Itinerary
Chichén Itzá
A must to visit in first place, a modern world wonder, human heritage by UNESCO, a unique place with its famous temple of Kukulkán, that is a declivitous pyramid. It has exquisite works in stone dedicated to the feathered serpent, who was a very important deity in Mayan culture and civilization.
Our guide will explain us the advanced astronomical knowledges of Mayan culture, the rise and fall of Kukulkán in winter solstice and autumn equinox, Mayan society and the government of this civilization.
We’ll also visit the warriors temple, decorated with warlike images and the Chac Mool sculpture, god of rain. We’ll see closer the observatory and the holy cenote, where the guide will explain us how the ceremonies were. We’ll follow until the extraordinary ball game central field, where we will understand everything about this game.
Cenote and Oxman estate
Our next stop is in the antique and famous henequen estate of Oxman. Decorated with orange and blue tones, it comes from 1746 and has a beautiful blue cenote of crystalline waters, where you can swim, refresh and jump in its center.
This is the better cenote in Valladolid, Yucatán. What you will see will be memorable. The view in the cenote, from the water or below it, it becomes a living postcard due to its long roots of jungle trees and sun light passing through the crystalline waters.
However, the most memorable experience for your senses is to swim in a holy space for the Mayas. They said this space purified the soul.
San Bernardino convent in Valladolid
After swimming, we’ll go to the peaceful and beautiful city of Valladolid, Yucatán. We’ll visit a religious building where the indigenous people were ‘educated’ to change its religious beliefs, from polytheism to catholic monotheism. Our guide will explain this process of cultural transition and syncretism, result of two civilizations contributions. A beautiful building that has a church, a chapel, a convent, murals, atrium and vegetable plot. Impossible not to visit.
San Servacio church and Valladolid central park
We’ll follow our tour until the heart of Valladolid. We’ll walk through a place that centuries ago was a pyramid base and today is the barrack square or central park, that is surrounded by colonial edifices. It has the typical confident chairs of Yucatán and has a lot of trees.
Inside this big garden with geometrical strokes, in the center, we’ll see the Mestiza Fountain, with a sculpture in homage to the woman of Yucatán that speaks Mayan, wears huipil and is part of the Mayan and Spanish cultural fusion.
We’ll walk to the San Servacio church, that was built with the stones of the old pyramid. Our guide will explain you the relationship of this population with the race war and the story of the main entrance change due the crime of mayors in XVIII century.
The tour ends taking you back to your hotel.
