- Day Tour
- 9-12 hours
- All ages
Tour one of the treasures of the Yucatan, the archaeological site Ek Balam, an important Maya capital. This tour also takes you to see flamingos at Ria Lagartos and to swim in beautiful and clean water in a cenote.
Quick Details
The Ultimate Cultural Experience
We will transport you to the heart of the jungle. You will live a new adventure there and will experience one of the most antique traditions of our country: Temazcal, which is used during ceremonies of care for the purification of the body or to look after diseases or to improve health.
You will have the opportunity to live an authentic ceremony of the ancestral Maya culture, offered by the chaman of the community. Temazcal, with its shape of an igloo, represents the stomach of Mother Earth.
People who enjoy the ceremony feel a kind of rebirth. You will discover the customs, the house, the faiths and the lifestyle of the Mayas since their ancestors until nowadays.
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- Transportation in AC van
- Lunch
- Snacks: fruits and peanuts
- Beverages: water and sodas
- Bilingual guide
- Entrance fees
- Snorkel equipment
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- Comfortable shoes
- Biodegradable sunscreen
- Insect repellent
- Swimsuit
- Towel
- Change of clothes
- Sandals
- Hat
- Sunglasses
- Extra money
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- Alcoholic beverages
- Personal expenses
- Tips
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3:00 PM
Pick-up en Cancun (4 :00 PM en Playa del Carmen / 04 :30 PM en Tulum)5:00 PM
The tour begins inside a Mayan house, where the guide will explain how the Mayas live, a presentation of the house will be made (the roof of palm tree, the hammock, the stove, the use of furniture of kitchen as: molcajete, a manual mill of corns, clothes etc.…). You will learn how to make tortillas, as the former Mayas made ithem; the customers could eat Tortillas if they want.5:25 PM
Afterward, we will visit the circle of sea snails, where you will learn to blow in sea snails to ask permission to Mother Nature for en-trance to the Temazcal.5:45 PM
We will move to the altar where the shaman of the community Maya will welcome you, by offering you of the balche (Mayan drink that helps open pores, made by bark of trees, honey, water, of zacate and lemon). At this moment will be taught some Mayan words to use inside Temazcal.06:00 PM
We will move to the circle of fire but at first, the shaman will make a purification with some smoke of medicinal herbs. Inside the circle of fire, you will touch the sea snails and you will ask for permission to the 4 cardinal points to enter the Temazcal.06:40 – 7:20 PM
You will enter one by one the Temazcal to begin the sauna, the Shaman will sing and pray in order to cleanse body and soul.7:20 PM
When the ceremony of the Temazcal ends, we will go to a cenote to cool down and enjoy the amazing crystal clear waters.7:45 PM
Light dinner with gourmet fruits, tea, and water.08:00 PM
Way back to your hotel.