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natural wonders that are a joy to visit and
photograph, including Mexico’s third largest
biosphere reserve, bird sanctuaries, and a spider
monkey refuge. The most popular
parks are Xcaret, Xel-Ha, Tres-Rios and Garrafon.
At many of these parks you can
swim, snorkel, scuba dive, swim with dolphins,
explore caves and cenotes, see Mayan ruins,
and view wildlife and plants native to this
area.
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"It was at Yaxchilan that I had my introduction
to howler monkeys. My companions had
warned me of these monkeys' eerie nighttime
howls, but the first time I woke up
to the sound my flesh crawled nonetheless.
Actually, "howler" doesn't do them justice
- it's more like an amplified Darth
Vader roar, raspy and threatening, followed
by staccato grunts. The first night
at Yaxchilan, I lay wide awake in my
tent, rationalizing that the reason
they sounded so close was because they
had to pass our tents to get from the
forest to the river."
-Joyce
Gregory, "In Search of the Lacandón
Maya"
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Celestun
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 Celestun, Enjoy
Beach & Nature
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Celestun
is a small village located 2 hours away
from the city of Merida, a beautiful
paradise of the Yucatan coast where
you will enjoy the nature and crystal
clear water beach extensions, an ideal
spot for swimming and getting relaxed
under a coconut palm tree. Celestun
is home to a pink flamingo’s colony
that represents a unique natural spectacle
for the visitors. Once there we’ll take
a boat ride around the mangrove
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Delphinus
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Delphinus Dreams Cancun
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Located
in the heart of Cancun’s hotel strip,
inside the hotel Dreams Cancun, is the
dolphinarium Delphinus Dreams, a place
where you can have a unique experience
swimming and interacting with intelligent bottlenose dolphins,
surrounded by the spectacular natural
beauty of the Mexican Caribbean. Primax
Delphinus program will
help you establish close contact with
dolphins, interacting with them and
learning about their amazing skills. |
 Delphinus
Riviera Maya
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In
the Riviera Maya, a great and exciting
adventure is waiting for you: the Primax
Delphinus experience. At the Delphinus
facilities, a gorgeous dolphinarium
situated next to the Xcaret theme park,
you’ll enjoy a unique dolphin activity
in four salt water pools, from swimming
platforms placed in a semicircle, where
you’ll learn about and interact with
these incredible cetaceans.
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 The One Delphinus
Riviera Maya
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In
the Riviera Maya, a new and amazing
adventure is waiting for you: The One,
a unique program that allows you to
spend 1 hour with 1 dolphin and 1 trainer.
Enjoy these beautiful marine animals.
Interact with them in a private session,
an attractive difference from other
dolphin programs. You'll also have the
opportunity of playing with them for
1 hour, all to yourself, brushing their
teeth, listening to their funny sounds
and taking part in a medical revision. |
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Dolphinarus Cancun
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 Dolphin
Swim & Ride
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Touch,
get a handshake and a gentle kiss from
dolphins, and observe them perform fascinating
stunts from the safety of a shallow
water environment. You can additionally
choose to swim and play freely with
a dolphin and watch its graceful movements
underwater with a diving mask. After
enjoying your dolphin activity you can
spend the rest of the day at the wonderful
Wet' n Wild park that features exciting
attractions for the whole family. |
 Dolphin Trainer
for the Day
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Have
you ever wondered what it would be like
to work with dolphins? Now you can experience
it first hand as a Trainer for a Day
in Dolphinaris dolphinarium. People
are naturally fascinated by these engaging
animals and many want to know more about
working closely with them. We developed
our Trainer for a Day program to provide
people who want to learn more about
dolphin behavior first hand from a trainer. |
 Dolphin Interactive
Program
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The
Dolphin Interactive Program is ideal
for those people with minimal swimming
skills but want to interact and enjoy
an encounter with these beautiful marine
animals. This attraction starts with
an introduction about the dolphin's
world that will allow you to learn and
understand these incredible mammals.
This program at Dolphinaris allows participants
to learn more about these mammals while
standing waist deep on a submerged platform. |
 Dolphin Swim "Dolphinaris"
►Rates & Reservations◄
Establish
an up-close and safe connection with
dolphins. Swim with them while playing
and caressing their smooth skin. Get
a gentle kiss and a handshake from your
new friends and watch them perform exciting
acrobatics right in front of you. Top
off the experience by feeling the dolphins’
power as they foot-push you across the
expanse of our lagoons.
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Interactive Aquarium Cancun
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 Dolphin
Swim La Isla
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La
Isla is one of the most visited malls
in Cancun. Here, you can find the Interactive
Aquarium Cancun with an array of marine
species and its main attraction, dolphins.
We invite you to live an unforgettable
experience with our friendly dolphins,
while swimming, interacting, playing,
petting them and learning about their
abilities and amazing tricks, such as
the famous Foot Push. |
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Isla Contoy
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 Contoy
Island Asterix Tours
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This
unspoiled island, which measures barely
5.2 miles long and only 70 ft. at its
narrowest point, is located about 45
minutes north of Isla Mujeres, on one
end of the second largest coral reef
in the world. Its shallow, clear and
calm beaches, with an abundance of underwater
life that will thrill any snorkeler,
make of Isla Contoy a spot no nature
lovers should miss. |
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 Contoy
Island Kolumbus Tours
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Enjoy
the numerous species of birds and beautiful
white sand beaches and visit the new
museum of nature. Enter the magical
underwater world with the help of your
snorkeling equipment and see the amazing
fauna in the sea depths; also, watch
and learn about the diverse birds in
their natural habitat. This wonderful
trip is done onboard the “Corsario”
or the “Pinta”, both replicas of famous
discovery vessels |
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Loma Bonita Ranch
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 Horse Back Riding
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At
Loma Bonita Ranch you’ll enjoy a different
2-hours horseback riding around gorgeous
natural environs with the most beautiful
and docile horses for making you live
very special moments with your family
or friends. First we’ll ride through
the lush tropical jungle and later we
arrive at a beautiful white sandy beach |
 ATV Rancho Loma
Bonita
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Come
to Loma Bonita Ranch where you’ll live
a life adventure. On our fabulous ATV’s
we’ll take you to explore gorgeous white
sandy beaches as well as crossing the
lush tropical jungle with extensive
mangroves around. If you enjoy the extreme
fun this is the ideal choice for you.
At Loma Bonita Ranch we have semi-automatic
ATV's for enjoying exciting circuits |
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Nohoch Jungle
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 Nohoch Jungle
Crossing
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Experience
a day of adventure and go deep into
the tropical jungle, where you’ll swim
in the longest underground river (cenote)
and you’ll have a lot of fun with a
ride in our modern 4X4 all terrain vehicles
(Unimog) during all day. This attraction
starts early in the morning and our
first stop is at a charming ranch called
San Felipe, a small Mayan community
where the gorgeous Nohoch Nah Chich
cenote is located. |
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 Wet
'n Wild , Cancun
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Here
you can spend an entire day of entertainment
surrounded by lush tropical vegetation
and secluded sandy beaches. At this
water park you can sail at a relaxing
lazy river that runs all along the property,
dare to a thrilling ride at the Kamikaze,
enjoy the exciting water slides or have
lots of fun at the wave pool. The little
ones will spend a great time by the
kid’s area specially designed for them
where there’s an amazing big bubble
for sliding directly into the water.
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Petempich Bay National Park
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 Snorkeling Adventure
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This
snorkeling adventure consists of two
guided tours; the first one in the morning
will take you to a shallow reef where
you will have your first contact with
an amazing marine ecosystem for 40 minutes.
Afterwards, you will reach a second
and deeper reef with a totally different
habitat, for another 40 minutes. After
this expedition, you will go back to
the beach club to enjoy a meal, a tropical cocktail, and rest
or engage in an exciting volleyball
game.
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Tulum
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 Tulum Caribbean
Wonders
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In
the morning we’ll start our 45 minutes
trip at the archeological area accompanied
by a certified guide explaining the
origins of this site. You’ll have 45
minutes of extra time for exploring
by your own the surroundings and get
that unforgettable travel photo. Later
on you’ll go to snorkel at a tranquil
and private inlet far away from crowds
and ideal for observing a lot of tropical
fish, swim with them and take photographs.
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Xcaret
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 Xcaret
Eco Park
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Known
as ''nature's sacred paradise'', Xcaret
is one of the world's most famous eco-archaeological
parks. Here, you will find archaeological
ruins, a dolphin show, horses, a farm
with tropical birds, butterflies, bat
caves and a stunning beach. You can
go also snorkeling in the famous caves
and the well known underground river.
With its 53 activities to enjoy, Xcaret
is an experience for all your senses. |
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Xel-Ha
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 Tulum & Xel-Ha
All Inclusive
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Discover
one of the most beautiful archeological
sites of the Riviera Maya, the only
one overlooking the Caribbean Sea and
its turquoise waters as a walled fortress.
It is believed that Tulum was once,
one of the main ports of the Maya civilization.
From here you will be taken to Xel-Ha
a spectacular theme water park, unique
at the Riviera Maya, where you will
spend a day of adventure enjoying natural,
ecological and aquatic attractions. |
 Xel-Ha All Inclusive
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Xel-Ha
is the most spectacular water park in
Riviera Maya renowned for its stunning
natural aquarium, which is unique in
the area. Here you can enjoy with your
family or friends, an array of water
activities and both natural and ecological
attractions. Or alternatively, simply
relax on the tranquil lazy river as
you sail along on a comfortable inner
tube. |
 Dolphin Swim "Xel-Ha"
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The
thrilling adventures of swimming with
dolphins are within your reach at Xel-Ha
ecological park, located in the Riviera
Maya, where dolphins can foot-push you
and jump over your head. You will learn
interesting facts about these amazing
mammals while playing with them and
enjoying this unique adventure. During
this tour, interact with dolphins and
get to know these intelligent creatures. |
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Yalku Lagoon
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 Aquatic Expedition
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Come
and enjoy an unforgettable day of snorkel
where we’ll take you to travel across
the Yalku Lagoon, and visit two beautiful
“cenotes” in the Riviera Maya. Cenotes
are natural sinkholes formed by dissolution
of rock, which may or may not be linked
to an active cave system, and the subsequent
collapse of the rock ceiling of the
void. The Mayan considered these systems
as sacred, existing open waters ones
or sheltered sites. |
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"The next
and last morning of my stay at the station
[in Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve], I
take a final drive down to the Glorieta
Rogo Gómez. Beyond an imposing
stretch of selva alta - tall jungle
- the road eases itself onto a narrow
causeway. The mangroves take over. A
few minutes later I am at the end of
the line, surrounded by blue sky, blue
bay. And birds. Hundred of birds. Great
blue, little blue, green-beaked, tri-colored,
yellow-crowned, and tiger herons; snowy,
great, and reddish egrets; roseate spoonbills,
white ibis, pelicans, cormorants, frigate
birds; and scores of gulls, terns, shorebirds.
In short, all the birds that were supposed
to be at Laguna de Muyil when I was
there and weren't, because they were
all here."
-Donald
G. Schueler, "The Temple of the Jaguar:
Travels in the Yucatán"
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