The trip to Riviera Maya was undoubtedly the best of all, do not know if it was our honeymoon and so beautiful, interesting and fascinating that was. I recommend
The season is from February until mid June. We were the 2nd half of June and the last 4 days were spent by water as the rainy season begins. Later it is hurricane season and that ...
recommend going as least 2 weeks, if not, I regret it, because you do not have time to see everything and enjoy a piece of all-inclusive resort hotel. Moreover, the difference in price between one and two weeks is not much.
I certainly recommend that we, the hotel Bahia Principe because, besides being of English and you'll find a lot of us out there, the hotel is a real pass. When we were two in one ( Akumal and Tulum ), and now there is another more. The first two are 6 years old and the last one. So they are very new. They have plenty of pools, restaurants (Italian, international cuisine, Mexican, self-service with hot dogs, pizzas, nachos, etc.), A private beach for the hotel (around the hotel is jungle, nothing else) with white sand and crystal clear water with colorful fish, buf ... Amazing!
The situation of the hotel is also very well, which is near a lot of places to visit.
As we are 2 weeks, we decided to combine a day excursion with another hotel so we did about 6 or 7 trips, but there's more.
All we did we were delighted, although some more than others:
Tour "Two Eyes"
This excursion was most enjoyable. Is a half-day, where you ride a quad (or had not ever ridden a motorcycle!), And go to a cenote called "two eyes." The way there is very cool, and you're on dirt roads (dusty you up above, I recommend wearing sunglasses and scarf). Upon arrival, there are a few animals (that if a monkey when we gave him coca-cola, snakes, and not what else.) turn in the same place.
Tour Tulum Xel-ha:
This tour is also very good, and you combine culture with a bit of fun and it's all day. Tulum hotel with no more than 15 min., And are two runes of an ancient Mayan city. This very well preserved, and we were told, on the beach there was shot down part of the movie "Blue Lake." For more info on Tulum: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulum .
The tour continues to Xel-ha, which is not far away. It is a sort of theme park but all natural, where you can snorkel and swim surrounded by tunas, barracudas, goldfish in a kind of natural bay ... At one point I was surrounded by more than 10 or 15 barracuda, and gave quite an impression. In the surroundings of the bay have to stroll down the middle of the mangrove (seems you're in the middle of the Amazon), places to eat, etc.. Highly Recommended! Xel-ha page: http://www.xel-ha.com.mx/index.php
Pachen Coba Tour.
Another excursion that you can not lose, and returns to combine culture with a bit of fun and adventure. First you will Pachen
where you make a very cool tour through mangroves hovering over a lake in zip (over 100 meters!), you rappel down 15 meters to a cenote and the locals get raised pulse. Comes typical meal there, and you sell photos that make you the zip and the cenote (very cool!). Curious to see a village in the jungle, with thatched houses, and one with a computer, color printer and digital camera, lol.
Coba is another place that I liked. Are ruins of a great Mayan city. The most interesting is that most of the city is yet to be discovered, which gives a sense of mystery, and has one of the highest pyramid, Nohoch Mul, where you can upload and watch a breathtaking view!. The hard part is lower, because the steps are a little wrong, and are very narrow, so most low ass ... There are many villagers who volunteer to take on a kind of bike, if you do not fancy a long walk. They are also quite nice and well care to help them in their economía.Mas Coba info: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob% C3% A1
Chichen Itza Tour:
What to say of this tour!, since it is MANDATORY!. A party that is one of the new 7 wonders of the world , the site of Chichen Itza is very mystical and magical. The pyramid of "the castle" is impressive. When we were still could go up (we did), but now it is forbidden to keep it (I think it's perfect!). Besides you have the "observatory", the playing field "the ball" has http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Juego_de_Pelota web!, And more. More info at Chichen Itza: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chich% C3% A1% C3% A9n_Itz
the hotel to Chichen Itza is 3 hours there and 3 back, so that day is pretty beat up, so we recommend not to make another trip the next day. Tour
Tres Rios:
This tour is good, not great but you actividades que en pocos sitios puedes hacer. Esta a media hora del hotel (de Cancún al hotel hay una hora), y se trata de una reserva natural en medio de la selva donde puedes hacer un montón de actividades deportivas, desde montar a caballo y pasear por la playa, montar y conducir una lancha motora, y aprovechar para esnorquelear por los arrecifes de coral, ir en canoa o kayak por los rios que se adentran en la selva, experimentar el “sensorama” (lo dejo como sorpresa), montar en bici, etc. Esta bien si puedes estar 2 semanas en Riviera Maya, pero no es una excursión imprescindible.
Excursión a Cancún:
Esta excursión te la recomiendo para el final si puedes, ya que aprovechas to buy gifts and stuff. Would not be very special if not for an incentive: the swimming with dolphins. is one of the most amazing experiences of my life, and although you are not a lot with them (about 15-20 minutes), I spend great. The can play, you push with their snouts, they play with you ... You make some pictures then you can buy. They are a tad expensive but when you come back to do that? The visit follows a tour of Cancun and shops, where many take the opportunity to be the typical braids, guys abstain, please!
desobación Watching giant tortoises :
This tour is done depends on the date where you go, and is great because it is in the same hotel. At about 24:00 we got together a small group of people with a guide and go to a room where we project a video on the reproduction of turtles and projects of the foundation that organized the tour.
After that, we go to the beach with flashlights, and waited. After a while, leaving a shadow of the sea, something big: a giant turtle, more than 2 or 3 feet long, and starts digging a hole in the sand. At the end, takes a lot of eggs (and us looking at it to no more than five feet in the dark, focusing on the hole with a flashlight), the buried and turns to the sea. Incredible! Recomendadisimo, since you will not see that in many other places, and have the opportunity to see a giant turtle to a meter of you alone.
When will the turtle eggs take those responsible and bring them to a breeding area (since the day people are on the beach and could chafar eggs). By September or so, instead they release the hatchlings, another very cool moment ...
Besides all excursions (there's more ...), you again say the same: enjoy the hotel everything you can! We put purple cocktails, shots of tequila in all flavors, hot dogs, pizzas, all included! ... We swam in a few pools, sunbathing in sun beds by themselves (as many people this tour), we ate a paella at 12 noon in the middle of one of the pools, we bathed in a white sand beach and crystal clear waters surrounded by colorful fish while we ate coconut recent cut, we learned to dance the chachacha, we play volleyball with some Australians ...
Next to the resort and in addition to the hotel, a hacienda, the Hacienda Dona Isabel ", where several bars and shops to buy souvenirs.
For all this and more I recommend the trip without a doubt!
This combined all the lunches and dinners are included except the 2 meals you do in Hammamet. We went both times to a sort of terrace which is near the new medina, the "Lella Meriam, and for 10 dirham (about 6 €) ate 2 pizzas, a Tunisian salad (very good) and two Cokes Who ... gives more?