11 Days By The Aztec And Mayan Route:puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Yucatan And Cancun

Itinerary

Day 1: Mexico City Airport Reception – Hotel Transfer

Pass By: Historic Center (Centro Historico), Avenida Juarez 66, Mexico City 06000 Mexico
Mexico City Airport Reception – Hotel Transfer.

Hotel must be booked by your own. We will be in contact with you prior your trip to have the details of your booked hotels; so we can include in our organization. Should you have any question, please dont hesitate to ask.

You need to book 3 nights at Mexico City. Recommended at Centre of Mexico City.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Mexico City Tour.

Stop At: Historic Center (Centro Historico), Avenida Juarez 66, Mexico City 06000 Mexico
We will start our day visiting the Historical downtown district that is a Unesco´s world heritage site, the National Palace, the Zocalo, the Aztec Major Temple, the Metropolitan Cathedral. Then we will be visiting one of the most important avenues in the city “El Paseo de la Reforma” where you could take a picture of the famous “Angel de la Independencia”, we will continue our wonderful tour to the Bosque de Chapultepec, and the most glamorous residential districts of the city and the Zona Rosa (Pink Zone). It is a “must” tour to also get acquainted with our city.
Duration: 4 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Basilica de Guadalupe Tour and Teotihuacan Pyramids.

Stop At: Teotihuacan Pyramids, San Juan Teotihuacan 55800 Mexico
This tour is excellent to live and experience the versatility of Mexico City. We will begin our journey visiting the Square of the Three Cultures, where the past and the present mix, we will also visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of America; continue to the impressive archaeological zone of Teotihuacan,where we will visit the monumental Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, the temple of Quetzalpapalotl, the citadel and the avenue of the dead. We will also visit an arts & crafts center.
Duration: 7 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 4: Cholula and Puebla Tour

Stop At: Zocalo, Puebla Mexico
We will departure from Mexico City to discover the Great Puebla and the beautiful Magic town of Cholula, where we will visit Santa María Tonanzintla and San Francisco Acatepec to admire the beautiful Churchs of Indigenous Baroque style. We will also visit the world´s largest pyramid at the Archaeological Zone of Cholula with its 365 churches. We will continue to Puebla, declared World Heritage Site by the UNESCO, we will also visit its impossing Cathedral at the main Square, the chapel of the Rosary, considered the eighth wonder of the world of art.

At the end of this tour you will be transferred to the Puebla Bus Terminal to travel to Oaxaca on line bus. *Ticket included*-

You will arrive to Oaxaca in the night. Reception at bus station and transfer to your Hotel in Oaxaca.

You need to book 1 night at Oaxaca. Recommended at Historical Centre of Oaxaca
Duration: 12 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 5: Monte Alban Half Day Tour.

Stop At: Monte Alban, Oaxaca Mexico
We will visit the Archaeological Zone of Monte Alban; over an immense esplanade with around 1,940 meters over the sea level, is fount this amazing zone, formed by a great rectangular square surrounded by palaces, temples, shrines, ball games and tombs. It is one of the UNESCO's World Heritage Sites. –

At the the afternoon you will be transferred to the Oaxaca Bus Station to travel to Tuxtla Gutierrez on a line bus *Ticket included*

You dont need hotel this night, you will travel overnight in a bus.
Duration: 12 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 6: Tuxtla Gutierrez - Cañon del Sumidero – San Cristobal de las Casas.

Stop At: Canon del Sumidero, Chiapa de Corzo Mexico
Breakfast is not included this day, because you are staying overnight onboard the bus, so we recommend you to take a breakfast at the Tuxtla Gutierrez Bus Station, once you get there and take advantage of the time while you are waiting and then start with the tour.

Reception at the Tuxtla Gutierrez Bus Station and transfer to the Rio Grijalva Pier, to sail and observe the geologic wonder of the Cañon del Sumidero (Sumidero Canyon), and besides you will observe the flora and fauna diversity. At the end, you will be transferred to the colonial city of San Cristobal de Las Casas (2’300 MASL), founded in 1528 by the Captain Diego de Mazariegos, and declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

You need to book 2 nights at San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. Recommended at Historical Centre of San Cristobal de las Casas.
Duration: 6 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 7: San Cristobal de las Casas - Indigenous Communities Tour - City Tour.

Stop At: Catedral de San Cristobal de Las Casas, Plaza 31 de Marzo next to the Parque Central / Zocalo, San Cristobal de las Casas Mexico
After the breakfast, we will leave to the Indigenous Communities of the Tzotzil ethnic group; visiting firstly Chamula, to learn and understand the fusion between contemporary traditions and Mayan ancestral characteristics that identified this magical place. Later we will continue this tour in Zinacantan, where we will be visiting the local Church and the familiar cooperative house, where we will be received with a regional drink and observe how the local women work with the waist loom, a pre-Columbian technique to knit, we will observe the art works made by these women, they will offer us to know their kitchen and if we are lucky we could try handmade tortillas. At the end, we will be back to San Cristobal de Las Casas and take a City Tour in this lovely place. Rest of the afternoon is free.
Duration: 6 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 8: San Cristobal de Las Casas – Agua Azul - Misol Ha – Archaeological Zone of Palenque.

Stop At: Zona Arqueologica de Palenque, Carretera a Palenque- Zona Archaeologica Km. 8, Palenque 29960 Mexico
By the morning, we will departure to Palenque, and doing a scale in Agua Azul, a group of cascades created by the currents of the rivers Otolun, Shumulja and Tulija, forming not very deep canyons, with vertical cliffs, where you could swim and enjoy of the different areas. After, the tour will continue to the Misol – Ha Cascades, with their altitude of 30 meters, and the surroundings of the tropical jungle, make of this zone a beautiful and refreshing place. At the end we will visit Palenque, this Mayan City is a highlight because of its architectural and sculptural heritage; here we could admire several impressive buildings: The Palace, the Foliated Cross Temple, and Sun Temple among others.

You need to book 1 night at Palenque, Chiapas. Recommended at Palenque Down Town.
Duration: 18 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 9: Palenque – La Venta Museum – Villahermosa Airport.

Stop At: Parque Museo La Venta, Bulevar Ruiz Cortines S/N, Villahermosa Mexico
After breakfast we will leave towards the beautiful Villahermosa City, where we will visit “La Venta” Museum, it treasures one of the greatest collections of Olmec pieces; all is classified in 4 groups: altars, stelae, exempt sculptures and impressive colossal heads.

After this, we will be transferred to Villahermosa Airport and fly to Merida, (Flight not included). Reception and transfer to the Hotel in Merida.

You must book a Flight and must depart after 17:00 hrs. Flight must be from VSA to MID (VIllahermosa, Tabasco to Mérida, Yucatán)

You need to book 2 nights at Mérida Yucatán. Recommended at Historical Centre of Mérida.
Duration: 4 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 10: Merida City Tour – Free Afternoon.

Stop At: Merida Cathedral, Calle 61 on the east side of Plaza Grande, Merida 97000 Mexico
We will discover Merida, founded in January 6, 1542 by the Spanish Francisco de Montejo, but the Mayas already had built a great city known as T’ho, long before the Spanish Colonization, the stones used in this ancient city were used to build the Cathedral located at the Zocalo where you could find the Montejo House, the Government Palace and the Municipal Palace. Merida, the White City with its main avenue “Paseo por Montejo”, which has beautiful colonial buildings, as the Canton Palace and the impressive “Monumento a la Patria” among other magnificent places.

This specific day, the tour ends at the historical centre of Merida, so you can spend the rest of the afternoon enjoying the beautiful main central park.
Duration: 2 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 11: Chichen Itza Archaeological Zone – Transfer to Cancun - *Lodging not included

Stop At: Chichen Itza Mexico
Dated with approximately 553 years old, this famous Mayan Pyramids are located between hour and half. The name of Chichen Itza is derived by the Mayan words “Chi” mouth “Chen” Hole, “Itza” The name of the region. This site is divided in three areas, the north group (Toltec), central group (the early period) and the known as El Viejo Chichen (The old Chichen). We will visit the first two groups.

At the end of your visit to Chichen Itza, You will take a Breakfast and after this will be transferred to the indicated Hotel inside the Hotel Zone in Cancun. (In case the indicated Hotel is located in Playa del Carmen, a supplement will be applied). The guide-driver will reserve you seats in the touristic buses and verify the exchange of suitcases from unit-to-unit.

You will arrive to Cancún or Playa del Carmen. We will be in touch with you before your travel date to confirm where is the location of your booked hotel. At caribean is high offer of Hotels, enjoy!


Duration: 10 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.