Xcaret cancun -Maybe the winter makes me look with longing these days in the Mayan Riviera of sun, beach, and much more.
The Xcaret park is one of the most visited in the Riviera Maya, next to Xel-Ha. You can easily reach it by van, those vans that travel the road from Playa del Carmen to Tulum, with stops at all the hotels.
Xcaret is open every day, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. in winter and from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. in summer.
If you like to dive, or if you have not yet done it in Xel-Ha, you can take the full day ticket. xcaret cancun -If you do not bring your snorkel gear, you can rent it there.
Since I had already been soaking a lot and I would be even more so the next day, I only took the afternoon entrance, starting at 15.30, something cheaper, and it spread me to see almost the whole park and its night shows.
In this link you can see all prices in dollars or pesos and what each package includes.
At the entrance they will provide you with a map of the park with the schedules for the different shows that take place throughout the day.
xcaret cancun – Diversion at your fingertips in Mexico
The enclosure has many zoological type plots where there are horses, wild boars, monkeys, birds, pumas.
xcaret cancun -There is also a butterfly garden to enjoy Enya music and lush vegetation, including water lilies. Visit aquariums, a cavern with bats, feed the turtles, swim with dolphins are other activities to go around the park.
Of course, swimming with dolphins can cost about 100 euros, like walking on the bottom of the sea or diving on the coral.
I was excited by the most gratuitous activity: the boat ride through a stream where absolute silence was requested, only broken by animals and a waterfall at the end of the journey.
You saw the iguanas move around the walls almost touching you.
xcaret cancun -There are also scaled reproductions of the pyramids and the Mexican churches and chapels, another reproduction of a Mayan village, there are even a few archaeological remains.
There are also greenhouses with orchids, fungi and other plants.
I stayed with the desire to climb the panoramic tower from which you can see the whole park because they say it offers a dreamlike view of the sea and unforgettable sunsets towards the jungle.
xcaret cancun -Now you will have finished the works that kept it closed. And, for lovers of diving, there are two underground rivers and some natural pools by the sea and a great little cove on the beach.
But, go dry, the evening show arrives.
At about 7 o’clock in the afternoon the Mayan ball game begins, in which it seems impossible for players to put the ball through those little rings on the sloping walls, hitting it with the hip.
And, as we learned later, it is thought that the original walls of this ancient game were much more inclined.
xcaret cancun -Then there is a very colorful folkloric show of regional songs and dances from all over Mexico in a large amphitheater.
In short, a very pleasant place to walk with tranquility and immerse yourself in fauna, flora, culture and Caribbean salts.
xcaret cancun -And, since one of the most frequent doubts among travelers who visit the Riviera Maya is the choice between this park that we have walked and Xel-Ha, I hope to be able to tell you soon what I thought the second.