We have been daydreaming about travel for the past couple of years — as has just about everyone else.
Given the improving situation, we have decided that the time is right to launch our very first Yucatán Magazine tour. For this first outing, 30 or so folks will go on an adventure to Bacalar’s famous Lagoon of Seven Color, three stunning archaeological sites (Chacchobén, Dzibanché and Kinichná) and the Puerto Aventuras Hotel & Beach Club.
The Yucatán Magazine tour will be led by editor Carlos Rosado van der Gracht, who is a longtime tour organizer and author of the Archaeology Monday Series.
We set off from Mérida on June 24 and returning June 29.
In total, we will spend three nights in Bacalar at the Laguna Hotel (right on the water) and two nights at Puerto Aventuras Hotel & Beach Club.
We will visit three stunning archaeological sites, with the option of a fourth (Xelha) on Day 5.
The price of the tour will be 12,500 pesos per person in a double room and 15,500 pesos for singles.
This includes five nights’ accommodation, transportation, professional English-speaking guides, breakfasts (in Puerto Aventuras), and entrances to all sites.
Space is limited and already filling up.
Itinerary
Day 1 – Friday, June 24
Meet the group at La Mejorada Park and depart for Bacalar via chartered bus at 8 a.m.
ETA in Bacalar: between 1 and 2 p.m.
Check in to the hotel Laguna Bacalar and enjoy the rest of the day off to enjoy the famous Lagoon of Seven Colors and the surrounding area.
Day 2 – Saturday, June 25
Meet the group for breakfast at 8 a.m. Head out to the Chacchobén archaeological site by bus at 9 a.m.
We should be back to Bacalar at about 1 p.m., giving everyone the afternoon and evening off to relax.
Day 3 – Sunday, June 26
Meet the group for breakfast at 8 a.m. Head out to Dzibanché and Kinichná archaeological sites by bus at 9 a.m.
We should be back to Bacalar at about 3 or 4 p.m, giving everyone the afternoon and evening off to relax.
Dzibanché and Kinichná are very close to each other, making the itinerary fairly easy.
Day 4 – Monday, June 27
Meet the group for Breakfast at 9 a.m., checkout by 10 a.m.
Make our way to Puerto Aventuras and beach club and check in at about 1 p.m.
Enjoy a relaxing day at the beach and pool in this lovely hotel.
Day 5 – Tuesday, June 28
Day off to enjoy the hotel and beach.
*Optional day trip to Xelha archaeological site, just 30 minutes away (not the theme park!).
Day 6 – Wednesday, June 29
Checkout of hotel in Puerto Aventuras at noon, back in Mérida by 4 p.m.
For more information contact carlosrosado@roofcatmedia.com
