Day Trips

Its such a common phenomena here in the Yucatan: you wake up one morning, the sun is shining, the sky is that deep tropical blue and the clouds are so white and puffy, you think they must be fake. Its a perfect day to go somewhere! A day for adventure, for exploration, a day to do something new!

And then you wonder, well, what exactly? Where should we go? Here in the Yucatan, there is SO much to choose from.

And here at Yucatan Today, we are going to do our part to make your decision easier. Periodically we will publish some intrepid traveler's experience of a day trip. Everything in the story can be done in a day, if you have a car, a little bit of money, an adventurous spirit and of course, water and sunscreen.

Tecoh Caves & Dizbilchaltun
Day Trip - Tecoh Caves and Dzibilchaltun
Start the day by going underground and getting dirty, and end the day swimming in a cenote. It doesn't get much better than that!

The Temple of the Seven Dolls at Dzibilchaltun.

Mayan Alps
Side Trip - The Mayan Alps - Here's a little side trip that you might consider taking on your way to or from Uxmal.

View from the top

Ruta Puuc
Day Trip - Ruta Puuc - An interesting tour that gives you an overview of the Mayan civilization awaits you just 50 miles south of Merida.

The House of the Magician in Uxmal

Oxkintok & Calcehtok
Trip - Oxkintok Ruins and Calcehtok Caves
Head for the hills, the Puuc Hills, that is. Visit an obscure ruin and then go below for a visit to what is thought to be the largest cave in the Yucatan.

The castle at Oxkintok

Celestun
Day Trip - Celestun - Nearly every tourist guide suggests a visit to this bird sanctuary and nature reserve. Follow one reader's recent experience in the land of pink flamingos.

Flamingos at Celestun

Cenotes of Cuzama
Day Trip to the Cenotes - It can get pretty hot here in the Yucatan. When it's just one of those days, nothing says relief and refreshment like three cenotes in a row!

Cuzama Cenote

Campeche & Edzna
Day Trip - Campeche and Edzna - Ever wonder what that big city to the West is like? Guest writer Reg McGhee reports.

The Grand Acropolis at Edzna.

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