Private Tour to Meliponario Maní, Mayapan and Cenote Nahyah

8 h 30 min Free cancellation Private tour

Mliponario U LU'UMIL KUXTAL, magical town peanut — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

Cenote Nah-yah — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

The wonderful thing about this tour is knowing 1 Mayan pyramid, 1 cenote, 1 important magical town in the history of the Mayas during the conquest and finally visiting 1 Meliponario, the Mayan Melipona Bee also known as XunanKab, it is peculiar since it does not have a sting and its handling is 100% safe, the Mayan peoples have cultivated this peculiar dark-colored honey for hundreds of years, for its medicinal and culinary properties. a unique place

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At a glance

Duration: 8 h 30 min
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–10
Guide: English, Italian, French, Spanish
Operated by: Rutas Turisticas Yucatan

Ages: Infants (0–2 years) · Children (3–11 years) · Youth (12–17 years) · Adults (18–60 years) · Seniors (61–99 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Private transportation
Included: Carbonated beverages: Soda/Pop
Included: Bottled water
Included: In-vehicle air conditioning: Air-conditioned vehicle

Not included

Not included: Entrance fees: Nah Yah cenote
Not included: Entrance fees: Archaeological area of Mayapan
Not included: tips
Not included: Lunch: consumption in restaurants, are not included, is paid directly

Itinerary

Mayapan Archaeological Zone

1 h 50 min Admission not included

We will visit one of the last Mayan cities to be inhabited, its architecture shows influence from Chichen Itza but also, we will notice masks of the god Chaac, the god of rain with influence from Uxmal, it shows us that they had trade between both cities

8:30 a.m. | Pick up from the hotel or airbnb of your choice with direct transfer to Mayapan.

9:30 a.m. | Arrival at the archaeological zone, 10 minutes to buy entrance tickets (not included, direct payment $95.00 pesos per person)

9:40 a.m. | Start tour in the area, for 40 minutes

10:20 a.m. | Exit from the area
Stop 2

1 h 25 min Admission not included

10:20 a.m. | Departure from Mayapan and direct transfer to the Nah-yah cenote, a calcareous rock formation that, due to the erosion of the rock with rainwater for thousands of years, forms this dome and reveals a vein of fresh water, totally an oasis in middle of the jungle, for the Mayans it represented the entrance to the underworld.

10:40 a.m. | Arrival at the Nah-yah cenote, payment of the entrance is made directly at the box office of the Mayan cooperative, the use of the life jacket is mandatory (100 pesos per person)

10:45 a.m. | We start the time to swim inside the cenote, we will be in this location for a maximum of 1 hour.

11:45 a.m. | Departure from the cenote and we will have a direct journey to the town of Mágico de Maní
Mani

4 h 45 min

11:45 a.m. | Departure from Cenote Nah-yah with direct transfer to the magical town of Maní, the place where it all began. It was in Maní where Fray Diego de Landa performed the act of faith and burned most of the Mayan codices, because they considered it profane. Currently, only 3 codices are kept in different museums around the world.

12:35 p.m. | Arrival to the town of Maní, we will visit in the first instance, the Meliponario U LU'UMIL KUXTAL, the visit to the meliponario, has no cost, but we suggest offering a collaboration of 50 pesos per person so that the family in charge of the garden can count on this help. The visit is 45 minutes.

1:15 p.m. | Exit from the Meliponario and we will go to one of the restaurants of the town, (food or drinks not included), the time of the restaurant is 1.30 hrs, at the end, we will begin the historical tour

2:15 p.m. | start historical tour

3:30 p.m. | Return to Merida

16:30 hrs arrival at your hotel, approximately.