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Private Mayan Community Tour: Dive into 4000 Years of History and Tradition

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36 Ratings

Playa del Carmen

Immerse yourself in the rich history and traditions of the Mayan culture on a private tour. Discover ancient traditions, participate in exciting activities, and witness a traditional Mayan ceremony. Learn about local food and enjoy a delicious organic lunch. Book now!

Duration: 7 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Pacchen - We convene in the heart of Playa del Carmen and embark on an hour’s journey to the Pacchen Mayan Community. Our adventure begins with a serene kayak excursion on a secluded lagoon, followed by an exhilarating zipline ride across the water. We then trek to a second zipline that soars over a vast cenote, traverse a timber bridge, and ultimately discover a concealed cenote. Here, we engage in a thrilling rappel descent into the cenote’s waters, swim, and ascend via vertical ladders.\n\nPost-adventure, we dry off and proceed to another Mayan village. A shaman greets us with a purifying Mayan Ceremony, bestowing blessings from Mother Nature upon us. Subsequently, you’ll partake in crafting handmade tortillas within a traditional Mayan kitchen, where a local chef will guide you through the ingredients used in the culinary delights you’ll savor later.\n\nThe highlight of the experience is the unveiling of the “cochinita pibil” (earth-cooked pork), which we unearth and savor as part of a sumptuous three-course feast featuring regional sauces, tacos, pork, black beans, rice, and a delectable sweet flan, all complemented by the aromatic “cafÃ© de olla” coffee.\n\nThe experience is so enchanting, you’ll find it hard to say goodbye.

What's Included

Private transportation
Lunch
Bottled water
Zipline and rappel protection equipment
In-vehicle air conditioning
Life jackets
All fees and/or taxes
Tea and coffee

What's Not Included

Tips

Meal Options

SIKIL P’AK - Ground small pumpkin seeds
Onion
Red Tomato
(*And habanero chile)
COCHINITA PIBIL - Original “Cochinita Pibil”, prepared on the ground, mixed with spices mix, bitter orange, achiote, salt, banana leaf, with beans, rice, and chayitas.
Neapolitan Flan and local Coffee - Delicious homemade flan accompanied with the typical Mexican “Café de olla”, for a perfect end of a perfect meal

Additional Information

Mayan culture has more than 4000 years, and our original Mayan descent will take you to a Mayan community, to learn about their traditions, while doing exciting and funny activities, ending enjoying a Mayan ceremony, with a proper chaman, and learning about typical local food, that you will also learn how to prepare, before having an amazing lunch, with local typical organic ingredients.

Our open groups are small, up to 12 people, where you can enjoy the experience with your friends and family, having a once in a life opportunity to see and learn about an ancient culture, created and developed in total contact and respect with Mother Nature.

Future and technology, you can find them everywhere, but experiencing alive ancient culture is something unique, that every day becomes harder to find. Take your time to enjoy pure nature, learn about ancient culture, and savor natural ecologic fresh food, prepared right for your visit. Feel special, away from the future!

Location

Av. Constituyentes 587

Avenida Constituyentes

Los Bisquets de Obregon restaurant (Constituyentes street, cross with 20th avenue) - downtown Playa del Carmen

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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823georgiosv

Dec 7, 2023

What an unforgettable experience! - What an unforgettable experience... we firstly met with Fabio, a very kind and helpful guy who made sure we made the most of our experience. We started the activities with canoeing on a lake surrounded by lovely nature then we went down a zipline. After that we descended in a cenote from which we climbed out through a vertical ladder. After these physical activities it was time to take care of the soul. We met with a mayan community to carry out a ceremony and thank the 4 elements of mother nature which was deeply spiritual. After such an intense day we had a cooking class to learn to prepare tortillas while waiting for pork meat to be cooked (underground!). We finally had all this food together with other local delicacies and lots of chaya water. What a day full of lovely experiences