Merida: Yucatan Haciendas and Cenotes Tour
We will move from Mérida to the south of the Yucatán Peninsula to take a select tour of three of the most beautiful haciendas in the region, where good taste is mixed with history and a natural environment is present in all its corners. You will go back to colonial times, in the mid-17th century, when they were called ranches; They were authentic cities from which one never left, they owned thousands of hectares that generated a lot of benefits and colossal fortunes for the region. You will continue your journey through time enjoying curious anecdotes, between myths and legends you will reach the 19th century, to recognize the authentic henequen haciendas that are closely linked to a specific crop, henequen, one of the species of agave that we have in Mexico and that It is endemic to Yucatan. With your private certified guide, you will enjoy a pleasant walk through the historic center of a restored hacienda preserving its original heritage, exposing its valuable heritage in the form of a museum and you are supporting its local communities with alternatives worthy of subsistence, recovering and exalting their craft traditions. You will be able to contemplate the wide and solid architecture of its buildings, its corridors, windows, halls, internal patios and furniture. At the next hacienda, you will notice that now, after long years of neglect and the loss of a good part of its facilities, has been rescued from oblivion and renovated, turning it into an exclusive luxury hotel where the colors of the buildings, its small chapel and its tall limestone chimney will leave you breathless. Finally, we will visit the old town of one of the largest and most important haciendas in Yucatan, the Hacienda Mucuyché. During our tour to the old town of the hacienda accompanied by a local guide, you will learn about the use that the Mayans gave to the henequen fiber from pre-Hispanic times to the modernization of production techniques in colonial times for the elaboration of ropes. , strings, sacks, bags, hammocks and clothing. Nature will envelop you while you travel a way through which you will descend to live an incredible experience and cool off in the crystalline turquoise waters of its cenotes. The Carlota cenote will welcome you with its crystalline waters to cool off after the tour of the hacienda, you will be surprised by the secrets that the history of this place keeps in addition to its natural beauty. Then we will swim through the green channel that will take us to the second cavern-type cenote, called Cenote Azul, which will leave you speechless. We'll tell you more, better go ahead and live this unforgettable experience. Finishing swimming in the cenotes, you will have free time to taste typical Yucatecan food at the Hacienda Mucuyché restaurant. We will start our trip back to Mérida to end the experience.