Tres Lagunas, extreme adventure & nice resting

It is 8 pm and darkness is thick. We are in the middle of a lagoon and the darkness, on the fragile balance of a boat more than slight. Beneath us the patter of the water on the boat and the dense fog are hiding a toothed and terrible threat: the crocodile.

The most shocking thing is that we are there because we want to be there. The sighting of crocodiles is one of the offers that the Ecotourism Center Tres Lagunas (Three Lagoons), can only be accomplished at night and quietly, or almost quietly if we take in consideration that […]

The Valley of Gaviotas (Seagulls)

A delicious seasoning

El Valle de las Gaviotas is little known, it is a pier that provides the service of transportation by boat to San Marcos Island (better known as Boca del Cielo). The magic of this place lies in its fresh dishes at the palapa-style restaurant “Max”, this little corner of flavor is ready to receive you with their specialties, such as stuffed snapper or Talla style, shrimp empanadas and stuffed coconut.

Surrounded by nature, this site allows you to make boat trips to visit the bocabarra (the mouth of the water bar), observe of mangroves, the practice of […]

Lacandones

The Lacandones are one of the most remote ethnic groups that come fro the Maya Culture still remaining. They call themselves “hach winic” which means “real man”.  Some things that stand out from the Lacandones is their handmade work with fabric, ceramic, flutes and a kind of boat called “piraguas” which are boats that only fit 1 to 2 persons.

The name “Lacandon” comes from their very beginnings when they used to live in an island in the Lacantun River, so they were known as “the Lacantun”, with time the name changed to Lacandones.

This group of people has tried to keep […]

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