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 […]

Aluxes Ecopark Palenque

Legend has it that the Mayan priests, called Jímen, with his wisdom and power to create Aluxes, magical beings in human form, like an elf, elves are eternally young, happy and playful that can communicate with any animal of the forest , tend the fields and forests to protect wildlife, but can understand the language of men, do not pronounce it because it should not be a relationship between humans and elves can only be seen by the innocent eyes of children and the wise eyes of the elderly.

The Mayan culture, the rainforest and wildlife are the elements that inspired the name […]

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