Top North America Monuments and Memorials - page 4

This Chichen Itza tour has an early start to take advantage of the morning's cool temperatures, and ensures you have time to explore some of the Yucatan’s top sites in just one day. You’ll snorkel the Gran Cenote, tour the UNESCO-listed Chichen Itza archeological site, swim at Cenote Ik Kil, and see the pink-colored water of Las Coloradas. Combining the sites makes the most of every minute on the road, fitting more cultural, historical, and natural highlights into your limited travel time.

Travel back in time to the world of the Ancient Mayans and explore their gigantic jungle city at the stunning Chichén Itzá. Climb the sacred pyramid temples, turn up the heat in the 'sweatbaths' and discover the sinister 'Platform of Skulls' as you lose yourself in this UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's one thing to read about ancient Mayan civilizations, but it's something else entirely to witness their sheer scale and majesty with your own eyes. Chichén Itzá was one of the Mayan's largest cities, and a sacred site of pilgrimage and worship before the fateful Spanish invasion. Surrounded by lush rainforest, you can spot exotic birds in the nature refuge and many walking trails, and even take a dip in the freshwater sinkhole in a day filled with ancient adventure and historical discovery!