Lacanjá Chansayab
The Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in Chiapas is the most biodiverse region of Mexico and one of the most beautiful. Here we can meet the Lacandones, one of the most reserved Mayan ethnicities.
The Lacandones, is one of the Mayan ethnic groups that together with Tzotziles, Tzeltales and Choles inhabit this vast forest. The Lacandona community barely exceeds 500 inhabitants, the towns of Metzabok, Naha, Bethel and Lacanjá Chansayab are the most settled. In these villages has developed a tourism supported by the local Lacandones: you find basic accommodations, guides that accompany you through the jungle and local food restaurants.
In Lacanjá Chansayab, very close to the archaeological site of Bonampak, known for its paintings, many Lacandones are engaged in tourism today. In their own grounds they have built cabins to welcome the traveler who arrives here. Some men are offered as guides in the different and interesting hiking proposals that they offer. Some women sell handicrafts in the village and they dedicate themselves to cooking on the premises.
Frontera Corozal
Yaxchilán is a 10, this place offers an unforgettable adventure. To this magnificent Mayan vestige swallowed by the jungle one arrives navigating the Usumacinta river, current natural border between Mexico and Guatemala.
El Cuyo
Bacalar
Bacalar is the only Magic Town that has the state of Quintana Roo. Its strategic location at the foot of the extensive and beautiful lagoon of Bacalar make it a unique place thanks to its history and traditions.
Bacalar is a town with a strong personality on a Caribbean coast that sometimes has little cultural identity. Away from the great tourist masses of the Riviera Maya, this area is fresh air for the more adventurous, and the town of Bacalar is the most magical place to lose a few days.
Bacalar is one of the coastal towns with stories of pirates: an 18th-century fortress at the foot of the current square endorses those times. The strong call of San Felipe is one of the recommended visits in Bacalar. It is in the center, close to the central square, natural heart of the town where the locals gather to gossip, to take an ice cream, to walk or to show the bride …. The wonderful squares!
Sabacché
In the heart of the village, the old hacienda, now closed, solemnly shines its henequero past. This area is very interesting to know the history of the Haciendas, a period that marked this area Yucateca.
In the cabins you can rent bicycles. There are good dirt roads to Mayapán or the cenotes of Cuzamá, habitual routes from here. In towns like Pixyah, Telchanillo or Tecoh you find cenotes very handsome. But if you do not want to pedal so many kilometers Sabacché has three cenotes, or two, for those rolls of administration that are carried between communities. There is a cycle path of 8 kilometers that takes you to the cenotes. The most spectacular is the Calcuch, the other is the Tanimax. Having these nearby water wells is a good thing, it is always a pleasure to bathe in the cenotes.
Valladolid
The peaceful colonial city of Valladolid, despite its proximity to the touristy Riviera Maya, seems absorbed in its own time. He has managed to preserve a unique personality, charm and tenderness, between the old Castilian education and the timid innocence of Mayan lands. Valladolid is one of those cataloged as Magic Towns of Mexico. This beautiful town invites you to stroll around, to sit and have ice cream on a bench in the square, to chat with locals, to taste Yucatecan food in a restaurant or in the same market, to visit colonial and Catholic buildings, to enjoy it Without even knowing you. It’s not a spectacular place, it’s even better.