Mexico
Riviera Maya
Cenotes, the clifftop city of Tulum, and the jungle coast.
The mainland gateway to glassy cenotes, the only Maya city on the sea, and immersive eco-parks.
The Riviera Maya is the Yucatán's jungle coastline, and a port day's reach packs in a lot of it. Tulum is the only Maya city built on the sea, its temples on a low cliff over turquoise water. The freshwater cenotes, cathedral-like sinkholes in the limestone, and the Xcaret and Xel-Há eco-parks fill out the rest.
What you’ll do
·Tulum clifftop ruins
·Cenote swim
·Xcaret or Xel-Há park
·Playa del Carmen's Quinta Avenida
Why it’s special
Tulum
The only Maya city built on the sea, on a cliff above turquoise water.
Cenotes
Swim the glassy, cathedral-like freshwater sinkholes of the jungle.
Eco-parks
Xcaret and Xel-Há turn the coast into a day of rivers and reefs.
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