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Chichen Itza's mystery and legends, a cenote swim, and Valladolid's colonial streets in one private day.
Discover the mystery, legends, and archaeology of Chichen Itza with a private guide who explains its equinox alignments, then continue on to a cenote and the magic town of Valladolid.
This private day trip reveals the mystery, legends, and archaeology of Chichen Itza, a UNESCO World Heritage Site whose landmarks are aligned to the spring and autumn equinoxes. After exploring the ruins with a private guide, cool off at a cenote before continuing to Valladolid, a colorful colonial magic town.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Hotel pickup in central Merida.
Explore this UNESCO World Heritage Site with a private guide who explains its real equinox alignments (Chichen Itza was also named one of the 'New7Wonders of the World' in a 2007 popular-vote campaign).
Cool off at a natural cenote along the route.
Walk the colorful streets of this real colonial magic town.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
Discover the mystery, legends, and archaeology of Chichen Itza with a private guide who explains its equinox alignments, then continue on to a cenote and the magic town of Valladolid. This private day trip reveals the mystery, legends, and archaeology of Chichen Itza, a UNESCO World Heritage Site whose landmarks are aligned to the spring and autumn equinoxes. After exploring the ruins with a private guide, cool off at a cenote before continuing to Valladolid, a colorful colonial magic town.
Valladolid wasn't built where it first stood. Francisco de Montejo the Younger founded the town in May 1543 at a site called Chouac-ha, then moved it less than two years later, in March 1545, to its current location — on top of Zaci, a Maya settlement whose name is said to mean 'white hawk.' The Maya had already been living at Zaci since the Post-Classic period, drawn by the cenote that still sits in the middle of town today. In 2012, Valladolid was named a Pueblo Magico (Magic Town), a federal recognition for towns with notable cultural or historical character — one more layer on a town built literally on top of its own earlier history.
Chichen Itza, the day's first stop, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 and remains one of the Yucatan's largest and most studied Maya archaeological sites. Its central pyramid, El Castillo, was built with its staircases aligned to the spring and autumn equinoxes — a detail your private guide can point out regardless of which day you visit.
From there, the day includes a stop to swim at a natural cenote along the route, one of thousands of limestone sinkholes across the Yucatan formed where the region's underground rivers have worn through the bedrock to the surface, before continuing into Valladolid itself to walk its colonial streets.
Every Voyzo tour is a starting point — tell us what you have in mind and we'll build it.
