Yucatan's Historic Haciendas Including a Mayan Cooking Experience
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Yucatan's Historic Haciendas Including a Mayan Cooking Experience

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We will pick you up from a meeting point in Merida to visit the ancient Hacienda Yaxcopoil, an old henequen hacienda that has been restored as a museum showing its original charm. You will walk through its green courtyard to enter the main house and chapel, places where you will learn about the rich past of this wealthy henequen hacienda. Continue to the emblematic Hacienda Uxmal, one of the oldest haciendas in Yucatan, once one of the most productive sugarcane, cotton and corn plantations of the region. Nowadays you can still see some of this old hacienda dating back to 1673. Travel back in time to colonial days; he hallways of the current Hacienda Uxmal narrates the region’s history.
Before you return to Merida, be a Maya chef and participate in making your own tortillas and cooking other traditional Mayan delicacies in a Mayan cooking demonstration with traditional recipes.

Duration: 8 hours

Location: Hacienda Yaxcopoil, Yaxcopoil, Yucatan Peninsula

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Included
  • Roundtrip transportation from meeting point in Merida
  • Bilingual certified guide
  • Mayan Lunch and cooking demonstration including regional fresh fruit waters
  • Admission fee to Hacienda Yaxcopoil
  • Entry/Admission - Hacienda Yaxcopoil
Not included
  • Food and drink outside of the menu
  • Optional gratuities
  • Hotel pick up and drop off
Additional
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes, bring a bathing suit, towels (optional), change of clothes (optional), sunscreen, hat, camera and cash for personal expenses.
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
  • Please verify your near meeting point and schedule.
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Features
Tourism
95%
Cultural
85%
Original
60%
Food
35%
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