500 YEARS OF HISTORY
Spectacular white sand beaches and the warm crystal-clear Caribbean ocean waves are a generally calm, serene, and full array of tropical marine life.
NATURAL BEAUTY
Visit these subterranean limestone lagoons are some of the most beautiful extraordinary places for swimming, snorkeling, and especially scuba diving.
CULTURAL FUSION
An outstanding natural system of the 2nd largest barrier reef, offshore atolls, several hundred sand cays, mangrove forests, coastal lagoons, and estuaries.
Xcaret is a combination of a water park and a nature park with more than fifty attractions where the theme is Mexico’s cultural traditions and folklore. Swim in the underground rivers, explore the Aviary, the Coral Reef Aquarium, and the Butterfly Garden, Mayan archaeological remains, and learn about the culture and traditions of Mexico.
Xel-Ha is an all-inclusive park waterpark all about marine life, snorkeling, and nature in a cove that flows into the Caribbean Sea. You can ride a bike along the jungle paths, jump into the water from the “Stone of Valor,” zip line, and feel the excitement of the tallest waterslides in the entire Riviera Maya at the Mirador Lighthouse.
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What is Chetumal known for?
The Riviera Maya is famous for its large-scale all-inclusive resorts, crystal turquoise waters, its white-sand beaches, cenotes, majestic archaeological sites, natural and unique theme parks, in addition to magnificent hotels, and, exquisite cuisine.
Things to do in Chetumal
Riviera Maya is an idyllic little slice of paradise with activities at the most visited locations including jet-skiing, snorkeling, scuba diving, swimming in cenotes, swimming with dolphins, zip-lining, horse riding, sailing, and guided jungle tours.
More than one thousand buildings with a historic value have survived as witnesses of space and temporal superimposition of several significant historic periods of Mexico. Due to the constant attacks of buccaneers and pirates such as Francis Drake, John Hawkins, Laurens de Graaf, Cornelis Jol, Jacobo Jackson, Jean Lafitte, Francisco de Grammont, Bartolomé Portugués, William Parker, Francisco Nau, Edward Mansvelt, Henry Morgan, Lewis Scot, Roche Braziliano and Michel de Grammont for almost 160 years, in 1686, the government started to fortify the city.
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