Edzna – Santa Rosa Xtampak. The divine architecture

Edzná is famous for its beauty and sophistication, a place that surprises by its design inspired by the stars and its architecture that hides many secrets of the ancient Maya cosmovision.

Santa Rosa is a real surprise, hidden on a hill covered with vegetation, suddenly appears before our eyes showing its incredible beauty and its enigmatic past full of glory and power

Visiting: Archaeological sites of Edzná and Santa Rosa Xtampak. Homemade melipona honey production workshop.

Pick up: 8:00 am.

Meeting point: Hotel lobby.

Duration: 9 ½ hrs.

 

Itinerary: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  1. Meeting in the hotel lobby.
  2. Departure to Edzná.
  3. Arrival and guided tour through the most emblematic buildings such as the Knife Platform, the Nohochná, the Temple of the masks and their impressive faces of the Solar god, the Great Acropolis and the stunning Temple of Five Floors, unique example of classic Mayan architecture.
  4. Departure to the honey workshop to meet Koolel Kab, a group of Mayan women who have been fighting for the preservation of the native Mayan bee for almost 20 years. The melipona bee has not developed its sting so to see them closely presents no risk at all. With melipona honey this group produces creams, soaps and other natural products.
  5. Time for lunch.
  6. Departure to Santa Rosa to visit one of the less known but most awesome places in Campeche. In Santa Rosa Xtampak the so-called Chenes style reached its peak in buildings like the Palace of the three levels.
  7. Return to Campeche.
  

Includes:

 

Transportation, certified tour guide, entrance fees and bottled water. Food is not included.

 

  
Recommended ages: Children over 5 years old, adolescents, adults and seniors in good physical condition.  

Recommendations:

 

Comfortable clothing, hiking shoes, cap or hat, sunscreen, bugs spray.

  

Season: All year.

Frequency: Daily.

Languages: Spanish and English.

Note: Itinerary may change due to causes beyond our reach.