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Wheelchair Accessible Holidays: Yucatan Mexico for Disabled Travellers + Mayan Ruins

Mexico: Yucatan In Depth

Wheelchair Accessible Holidays Yucatan Mexico Disabled Mayan Ruins

12 NIGHTS FROM:

$3,279

Per person sharing

Scheduled flights quoted separately

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• Wheelchair Accessible Holidays

• Yucatan, Mexico

• Mayan Ruins

• Merida

• Valladolid

• Celestun Biosphere Reserve

• Valladolid

• Tulum, Uxmal & Kabah

• Suitable for Disabled Travellers

Our wheelchair accessible holidays to the Yucatan in Mexico allow disabled travellers to explore its spectacular Mayan Ruins, including Chichen Itza, Tulum and Uxmal. Also visit the beautiful colonial cities of Valladolid, the capital of Merida and the old port at Campeche. Also visit Celestun Biosphere Reserve. Then end your holiday relaxing in the sunshine on the warm Caribbean Sea.

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Day 1

You will be met at Cancun Airport and transferred to your hotel conveniently situated near the airport.

Situated on the northeast coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, this popular holiday city is the gateway to the Caribbean resorts of the Mayan Riviera. Check in, settle in and relax in this tropical paradise.

Day 2

Today we leave Cancun and drive 2-hours to the 'magic town' of Valladolid.

This small town is known for its Spanish colonial buildings, including the 16th century Convent of San Bernadino of Siena, with its ornate wooden altarpiece and the baroque San Gervasio Cathedral.

Day 3

This morning your guide will take you on a tour of the colourful town of Valladolid, which has been declared a World Heritage Site because of its wonderfully preserved Spanish colonial architecture.

Enjoy the charming pastel buildings, old historic churches and the stunning cathedral. You can also shop for colourful Mexican arts and crafts and enjoy the delicious cuisine.

Note: The old town centre has cobbled streets that are not suitable for wheelchairs.

Day 4

This morning we drive 1-hour to Chichen Itza (meaning 'Entrance to the Witches Well'), which is the most visited Mayan ruins in all of Mexico.

Chichen Itza was the focal point of the Northern Mayan empire from AD 600 until AD 1200 and had an extremely diverse population, as a result of which you can see a wide variety of architectural styles at this site. The most spectacular structure is El Castillo Pyramid (or Kukulcán Temple) with its rich cosmological symbolism - it has 365 steps (number of days in a solar year), 52 rectangles (years in a Mayan century) and 18 terraces (months of their religious calendar). During the spring and autumn equinox, its ingenious structure results in the sun creating the illusion of a serpent crawling down the steps of the pyramid - making it one of the great wonders of the ancient world. Other structures include the enormous Ball Court, the Observatory, Temple of a Thousand Columns, Warrior’s Temple, Convent of the Nuns, El Mercado (market place) and the Sacred Cenote (pool) where human sacrifices were carried out.

After an included lunch we return to Valladolid, where your afternoon is free to explore more with your guide or relax at your hotel.

Note: Chichen Itza is accessible to the pyramid base and the northern areas, but not the cenode or observatory.

Day 5

This morning we drive 2-hours from Valladolid to Mérida, the cultural capital of the Yucatán Peninsula since the Spanish conquest.

Mérida is known as the 'White City' and is a town steeped in history with narrow streets, broad central plazas, thriving markets and the region’s best museums. It has colonial houses as well as houses that date back to the beginning of the last century in Arabic, French and Italian styles, thanks to wealth generated from the sisal trade.

Day 6

This morning enjoy a half day private tour of the historical centre of Mérida.

From the Zócalo (main square) you can admire some of the city’s most important buildings - the Cathedral, Government Palace, Municipal Palace and Francisco de Montejo’s house.

Don’t miss the 'Monument to the Homeland', a wonderful sculpture that tells the story of the Yucatan and the country on its carved stone surfaces, before heading down El Paseo de Montejo, a beautiful wide avenue modelled on the Champs Elysees in Paris, with many grand colonial buildings.

Note: Most of this tour is accessible, but there are some cobbled streets.

Day 7

Today we drive 1.5-hours to Celestun Biosphere Reserve, a huge coastland wetland sanctuary that covers over 146,000 acres.

Meaning "painted stone" in the Mayan language, Celestun is a tranquil fishing village with some wonderfully secluded emerald beaches. The nature reserve is shallow, overgrown with vegetation and dotted with lagoons, salt flats and cenotes (underwater sinkholes). It is one of the largest mangrove swamps in the Gulf of Mexico.

This reserve is home to many water birds and is a wintering zone for North American migrants such as warblers and sandpipers. It is renowned for its over 18,000 pink flamingos, best seen in the morning when the waters are calmer, but the reserve is also home to nesting sea turtles, crocodiles and a great number of fish and marine species. With over 300 different bird species you can see pelicans, roadrunners, vultures, woodpeckers, hummingbirds and much more. Enjoy a boat ride on the Rio Celestun and an included lunch at a local restaurant, before we return to Merida.

Day 8

This morning we leave Merida and drive 3.5-hours to to the historic colonial port of Campeche.

Our first stop is at the ruins at Uxmal (meaning 'built in three stages'), an ancient Mayan city known for its rounded architecture, intricate latticework and palaces arranged around patios and courtyards. These homes are richly sculptured and decorated with thousands of small polished stones, set in geometric mosaics. The key buildings on this archaeological site include the Fortune Teller’s Pyramid, the Governor’s Palace and the Quadrangle of the Nuns. Here we also visit the Chocolate Museum.

After an included lunch, our next stop is at Kabah for a panoramic view over their Mayan ruins, the second largest in the Puuc region after Uxmal. Only a small portion of this site has been excavated, so there are many massive pyramids hidden in the jungle all around you. The most famous structure here is the "Palace of the Masks", which is elaborately decorated with stone masks of the long-nosed rain god, Chaac. Across the road is a large arch thought to have been the main entrance to the city.

Continue to Campeche with its captivating port filled with naval history, baroque Spanish architecture and aging beauty.

Note: Not all sites are accessible, but your guide will do his best to give you good views.

Day 9

This morning we explore the cobbled streets and walled historic district of the harbour city of Campeche.

After nearly a century of invasion by French, Dutch and English pirates, this city was fortified by the Spanish in 1686 and is now a UNESCO World Heritage site with over 1,000 buildings of historical significance. It is one of the most photogenic cities in Mexico.

Its preserved fortifications include Fort San Miguel, which is today home to the Campeche Archaeological Museum. Here you will see artefacts from various Mayan sites, including Edzná and Isla de Jaina.

Your afternoon is free to relax at your hotel.

Note: Campeche has many cobbled streets.

Day 10

We leave Campeche today and enjoy the countryside as we drive 5-hours across the Yucatan Peninsula to the beach resort of Tulum on the spectacular Mayan Riviera, where you will be dropped off at your beach resort.

Check in and relax on the shores of the warm Caribbean Sea with its turquoise waters and sandy beaches.

Day 11

This morning we view the ruins at Tulum National Park.

Here you will find a stunning 13th-century walled Mayan archaeological site that overlooks the sea. It incorporates a clifftop 'Castillo' (built as a watchtower) and the 'Templo de las Pinturas' with its partially restored mural.

After exploring Tulum, your afternoon is free to relax at your resort.

Note: Most of Tulum is wheelchair accessible.

Day 12

At leisure to relax at your tropical resort on the spectacular Mayan Riviera, lapped by the crystal clear turquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea. Your guide will provide your transfers, but pay any entrance fees locally.

The Great Mayan Reef (Mesoamerican Barrier Reef) stretches from the tip of the Yucatán Peninsula to the islands off the coast of Honduras and is the largest coral reef in the northern hemisphere. Hundreds of species of fish and many endangered and protected marine animals are found here – including loggerhead, leatherback, green, hawksbill and Olive Ridley sea turtles, and West Indian manatees.

There are many optional activities in this holiday town, including a visit to the Xcaret cultural theme park. Try a Mayan spa treatment or simply absorb the holiday atmosphere of this town with its wide variety of bars, restaurants and shops.

Day 13

Transfer 2-hours to Cancun Airport for your flight home.

Note: Your driver will only speak Spanish.

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