Cancun's Feature
Museo Maya de Cancún
Holding one of the Yucatán's most important collections of Maya artifacts, this modern museum is a welcome sight in a city known more for its party scene than cultural attractions. On display are some 400 pieces found at key sites in and around the peninsula, ranging from sculptures to ceramics and jewelry. One of the three halls shows temporary Maya-themed exhibits. Many of the pieces in the collection are from Chichen Itza.
Museo Subacuático de Arte
Built to divert divers away from deteriorating coral reefs, this unique aquatic museum features hundreds of life-size sculptures in the waters of Cancún and Isla Mujeres. Only snorkeling is allowed at the 4m-deep artificial reef at Cancún's Punta Nizuc gallery, while the deeper Isla Mujeres' gallery is ideal for first-time divers. Organize outings through dive shops; Scuba Cancún is recommended.
Isla Blanca
Literally at the end of the road but worth the effort, this sublime beach is flanked by a shallow lagoon and the Caribbean Sea. A small palapa on the beach sells drinks. It's about 27km north of Puerto Juárez.
Parque Nacional Isla Contoy
Spectacular Isla Contoy is a bird-lover’s delight: an uninhabited national park and sanctuary that is an easy day trip from Cancún or Isla Mujeres. About 800m at its widest point and more than 8.5km long, it has dense foliage that provides ideal shelter for more than 170 bird species, including brown pelicans, olive cormorants, turkey birds, brown boobies and frigates, and is also a good place to see red flamingos, snowy egrets and white herons.
Scuba Cancún
A family-owned and PADI-certified dive operation with many years of experience, Scuba Cancún was the city's first dive shop. It offers a variety of snorkeling and diving expeditions (including cenote and night dives). It also runs snorkeling and diving trips to the underwater sculpture museum, aka MUSA, as well as outings to see whale sharks.
Chiapas, Yucatán and Cancún - 6 Days Tour
On this tour you can visit the grand Sumidero Canyon by boat, visit the indigenous communities of San Juan Chamula and Zinacantán, enjoy the turquoise tones of the Agua Azul Waterfalls and you will know in first person the archaeological site of Palenque, one of the most important of the Mayan World.The tour will end visiting the cities of Uxmal, Mérida and Chichen Itzá, the most renowned Mayan city in Mexico.
Mayan Trail
Leave the resorts of Cancún behind and embark on a true adventure that will take you from spectacular Mayan ruins to the cobblestoned streets of colonial towns and deep into the jungle of Mexico. Explore the ancient ruins at Chichén Itzá and Palenque and meet the descendants of those who built them in the vibrant streets and colourful markets of picturesque Mayan towns. Get your camera out—you're going to need it!
