Saturday, July 6, 2013

Travel Central America And Explore The Mayan World

By Linda Patterson


Explore Central America through wonderful and exciting Mayan adventure tours. See the heart of the tropical jungles and explore the ancient Mayan sites. Get the chance to visit several impressive Mayan temples and ruins surrounded by the dense tropical jungle with rich and diverse plant and animal life. When it comes to bird watching, Central America is the best place to be as you will get to see a number of bird species such as colorful parrots, blue herons and scarlet macaws.

There are multi day tours to the Mayan ruins in Guatemala and Belize that will take up to 20 days which are ideal for the fearless overseas adventure traveler. This is the best tour for any adventure seeker who wants to discover and explore what Yucatan has to offer. This is also one great opportunity to learn more about the ancient civilization.

You won't be needing a good resort to stay in once you start your Mayan adventure tour. Visit and explore the well known and largest Mayan ruins - the Chichen Itza Mayan site. Touring Chichen Itza will enable you to see the largest pyramid in the southern Hemisphere called El Castillo. The very first sports arenas were in fact uncovered in this place. In this area, there are 7 ball courts and the most immense is the Grand Ball Court. Not many of the rules of the ancient Mayan sport are discovered these days, apart from human sacrifice was involved eventually. I am pretty sure that this is the game that you will want to win. Experience more of Yucatan by visiting Tulum and Tikal archaeological sites. Get to see the Tulum ruins by taking an additional tour from Playa del Carmen. Tikal, Calakmul and Waka are the other three great ancient Mayan cities that are worth visiting.

For additional side trips, you have the option to go scuba diving in the beautiful white sand beaches of Belize. Enjoy swimming in the azure waters of the Caribbean and marvel at the colorful and abundant marine life. Cozumel tours are also on offer which will take you to an underwater wonderland of ruins and reefs.

Aside from your visit to the ruins, you will also have a boat trip to the lushly vegetated jungle. The rich jungles are a destination for any avid bird watcher looking to see new bird species. There are many exotic bird species that live in the jungle trees such as cheeky parakeets and macaws. You will also see along the way the ever noisy Howler monkeys and spider monkeys. Moreover, you will get to see crocodiles in the rivers.

With Central American adventure tours, you will get to visit amazing countries in the Yucatan Peninsula such as Mexico and Guatemala and discover their natural and cultural beauty.




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