Me ka nui o 100 km, hāʻawi ka Riviera Maya i nā blues hoʻokalakupua o ke Kai Caribbean, i kākoʻo ʻia e kahi wahi nahele ulu nui e piha ana i nā cenote crystalline a me nā wahi archaeological kupaianaha, e like me Tulum a me Cobá.
ʻO 16 km wale nō mai ke kahua mokulele ʻo Cancun, ma ka hema o ka peninsula, hoʻomaka kekahi o nā wahi o ka ʻāina waiwai loa i nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi a me nā moʻomeheu, a me ka ulu nui o ka lehulehu i nā makahiki i hala aku nei. E kipa aku iā ia a ʻono i kekahi o kāna mea hoʻonani, he mau pule paha ia, hāʻawi ʻia i kona mau kahakai kahakai keʻokeʻo, nā cenote e ʻike ʻia ma nā wahi āpau, kahi pō nui o ka pō, ka makana ʻōiwi a me nā gastronomic multinational, nā wahi kaiāulu a me nā poʻomanaʻo, a me nā kikowaena moʻomeheu Maya. e ʻae ai e komo i loko o nā aʻa o ka honua o kēia kūlana.
Hoʻomaka mākou i ka huakaʻi ma Puerto Morelos, ka mea e hoʻomau i kahi ea mālie, me ka ʻole o nā hōkele nui a me nā kahakai e hāmama nei i ka maka i ka hala ʻole. Nui nā hale ʻaina maʻamau ma kahakai, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i ka iʻa a me nā iʻa iʻa ma nā kumukūʻai kūpono, ʻoiai e hoʻokipa ʻia ana ka ʻike e ka luli ʻana o ke kai.
A ʻaʻohe mea maikaʻi aʻe e hāpai i ka digestion maikaʻi ma mua o ka hele wāwae ʻana ma waena o ke kikowaena, kahi e loaʻa koke ai iā mākou ʻo Plaza de las Artesanías, kahi e ʻike ai ka mea kipa i nā mea āpau mai nā lole āpana a i nā hammocks, nā kāhiko lole i hana ʻia me nā mea kai, nā pāpale a me nā mea kālā.
Ma km 33 o ke alaloa ʻo Cancun-Chetumal e ʻike ai ʻoe i ka Botanical Garden “Dr. ʻO Alfredo Barrera Martín ”, nona ka ʻāpana o 60 ha i ʻoi aku ma mua o 300 mau ʻano mea kanu i loko o ʻelua mau ʻano mea kanu, ka nahele ulu mau loa a me ka ulu kai mangrove.
Ke hoʻomau nei ma kēia ala e hōʻea ʻoe i ka Chikin-Ha cenote kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i ka ʻike o ka lele ʻana i loko o ka ʻole a lele i luna o ka ululāʻau, ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 70 a 150 m, e kau ana mai ka laina zip Mayan i kapa ʻia, kahi kaula kila e lawe i manaʻo loiloi 'alahaka kuapo.
Ma hope o kahiʻauʻau hōʻoluʻolu i ka Xtabay cenote, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i Xcaret –in Mayan, "Little Cove" -, kekahi o nā pā leʻaleʻa kaulana loa o ia wahi mai ka wā i wehe ʻia ai i ka makahiki 1990. Ma kona 80 ha, aia ma 75 km. ma ka hema o Cancun, no ka leʻaleʻa o nā ʻauʻauʻau, he ʻūlū kai, kahawai, kahakai a me nā loko kūlohelohe, a me nā ala hele nui me nā ana a me nā noke e lilo i wahi kūpono no ka mākaʻikaʻi lua ʻole i waena o nā wai aniani. o ka iʻa a me ka ululāʻau.
Aia ma waena o nā pā nui loa o ka pāka ʻo ia ʻo Butterfly Park, nona ka wahi lele manuahi, me kahi ʻāpana o 3,500 m2 a me 15 m kiʻekiʻe, kahi hana o nā hana noʻeau: ke hoʻokau nei i nā paia pōʻaiapuni e hoʻopili i kahi māla e uhi ʻia me kahi hei maikaʻi i lewa i ka ea hou a me ka lā. Hele mai nā Hummingbird e hōʻoluʻolu i kahi wailele liʻiliʻi a hoʻomaha nā mea hele i kahi ʻano maluhia.
Eia kekahi, ʻo ia kahi home ma mua o 44 mau ʻano manu me nā plumage ʻōlinolino. Holo manuahi a puni ka hale manu, e noho nei me nā honu; ʻeiwa e komo i ka papahana hoʻohua hopu i kahi e kōkua ai i ka mālama ʻana i nā heluna manu ʻāhiu i hoʻoweliweli ʻia, me ka lana o ka manaʻo i kekahi lā e hoʻopili ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona i ko lākou wahi maoli.
ʻO kahi e ʻike pono ʻia ai ka māla Orchid, kahi e ulu ai nā mea kanu hybrid he 25 a me 89 o nā ʻano hua orchid he 105, e hōʻike ana i kahi symphony maikaʻi o nā kala, nā ʻano, nā lau, nā nui a me nā ʻaʻala i ka hale hoʻoulu. ʻAʻole kahaha kekahi o lākou i ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea kanu vanilla i ulana ʻia ma luna o ko lākou mau poʻo: ʻo ka vanilla ka hua pala o ka ʻalani ʻo vanilla planifolia.
Ma waena o nā mea he nui e ʻike ai ma Xcaret, kū i waho ka mahi mahi ʻai me kahi e hōʻike ʻia ai ke ʻano o ka mahi ʻana o ka pulupulu Pleurotus, kahi hua moa e ʻai ʻia me kahi ʻono maikaʻi loa. ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka mahiʻai e kaʻana like i ka ʻenehana maʻalahi o ka ulu ʻana i nā mushroom regional - kahi e koi wale ai i ka compost o ka palaoa a i ʻole ka mauʻu bale a me nā lau maloʻo - me nā kaiāulu kaiāulu e pili pono ana iā lākou. Pēlā nō, aia ka Reef Aquarium, hoʻokahi wale nō o kāna ʻano ma ʻAmelika, ʻoiai e lawe ana i nā mea kipa i ka hohonu o ke Kai Caribbean, e hōʻike ana ma hope o nā puka aniani ma lalo o ke kai ka meaola o nā māla wai kolepaona me ko lākou mau kaiaolaola ʻokoʻa.
I kēia manawa e hele iā Aktun Chen, kahi huaʻōlelo Maya i manaʻo ʻia "Cave me kahi cenote i loko." He paka maoli ia he 600-hectare me ka ululāʻau ʻōpio ʻōpio aia ma waenakonu o ka Riviera Maya, ma km 107, ma waena o Akumal a me Xel Há. ʻO kāna mea hoʻohihi nui kahi grotto maloʻo 540 m ka lōʻihi me nā tausani stalactite a me stalagmites, nā kolamu o ka calcium carbonate a me nā aʻa lāʻau e ʻoki i ka pōhaku a hiki i ka papa wai. Aia i loko o kēia ana kahi cenote me nā wai diaphanous me kahi vault i piha i nā stalactite. ʻOiaʻiʻo, he pūnaewele ia o ka nani nani.
Ma hope o kahi huakaʻi he hoʻokahi hola i ka hohonu, ma waho e nānā ʻoe i nā ʻīlio, nā dia huelo keʻokeʻo, nā ihu, nā pua puaʻa a i ʻole nā puaʻa hihiu, nā ʻoka, nā ʻano holoholona āpau o ka ʻāina, i ko lākou wahi maoli, me ka ʻole o nā hīnaʻi. Eia hou, ma ka puka o ka pā aia kahi serpentarium e hōʻiliʻili i nā ʻano 15 mai ka hema hikina o Mexico.
Ke hoʻomau nei me ka huakaʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke kipa i kahi o nā pāka inoa kaulana loa ma ka Riviera Maya: Xel-ha, no Grupo Xcaret kekahi. Ma laila, i loko o ka co-Kay-Op ʻauʻau mākou i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā iʻa a e like me kā lākou huaʻōlelo i ʻōlelo ai, ʻimi mākou i ka mea kupua o ke kūlohelohe i ka muliwai o Dreams, ka Ixchel Grotto, ka Wind Bridge a me ka Paraíso a me Aventura cenotes.
