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There is a difference between an “archaeological” tour and an “adventure” tour. What’s that difference?
In one word: Fitness!
If you are young and fit, then you can embark on an “Adventure Tour,” one that involves rigorous hiking and trekking through the jungles and forests, or combines rugged outdoor biking, or requires hours of hard work alongside archaeologists working at a site. Some sites are under the hot sun, others are in underwater caverns.
No matter which one you decide, there are opportunities to pursue real adventures, the ones that, well, will give you memories to last an entire lifetime. Go ahead, go for it!
This is Yucatan, where you have the opportunity to get out there and live life off the beaten path!
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Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula is getting back to its croc-wrestling, cenote-diving, temple-discovering roots. For the past 35 years Mexico's Maya Riviera mistook itself for a place that needed all-inclusive resorts and bars with names like Señor Frog's to impress visitors. Now it knows better. National Geographic sponsors “Wild Roads,” an adventure designed for the hearty.
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The Yucatan Peninsula is an area with a great mix of adventure, nature, archaeology and Spanish heritage. Opportunities abound to let you inner adventurer awake while learning about culture and meeting with local people. Come and explore some of the hidden gems of the Yucatan as you bike though remote Mayan villages, or when being hosted by a local family to learn to cook Mexican cuisine. GoAbroad.com sponsors Adventures Mexico designed for college-age adventurers.
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Thousands of entrances to Xibalba, the Maya Underworld, can still be found across the Yucatán peninsula. These water-filled sinkholes, or cenotes, served not only as passageways to the afterlife, but as lifelines for the present. In this riverless land, the Maya depended on the cenotes as their primary source of water. Great cities like Chichén Itzá and Mayapán centered around life-sustaining cenotes, and small villages in the Yucatec hinterland still rely on them. Archaeology Magazine sponsors Interactive Digs that allow you be out there in the field!
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