Ndi makilomita opitilira 100, Riviera Maya imapereka chidwi chamatsenga cha Nyanja ya Caribbean, mothandizidwa ndi nkhalango yokongola yodzaza ndi zipilala zamakristalo komanso malo osangalatsa ofukula zakale, monga Tulum kapena Cobá.
Makilomita 16 okha kuchokera ku eyapoti ya Cancun, kumwera kwa chilumbachi, akuyamba amodzi mwa madera omwe ali olemera kwambiri pankhani zokopa alendo komanso zikhalidwe, komanso kuchuluka kwachangu kwambiri mzaka zaposachedwa. Kuti mukayendere ndi kusangalala ndi zokongola zake, zimatha kutenga milungu ingapo, kupatsidwa magombe amchenga oyera oyera, ma cenotes omwe amapezeka paliponse, chakudya chamadzulo cham'maiko, zikhalidwe zamayiko osiyanasiyana komanso malo odyetserako ziweto, komanso malo odziwika bwino a Mayan. zomwe zimaloleza kufufuza mbiri yakale yadziko lotukuka chonchi.
Tikuyamba ulendowu ku Puerto Morelos, womwe umakhalabe wodekha, wopanda mahotela akulu komanso magombe otseguka osayang'ana. Malo odyera odziwika pagombe amakhala ochulukirapo, komwe mungasangalale ndi nsomba ndi nsomba pamitengo yotsika, pomwe malingaliro amasangalatsidwa ndi mafunde omwe akuyenda.
Ndipo palibe chabwino kupititsa patsogolo chimbudzi kuposa kuyenda pakati, pomwe pomwepo timapeza Plaza de las Artesanías, komwe mlendo adzapeze kuchokera kuzovala zam'deralo mpaka matumba, zibangili zopangira zovala zam'madzi, zipewa kapena zodzikongoletsera zasiliva.
Pa km 33 pamsewu waukulu wa Cancun-Chetumal mupeza Garden ya Botanical "Dr. Alfredo Barrera Martín ”, yemwe malo ake okwana mahekitala 60 ali ndi mitundu yoposa 300 yazomera mumitengo iwiri yazomera, nkhalango yobiriwira nthawi zonse komanso dambo la mangrove.
Mukapitilira pamsewuwu mudzafika ku chikin-Ha cenote komwe mungasangalale ndi mwayi wolumpha wopanda kanthu ndikuuluka pamwamba pa nkhalango, kutalika kwa 70 mpaka 150 m, utapachikidwa pa chingwe chotchedwa Mayan zip, chingwe chachitsulo chomwe chimatenga njira yosavuta yoyimitsira mlatho.
Pambuyo posambira kotsitsimula mu Xtabay cenote, mutha kupita ku Xcaret - ku Mayan, "Little Cove" -, amodzi mwamapaki odziwika odziwika kwambiri mderali kuyambira pomwe adatsegulidwa mu 1990. M'mahekitala ake 80, omwe ali ndi 75 km kum'mwera kwa Cancun, kuti anthu osambira azisangalala ndi malo osambira, dziwe, magombe ndi maiwe achilengedwe, komanso misewu yambiri yomwe ili ndi mapanga ndi malo omwe amapangitsa kuti ikhale malo abwino osakagana pakati pamadzi owonekera, unyinji nsomba ndi nkhalango.
Chimodzi mwa zochititsa chidwi kwambiri pakiyi ndi Butterfly Park, yomwe malo ake othawira ndege, okhala ndi 3,500 m2 ndi 15 mita kutalika, ndi ntchito ya zomangamanga: makoma ozungulira amakhala ndi munda wopendekera wokutidwa ndi mauna abwino omwe amalola mpweya wabwino komanso kuwala kwa dzuwa. Mbalame za mtundu wa hummingbird zimabwera kuti zizizizilitsa mumphompho kakang'ono ndipo oyenda amapuma mwamtendere.
Komanso, pamalowo pamakhala mitundu yoposa 44 ya mbalame zokhala ndi nthenga zonyezimira. Angapo amayendayenda momasuka mozungulira aviary, akukhala ndi akamba; Asanu ndi anayi amalowa m'malo osungira nyama kuti athandizire kuteteza mbalame zakutchire zomwe zikuwopsezedwa, ndikuyembekeza kuti tsiku lina mitengoyi iphatikizidwa ndi malo awo achilengedwe.
Dera lina lomwe muyenera kuwona ndi Orchid Garden, momwe mumamera zomera zosakanizidwa 25 ndi mitundu 89 mwa mitundu 105 ya orchid yomwe imalimidwa, yomwe imawonetsa mtundu wosangalatsa wamitundu, kapangidwe kake, mawonekedwe, kukula kwake ndi zonunkhira mu wowonjezera kutentha. Osati ochepa omwe amadabwitsidwa kuwona mbewu za vanila zitakulukirana pamutu pawo: vanila ndi zipatso zakupsa za Vanilla planifolia orchid.
Pakati pazinthu zambiri zoti muwone ku Xcaret, famu ya bowa imadziwika, pomwe kulima kwa bowa wa Pleurotus kumawonetsedwa, bowa wodyedwa wokhala ndi kukoma kwabwino kwambiri. Cholinga cha famuyi ndikugawana ukadaulo wosavuta wolima bowa wam'madera - omwe amangofunika kompositi ya tirigu kapena udzu wa balere ndi masamba owuma - ndi madera akumidzi oyandikana nawo, omwe awathandiza kwambiri. Mofananamo, pali Reef Aquarium, yokhayo yamtunduwu ku America, popeza imanyamula alendo kupita kunyanja ya Caribbean, powonetsa kuseri kwa mawindo pansi pa nyanja zachilengedwe zam'minda yambirimbiri zam'madzi zam'madzi zosiyanasiyana.
Tsopano pitani kwa Aktun Chen, mawu a Mayan omwe amatanthauza "Phanga lokhala ndi cenote mkatimo." Ndi paki yachilengedwe ya mahekitala 600 yokhala ndi nkhalango yotentha ya namwali yomwe ili pakatikati pa Riviera Maya, pa km 107, pakati pa Akumal ndi Xel Há. Chokopa chake chachikulu ndi malo ouma okwana 540 m okhala ndi ma stalactites ndi stalagmites masauzande ambiri, mizati ya calcium carbonate ndi mizu yamitengo yomwe imadutsa pamiyala mpaka kukafika patebulo lamadzi. Mkati mwa phanga ili pali cenote yokhala ndi madzi otsekemera okhala ndi chipinda chodzaza ndi ma stalactites. Zowonadi, ndi malo okongola kwambiri.
Pambuyo paulendo wa ola limodzi mozama, kunjaku mudzawona anyani, nswala zoyera, ma pheasants, ma collared peccary kapena nguluwe, ma parrot, mitundu yonse ya nyama zakutchire m'derali, m'malo awo achilengedwe, osakhala osayenera. Kuphatikiza apo, pakhomo la paki pali malo osungira njoka omwe amasonkhanitsa mitundu 15 kuchokera kumwera chakum'mawa kwa Mexico.
Mukapitiliza ndi ulendowu, mutha kuchezeranso malo ena odziwika bwino ku Riviera Maya: Xel-ha, yemwenso ndi a Grupo Xcaret. Pamenepo, ku Kay-Op Cove timasambira titazunguliridwa ndi nsomba ndipo monga mawu awo amanenera, timasanthula kwathunthu matsenga achilengedwe mumtsinje wa Dreams, Ixchel Grotto, Wind Bridge ndi Paraíso ndi Aventura cenotes.
