Coba Mayan Village

This was the last of our three outings we did from our resort on the Mayan Riviera. Here's Shannon with some kids in the village.

We took a coach to the Coba site, climbed the pyramid & our guide showed us around the ruins, lunch at a roadside restaurant, a visit to a Mayan village including inside their homes, & lastly a swim at a cenote. A fairly full day.

There are several sites one can visit in the area if you want to see ruins. Chichen Itza or Tulum were our other choices but at Coba we could climb to the top of the pyramid temple thingie, the highest in the area. Most of the land is very flat (flat like a cracker) & this structure is built on a natural highpoint then an additional 45m or 120 steps to the platform at the top. Our guide told us within a year or so they will likely close access to climbing to preserve the structure. It's pretty polished up under the rope provided to assist tourists.



They have only carved a fraction of this site out of the jungle & of that only restored a fraction so there is still much to be discovered here.

I found our group a little on the large side on this trip. A lot of wasted time getting on & off the bus etc. plus at the village it just wasn't suited to a group that big. (Our other trips were with vans so much smaller groups). It was also geared toward being more 'touristy' than what we are used to allowing some time on a bathroom stop for shopping & they made us wear PFD's in the cenote. Things to ask for next time. No waiver to sign though, maybe that's the sign of a good trip!