XCARET

We spent our last full day in Cancun at an eco theme park called Xcaret. Xcaret is located in Playa del Carmen, about 45 minutes from Cancun. We were there the entire day and had the best time. On the bus ride over they were telling us that you can't see everything in just one day and that we'd want to go back -it was true. This place was amazing. It was a mix between a zoo, an archeological site, and a water park. The whole area was very clean and beautiful, and was like a jungle on the edge of the ocean. We spent the first part of the day wandering around (quickly) trying to see all that we could.

There were iquanas hanging out everywhere. We were standing right next to these guys and hadn't even noticed them!

They had some pretty cool caves to walk through too.

I thought the giant sea turtles were pretty neat!

These were some of the old Mayan ruins. Below to the right is a Mayan graveyard.

One of the highlights of the day (besides eating at their yummy international buffet after having starved all morning) was floating the "underground river."

This was a nice leisurely float (on a hot day!) around the park through some caves and stuff. Unfortunately, the pictures we took with the water camera didn't turn out.

After our float they had this nice beachy area littered with hammocks. We could have spent the rest of the day there but we had more to see.

Unfortunately again was that we had forgotten to charge up our camera battery and it died on us half way through the day. We were so sad! We would have taken so many more pictures. That evening they had a 2 hour "Spectacular Night Show" we went to. This was one of the best I've seen! They had around 300 performers with elaborate costumes and props in this huge old theater. The show went through Pre-Hispanic and Hispanic history and ended with the portrayal of the different customs, cultural dances, and music from each state in Mexico. It made for a long day, but it was well worth it!