Visite en petit groupe d'une journée complète de Bonampak et Yaxchilán au départ de Palenque

Nous ne pouvions pas comprendre, après avoir vu ces sites incroyables, pourquoi les gens ne les connaissaient pas. Elles sont fantastiques! Bonampak a des fresques aux couleurs vives qui, bien qu'endommagées, sont toujours belles. Yaxchilan a des sculptures intactes incroyables. Les deux ont nécessité de l'escalade et pour se rendre à Yaxchilan, vous devez prendre un canot motorisé en amont. C'était fantastique! Notre guide était formidable et ils nous ont nourri le petit déjeuner et le déjeuner dans les restaurants locaux. C'est une longue journée mais c'était spectaculaire. Nous sommes allés sur un coup de tête, mais nous sommes ravis de l'avoir fait!

Ce fut une longue journée mais une formidable expérience et aventure. Notre guide Hector était incroyable dans sa connaissance des sites ainsi que de l'histoire maya en général. Son anglais était exceptionnel. Nous avons appris la culture mexicaine actuelle et récente et historique. Recommande fortement!

The tour of Yaxchilan and Bonampak was an early start, being the first 2 of 8 to be picked up. Hector was our tour guide and driver and also served those duties the day before to Palenque and Misol-Ha and Aqua Azul. Hector was very friendly and knowledgable and made both days fun. We started heading for Yaxchilan first and stopped for a good breakfast after about an hour and a half and made it to Frontera Corazal easily and got on the powered canoe for the 28km ride to Yaxchilan on the Usumacinta River. We heard and saw howler monkeys and a crocodile basking on the riverbank. The site was large and interesting. After exploring for 1 1/2 hours, we took the canoe back for lunch. Then off to Bonampak which was a much smaller site but with beautiful paintings and hieroglyphs. After a brief downpour, we headed back on interesting (and at times exciting) 3 hr ride to Palenque. All in all well worth the cost for this tour!

The trip was very well organized and we enjoyed ourselves very much. It is a very good way to get to these two places, because even with modern transportation and roads, they are still remote. You could do this trip on your own, but it would take far more time and you just don’t have that to waste on a day like this. It was very nice to have stops for breakfast and lunch and a break on the way back, so that the day did not feel rushed at all. Our driver and guide were experienced and they worked together well. We did have a 30 minute delay in our pick-up time in the morning, but we still were able to see everything and have a very enjoyable day. I would recommend this trip to those who have a real strong interest in Maya culture. Just know: there is some intermediate strenuous climbing of stairs if you are up for it. Otherwise, you can go around most of that as well. The boat trip to Yixchalan was very pleasant as well: we even saw a gigantice crocodile sunning on the river bank! Be prepared for rain, sun, musquitos, and bring water. I have taken day trips with Viator before and I have enjoyed them!