Oxkintoc and Coba

We ate breakfast on the terrace at Hacienda Santa Rosa, packed our bags and left Santa Rosa with the staff standing on the front porch waving to us.  We loved our time there.

We drove about 30 km to one of the first Mayan Puuc settlements that became a city with thousands of residents between 600 BC and 1450 AD.  As we approached we noticed many large mounds covered by jungle.  The Oxkintoc site has not been fully explored.  The road to Oxkintoc is in poor condition and we were the only visitors.  It is a magnificent site!

We drove east on the Yucatan Peninsula about three hours to visit the Coba Archaeological Site.  Coba is located in the jungle.  The uncovered structures are about 1% of the total structures on the site.  There are tree covered mounds everywhere!  Coba thrived from 350 BC to the early 1400’s.  It is about one hour from the Caribbean coast.  There were a lot of visitors late in the day, and we have been spoiled by visiting less busy ruins.  Still, Coba is impressive, with the tallest pyramid in Mexico and an observatory.

We arrived at Mezzanine Hotel on the beach by 6.  We’ll stay in Tulum for two nights.