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Around CancunLet your self feel seduced by the amazing environment that this Golden coast has to offer, the flora & fauna of the bays, inlets, mangroves, and striking beaches. More than 800 Km of coastline guarantee the opportunity to practice water sports, kayaking, windsurfing, catamaran sailing and great fishing. Dare your self to be astonished by the Nature, snorkel at the regional mineral reefs, or admire Bacalar Lagoon, which is feed by underground steams such as Guerrero Lagoon system, also visit the areas declared as ecological reserves: Tres Garantias, in the southern part of the state, the Sian Ka´an biosphere between central & northern Ouintana Roo and Contoy Island & Yum Balam to the north. Natural areas of tropical vegetation such as Mangroves & Marshes are all along the coast of Quintana Roo, admire various species such as reptiles, mammals and water birds such as the great egret, roseate spoonbill, osprey and pelicans. The Yucatan peninsula lacks surface ruvers the porous limestone allows water to filter forming an abundance of underground channels and cenotes, the only source of fresh water in the region. Some of this sinkholes are: Aktun – Chen, Central Vallarta, Dos Ojos, Cristal, Azul, Kan Tun Chi, Calavera, Gran Cenote among others. ArchaeologyThe mayan culture has inhabited this region for more than two thousand years, tours to visit the most renowned archaeological sites not only cover those in Quintana Roo, the also include Yucatan and Campeche, where the sites of Calakmul, Edzná, Uxmal, Chichén Itzá, Ek-Balam and the Puuc Route are found Archaeological sites of interest: El Meco y el Rey, Tulum, Cobá, Kohunlich, Xcaret, Xel-Há, Muyil at the Riviera maya, San Gervasio in Cozumel & Dzibanché & Chacanbakán at the south of the state.
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