Private Journeys

Luxury Mexico: Yucatan in style

12 days

Mexico

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Overview & Highlights

This luxurious and very good value holiday visits Mexico’s historic highlights and Caribbean beaches from sumptuous, unique and original accommodation, where we have negotiated extremely competitive prices.

On this luxurious private holiday you’ll be based in a few of Mexico’s most prestigious properties, including restored colonial haciendas. You’ll explore the capital and the archaeological sites of the Yucatán peninsula in the south.

Mexico is one of Latin America’s most vibrant and entertaining destinations, with a huge diversity of historical, cultural and natural attractions. On private guided excursions, you’ll discover the superb museums and teeming plazas of the megalopolis that is Mexico City, where the Aztec and Spanish heritages sit side by side. Moving south, explore the evocative ancient monuments, testament to bygone Maya empires, which lay hidden and silent for centuries amid the deep valleys and jungles of the south. Round off your holiday by pampering yourself at one of one of the country’s most prestigious, discreet and top-quality hotels on the white sand beaches of the Mayan Riviera.

Explore the highlights of Mexico in style
Discover colonial cities and ancient ruins
Relax on the white sandy beaches of the Caribbean

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Outline itinerary

Day 1

Arrive in Mexico City. Transfer to central hotel.

Day 2

Guided tour of Mexico City and the Teotihuacan pyramids.

Day 3

Day at leisure with optional excursions

Day 4

Fly to Mérida, transfer to hacienda hotel.

Day 5

Walking tour of Mérida.

Day 6

Visit Hacienda Sotuto de Peón.

Day 7

At leisure

Day 8

Travel to Chichén Itzá archaeological site, guided tour of the ruins. Overnight nearby.

Days 9-11

Relax at a luxury resort on Mayan Riviera, Caribbean coast.

Day 12

Transfer to Cancún airport for international flight home.

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Things to do

We proudly offer the widest range of activities, excursions and one-of-a-kind experiences across all our destinations, tried and tested personally by our travel experts.

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Visit Teotihuacan, pre-Columbian ruined city

Walking tour of Mexico City

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Visit Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul Museum

Visit the Yucatan’s colonial haciendas and bathe in limestone cenotes

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Visit a historic henequen hacienda

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Walking tour of Merida

Visit Tulum Mayan ruins

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Go snorkelling on the Riviera Maya

Accommodation

Browse our unrivalled portfolio of accommodation . Every option has been carefully chosen by our team of travel experts, so you can rest assured that you’ll relax in utter comfort.

Mérida, Chichén Itzá and the Yucatan / Mexico

Hacienda Chichen

Mérida, Chichén Itzá and the Yucatan / Mexico

Hacienda Ticum

Mexico / Caribbean coast: Riviera Maya and Holbox

Hotel Esencia

Mexico / Mexico City

Las Alcobas

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What our clients say

Where do we start? 25 condors at Colca Canyon, vicuna, llama and alpaca at every turn, fabulous weather, the surprising majesty of the Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu and the amazing Iguassu Falls in full flow after heavy rain in the interior. 6 equally wonderful experiences.
A very well organised and fascinating holiday. An excellent tour leader who helped make the experience very special. Thank you all for all your efforts on our behalf.
MR, St Albans
A well planned trip covering all the highlights we wanted to see.
A great trip, thoroughly enjoyed by a good group (of 8) that gelled well. We saw so much, did so much and and our expectations were well exceeded.
GP, Woking
It was an amazing holiday with so many wonderful experiences and stunning scenery. Possibly in the months ahead the images that will stand our are: the Perito Mereno Glacier, Torres del Paine, the Fitzroy Mountain shining in the morning sunlight, the trip on the Beagle Channel and the Iguazu Falls. We were blessed with unusually fine weather which made the trip even more memorable. No wind in Patagonia, and calm waters in the Beagle Channel!
JH, Radstock
Our most memorable moments were the views in Rio, the Iguassu Falls, the initial impressions of La Paz, Copacabana and Puno (especially the hotel in Puno with its views of the Lake), the Andean Explorer and Sacred Valley train journeys and the magnificence of the Andes and Macchu Picchu.
MH, Sherborne
"Hats off to the Ecuadoreans for reinstating this railway line! It really is one of the world's great train journeys, and all managed with such style and comfort."
AD, Newcastle
We enjoyed the entire holiday and it's hard to pick out a highlight. Watching a dozen scarlet macaws fly over the Copan ruins was a sight we will never forget.
SW, Great Missenden

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Kathryn Rhodes - Travel Expert

Kathryn backpacked across Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru before joining us. She has a degree in Philosophy and French and is a keen netball player.

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Charlotte's fascination with Latin America began with a family holiday to Belize. She went on to study Spanish in school and at university before spending a year living in Santiago, Chile.
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