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PARASAILING This exciting sport is avail-
able all along Cancún’s beaches and allows
participants stunning views of the Hotel
Zone by being attached to a speedboat-
pulled parachute.
SUBMARINE TOUR Atlantis Subma-
rine tours offers an all-day tour from your
Cancún hotel to the Cozumel Atlantis Sub-
marine base station. Atlantis is a genuine
48 passenger submarine that offers everyone
a chance to experience one of the top dive
destinations in the world. Submerging to
depths of 100 feet, you will get to see Coz-
umel’s Chankanaab Reef and its myriad of
marine life up close without getting wet!
FISHING Cancún is a top destination for
sportfishing. The marinas and nearly all
the hotels offer fishing tours You can rent a
private boat or go out with a group. Septem-
ber through February is a good time of year
to catch barracuda, grouper, jackfish and
kingfish. February through April you’ll reel
in kingfish, barracuda, shark, and blue mar-
lin. April through August you’ll hook blue
marlin, sailfish, tuna, bonito and dorado.
Annual catch-and-release fishing tourna-
ments are held here.
BOATING Pleasure boat cruises from
Cancún to the Nichupte Lagoon, Isla Mu-
jeres, Isla Contoy, and other destinations are then go to the 18-plex cinema.
available every day. Tourists are taken across
crystal-clear turquoise waters in modern
motor yachts, catamarans, and even sloops.
Some tours include a snorkeling stop, conti-
nental breakfast, lunch, and a shopping tour.
Sunset and night cruises go to the beaches of
Isla Mujeres or feature pirate or Caribbean
shows and include Mexican buffet dinners.
SNORKELING, SCUBA DIVING The Maya
Reef, which runs parallel to the coast along
the Riviera Maya, is the second longest bar-
rier reef in the world. The Mexican Carib-
bean is famous for snorkeling and scuba
diving. Also, the Yucatan Peninsula is full
of fresh and salt water holes called “cenotes”, BULLFIGHTS AT LA PLAZA DE TOROS
which create the world’s greatest cave and
cavern diving.
PARQUE ECOLOGICO KABAH This
wonderful family spot is a public park with
beautiful nature paths through the jungle, a
crocodile pit, toucans, monkeys, a pond with
turtles and ducks, and a Mayan house, and it
is all free of charge.
PLAZA LAS AMERICAS This shopping
center will take you away from Cancún and
back to your home town mall, complete with
Sears, JC Penny, Radio Shack, and Guess. If
you are hungry there’s a McDonald’s and a
Burger King. If you want to catch a movie
HELI TOUR At El Embarcadero (Kilom-
eter 4) you can board a sleek helicopter for
a breath-taking ride down and around the
Hotel Zone for a new view and appreciation
of Cancún’s beauty. Wow!
TAXI SERVICE If you are willing to trade
the much higher price of Taxi transportation
for convenience and personal service, then
taxis are the way to go. You can get to and
from any resort, the airport, any attraction,
or city from Cancún to the Riviera Maya and
beyond 24 hours a day. Taxis range from
small cars to Suburbans to mini-buses in
size, so you can travel alone or with a group.
In downtown Cancún there is a small bull-
ring, La Plaza de Toros, where bullfights take
place every Wednesday at 3:30pm. Intro-
duced to Mexico by the Spanish, bullfighting
is now an integral part of Mexican culture.
EQUINOX SHADOWS OF KUKULKAN
On the Spring and Fall equinox, at sunrise
and sunset, the corner of El Castillo casts a
shadow in the shape of the plumed ser-
pent Kukulkan along the side of the north
staircase of the pyramid. The shadows of
Kukulkan (aka: Quetzalcoatl) slither down
the pyramid with the sun’s movement.