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By Hotel Cenote Secreto Maya

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is Rp2.085.048 per adult

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

    • Learn how to cook pollo pibil underground and handmade tortillas.
    • Enjoy free time swimming in a crystal-clear cenote in the Mayan jungle.
    • Taste a typical feast with side dishes, empanadas and a regional dessert.

Activity location

    • Valladolid
    • Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • km del parque Xibalbá, carretera Yalcobá Supermanzana Km 9 Manzana A 2, 97794 X'Tut, Yuc., México | Secret Mayan Cenote
    • X-Kanchechén, Yucatán, Mexico

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What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Admission to the Cenote Cristalino
  • Inclusions
    Ingredients for meal preparation
  • Inclusions
    Pollo pibil (underground baked chicken) cooking lesson
  • Inclusions
    Handmade tortilla cooking class
  • Inclusions
    Full meal with the pollo pibil prepared in class
  • Inclusions
    2 cheese empanadas with chaya and side dishes
  • Inclusions
    Typical dessert from the region: "El caballero pobre" (The Poor Gentleman)
  • Inclusions
    Habanero sauce
  • Inclusions
    1 non alcoholic drink

What you can expect

  • Enjoy a unique dining experience in the heart of Yucatán that combines tradition, culture, and nature. Start the day with your arrival at the cenote, where you will be welcomed to begin an authentic Mayan cooking lesson. Guided by local experts, you'll learn how to prepare traditional pollo pibil cooked underground, accompanied by handmade tortillas.

    While the chicken cooks slowly in the earth oven, you'll have some free time to cool off in the cenote, surrounded by crystal-clear water and nature. Upon returning to the restaurant, you'll taste the results of your cooking: pollo pibil accompanied by side dishes, cheese empanadas with chaya, habanero sauce, a non-alcoholic drink, and a typical regional dessert called “El caballero pobre”.

    This tour is not just a cooking lesson; it's a journey to the roots of Mayan culture, where you can learn, taste, and relax in a natural and authentic setting.

    Trip Itinerary:

    10:30 AM: Arrival at the venue

    11:00 am: Introduction and cooking lesson (pollo pibil and handmade tortillas)

    12:00 PM: Free time to swim in the cenote (approx. 2 hours)

    2:00 pm: Drop-off at the restaurant and food tasting of the prepared dishes

    It includes:
    ✔️ Admission to the cenote
    ✔️ Ingredients for preparing the meal
    ✔️ Pollo pibil cooking lesson
    ✔️ Handmade tortilla cooking lesson
    ✔️ Full meal with side dishes
    ✔️ 2 cheese empanadas with chaya
    ✔️ Typical dessert “El caballero pobre”
    ✔️ Habanero sauce
    ✔️ Non-alcoholic drink

Location

Activity location

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    • Valladolid
    • Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • km del parque Xibalbá, carretera Yalcobá Supermanzana Km 9 Manzana A 2, 97794 X'Tut, Yuc., México | Secret Mayan Cenote
    • X-Kanchechén, Yucatán, Mexico