The Best Day Trips and Tours from Cancun We love visiting Mexico and the Mayan Riviera, Cancun and Playa del Carmen is our favourite area. These are our picks for the top day trips to do when visiting. We've done them all and know from first hand experience what each tour is like to help make your decision easier. Are you going to Cancun? What are your favourite trips or adventures?

This family-friendly itinerary of southern Mexico combines cultural activities with plenty of natural exploration. The first half of your trip will see you exploring Chiapas' Sumidero Canyon, el Chiflón and Misol-Ha waterfalls, and the impressive ruins of Palenque. From there, you will head to colonial-era Campeche where you will pick up your rental car and tour the Yucatán: from modern Mayan communities to ancient ruins, from refreshing cenotes to the white sands of Holbox Island.

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On his last voyage to the New World in 1502, Christopher Columbus made it all the way to the Yucatan Peninsula, where he may very well have contemplated temples and pyramids which are now world-famous landmarks. A year later, after his hurricane-battered ships could go no further, he found himself stranded in Jamaica. Who would have thought, centuries later, that these could make the perfect destinations to explore during a Columbus Day weekend getaway?