At km 95, passing Conhuás, take the turnoff and continue 60 km (38 miles) more.
At km 95, passing Conhuás, take the turnoff and continue 60 km (38 miles) more.
Calakmul means "Two Adjacent Mounds" in Mayan. Located in the southeast of Chetumal, this pre-Hispanic settlement became the capital of the Mayan state and enemy of Tikal.
At the site there are a total of 117 steles and many funerary tombs from which vessels and clothing of officials have been recovered.
In the middle of the jungle, a challenge when visiting the archaeological zone is to climb one of its monumental constructions: Structure II, with a height of 55 meters (the third tallest pyramid in Mexico), or Structure I with a height of 35 meters. Being at the top will show you the great diversity of flora and fauna that surrounds the site.
Maya means "the house of the mouth of the snake" and is considered by some as an elitist center...
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Calakmul is a region of largest rainforest in Mexico, has ecosystems of great importance and fr...
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Discovered in 1990, this small archaeological zone consists of three architectural groups, the ...
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