For both of our Mexico big side trips (Akumal Monkey Sanctuary and cenote + snorkle with Ruta Maya) we shelled out for the photography package - (more important for the monkeys, plus the sanctuary seems like a better cause)
We got a tour to check out some cenotes (these underground limestone caverns, many with water and part of an underground river system) and snorkeling near the coral...
Open Photo Gallery
There are trees above that reach all the way down into the caverns below, the root trunks are curiously flexible. (I wonder if this was an inspiration for Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's underground kingdom and lightroots)
view through our hotel door peephole... three floors up, eye to eye with palm treesRoof of one of the many buffetsThe market near the Bareceló Maya Mall
Handsome man DaveLess impressive dude KirkYou can snorkel and maybe see Stingrays and Turtles but definitely FishCoral... I need to make a post about tips for underwater photography.Jacked Jaguarseafood at the MarenostrumOur hotel the Barceló Maya ColonialDrinks with Friends (Bareceló Maya Beach)