Hacienda Chunchucmil

Only 15 km from our Hacienda Santa Rosa. On the way you pass the old haciendas in ruins Santo Domingo and Kochol. At the end of the XVIII century several cattle ranches were founded, among them that of Chunchucmil, overcoming a prehispanic establishment of the same name. Passing times and for inheritance in 1872 the property went into hands of Mr. Rafael Peon Losa who founded the Sisal hacienda. Later the hacienda was fractioned and the annexed Hacienda Coahuila is formed. At the beginning of the century, after a resonant visit of the then president Porfirio Díaz, the Hacienda is inherited by Peon's Losa son, to Mr. Rafael Peon Aranda. Afterwards Mr. Enrique Manero took over and sold it to the family Villanueva that in turn sold it to the society of Hunt and Tourism. The group of the Hacienda is organized around an open space that accesses the architectural group of the Sisal time integrated by the main house, the chapel, the school, the shop and the rope shop. They prevail the expression in all these buildings and the symmetrical outlines; the clear ordination of the buildings also indicates a will of design of the group.

When you stop at this beautiful Hacienda, please ask for Juventino who will be pleased to show you the Main house with its original tiles. If you visit us between February and September do not miss the opportunity to chat and make a tour with the archaeologists who work in the Archaeological Area of Chunchucmil.

Celestun

This fishing community is located 59 miles (95 kilometers) west of Merida, towards the western tip of the Yucatan Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico. It is a picturesque coastal traffic port, with a revolving reflector lighthouse, 12 meters high, signaling 4 intermittent flashes. Its inhabitants, still preserve the traditions and folklore of the Mayan fisher folk. Their activities consist out of fishing (octopus, grouper, dogfish and king crab), salt extraction and agriculture (corn and citric).

The "Ría de Celestún", as the estuary is locally called, is 22.5 Km. long and has an average width of 1.25 Km. It displays an exceptional landscape created by the unusual combination of natural resources, flora and fauna that constitute an ecosystem representative of the dry tropics. Its shape is rectangular and stretches out from northeast to southwest. The communication with the Gulf of Mexico is through a narrow mouth, 0.46 Km. wide, in the farthest southern part of the lagoon. Main wintering area for greater flamingos, nesting beaches for endangered sea turtles, endemic plants and birds in coastal dune scrubs; estuary "nurseries" for countless fish and marine species; highly productive mangrove communities; two endangered crocodile species; migrant and wintering waterbirds, shorebirds and songbirds.

Over 300 bird species can be found in Celestun's Special Biosphere Reserve: cardinals, orioles, motmots, woodpeckers, hummingbirds, flycatchers, kingfishers, cormorants, magnificent frigate birds, herons, egrets, white ibises, wood storks, ospreys, hawks, vultures, sandpipers, roadrunners, owls, pelicans, etc.

There are some endemic birds such as the Yucatan Wren, the Black-throated Bobwhite and the Mexican Sheartail Hummingbird. Celestun is considered the fourth largest wintering ground for ducks in the Gulf region. In winter you're likely to observe over 13 migrant duck species. But surely the most popular bird and the most sought after is the Pink Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber).

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