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Wet N Wild
Cancun, Mexico
This 18-acre water park is a great place to splash and cool off in its maze of thrilling water slides, enormous wave pool and an underwater jungles gym. The admission price also includes all the food you can eat, including drinks....
Water Park
Rafting
Swimming
Live Music Venue
Mayan Ruins at Chichen Itza
Cancun, Mexico
Although there's so much to do and explore in Cancun (without even leaving your hotel!) that the idea of traveling two hours outside the city might not be immediately appealing, you do not want to miss going to the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza....
Historical Landmark
Neighborhood
Roadside Landmark
Playa Caracol
Cancun, Mexico
While the beach outside your hotel may be all you need, Playa Caracol (Snail Beach) is close to restaurants and its sapphire blue waters remain calm even when the waves pick up at other beaches....
Boating
Fishing
Sailing
Snorkeling
Swimming
Crococun Zoo
Cancun, Mexico
Have a guide lead you through this ecological crocodile farm or explore the zoo on your own. Either way you'll see macaws, swamp and river crocodiles, a scaly maroon South American reptile called a tegu, scorpion snakes, and lots of other creatures....
Zoo
Petting Zoo
Xcaret Attraction Park and Zoo
Cancun, Mexico
Tucked into the rainforest, Xcaret (which means "small inlet" in Mayan) welcomes nearly one million visitors per year to its 200-acre nature park that has a museum, butterfly pavilion, underground rivers, and dozens of other family-friendly attractions....
History Museum
Science & Nature Museum
Special Collection
Historical Landmark
Aquarium
Garrafon Park Isla Mujeres
Cancun, Mexico
Located on Isla Mujeres (which is 4.5 miles by boat from Cancun) and run by Dolphin Discovery, Garrafon Park is a nature park where you can snorkel among sting rays and exotic fish, kayak, and try a zip line....
Historical Landmark
Beach
Hiking
Bicycling
Boating
Interactive Cancun Aquarium
Cancun, Mexico
With a two-story shark tank filled with bull sharks, nurse sharks, lemon sharks, brown sharks, and black tip sharks (that makes you a little nervous to stand in front of); and exotic fish running in tubes throughout the place; this interactive aquarium is...
Science & Nature Museum
Petting Zoo
Swimming
Live Music Venue
Theater
Plaza KuKulcan Shopping Mall
Cancun, Mexico
If you feel like doing some American-style shopping, or you just want to relax in an air-conditioned place for awhile, check out the Plaza KuKulcan Shopping Mall, which has dozens of stores, cafes, restaurants and specialty shops....
Live Music Venue
Clothing & Accessory Store
Ethnic Store
Capitan Hook Pirates of the Caribbean Dinner Show and Cruise
Cancun, Mexico
When you come to the pier, you'll board either the red boat or the green boat, both reproductions of 17th-century Spanish galleons. A crew of eye-patch-wearing pirates ply you with unlimited drinks, jokes, and pirate lore....
Boat Tour
Theater
Live Music Venue
Mercado 28
Cancun, Mexico
Located on a big square in the heart of downtown Cancun, Mercado 28 is a fun and colorful local market with more than 100 shops selling traditional Mexican arts and crafts, pottery, jewelry, clothing, shoes, rugs and blankets, herbs and remedies....
Live Music Venue
Clothing & Accessory Store
Ethnic Store
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