Coba

Go early. It’ s worth it to stay overnight in town so you can be the first through the gates. It’s so beautiful and quiet before the tour buses show up. Around 10:00 tour buses will arrive and drop off crowds people.

Rent a bike (test it first- a lot of them have bent handlebars) and you will be so happy. A bike will get you around fast so you can see the whole place and save your energy for trucking up the steep stone stairs to the top of the pyramid.

Rent the bicycles. It’s the fastest, cheapest way to get around since all of the main sites are 1 km apart and the taxi-bicycles won’t take you back to the second site, only the main temple.

Still looks like it was hacked out of the jungle forest just last year. We stayed at the Club Med Archaeological Villa and you can walk to the ruins from there. Very cool place to visit. Not too bad of a drive, esp if you stop in Tulum.

That’s all I can remember.

Coba is unbelievable and continues to fascinate me for many reasons. The first reason being that 95% is still buried underneath the jungle! I always wonder what other treasures are out there, still waiting to be discovered. Located deep in the jungle, it’s not one of the most accessible ruins in the Yucatan Peninsula, but it’s certainly worth taking the time to visit. I loved wandering around the area. The ruins are full of cool stone etchings and I particularly liked the ancient ball court. Plus, the view at the top of the pyramids extends out across the entire Peninsula.