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Chinkultic
Country: Mexico.

Site located in the west end of the Mayan Culture, between the years of 591 to 897 D.C, when 875 is 100 years after the existence of Palenque or Yaxchilán. We can see several structures in the site, but the most reconstructed one is the one called "Mirador" which stands on a hill and from where you can observe the fields, lagoons and homesteads all around. Also just under the Mirador a sinkhole (cenote) 50 meters deep exists from where, people say, offerings were thrown in and maidens were sacrificed. The woman of the Cabins Doña María says that she remembers when she was small seeing helicopters that descended to plunder the offerings inside the cenote. One also can observe a ball game and several stone marking.

How to get there?

From San Cristóbal de las Casas you travel on a van which will cost $25 pesos, it takes one hour and twenty minutes to Comitán. They leave in front of the bus terminal of Cristóbal Colón. From Comitán take the transport of the line Comitán-Montebello at 2a Avenida Pte. Sur. Tell the chauffeur to drop you at the deviation to Chinkultic, from there walk about 2 kilometers.

Opening hours: 10:00 to 17:00 hours every day of the week. Admission: $27 pesos. Free: students, teachers, and members of the INSEN.

Where to stay?

Cabins: At 500m of the deviation to Chinkultic on the highway of Trinitaria to Lagos Montebello you will find "Cabañas de Doña María" and their restaurant "Las Orquídeas". Asks for indications, everyone knows the place. You can rent a cabin for $20 pesos per person the night, the food is good, the bathrooms are clean and the atmosphere is very friendly.

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	Chinkultic Country: Mexico. Site located in the west end of the Mayan Culture, between the years of 591 to 897 D.C, when 875 is 100 years after the existence of Palenque or Yaxchilán. We can see several structures in the site, but the most reconstructed one is the one called "Mirador" which stands on a hill and from where you can observe the fields, lagoons and homesteads all around. Also just under the Mirador a sinkhole (cenote) 50 meters deep exists from where, people say, offerings were thrown in and maidens were sacrificed. The woman of the Cabins Doña María says that she remembers when she was small seeing helicopters that descended to plunder the offerings inside the cenote. One also can observe a ball game and several stone marking. How to get there? From San Cristóbal de las Casas you travel on a van which will cost $25 pesos, it takes one hour and twenty minutes to Comitán. They leave in front of the bus terminal of Cristóbal Colón. From Comitán take the transport of the line Comitán-Montebello at 2a Avenida Pte. Sur. Tell the chauffeur to drop you at the deviation to Chinkultic, from there walk about 2 kilometers. Opening hours: 10:00 to 17:00 hours every day of the week. Admission: $27 pesos. Free: students, teachers, and members of the INSEN. Where to stay? Cabins: At 500m of the deviation to Chinkultic on the highway of Trinitaria to Lagos Montebello you will find "Cabañas de Doña María" and their restaurant "Las Orquídeas". Asks for indications, everyone knows the place. You can rent a cabin for $20 pesos per person the night, the food is good, the bathrooms are clean and the atmosphere is very friendly.