COBA
Is about 40 miles/30 min. inland from Tulum.
This sprawling, atmospheric ruin is right in the jungle amid lush vegetation. Most of it remains unexcavated. The main pyramid, Nohuch Mul, is 138 feet tall and the highest Maya pyramid in Mexico. You can still climb it, and a safety rope is strung along the steps. Visitors can walk between the ruin sites, but it is more fun to ride a bike (they are free) or take an inexpensive bike taxi for two. You’ll see beautiful peche trees with multi-colored thin trunks that match the tones of the stone ruins, smell the citronella from insect repellent, and hear loud, loud birdsong. Coba is estimated to have had at least 50,000 inhabitants at its peak. The site has two ball game courts.
This sprawling, atmospheric ruin is right in the jungle amid lush vegetation. Most of it remains unexcavated. The main pyramid, Nohuch Mul, is 138 feet tall and the highest Maya pyramid in Mexico. You can still climb it, and a safety rope is strung along the steps. Visitors can walk between the ruin sites, but it is more fun to ride a bike (they are free) or take an inexpensive bike taxi for two. You’ll see beautiful peche trees with multi-colored thin trunks that match the tones of the stone ruins, smell the citronella from insect repellent, and hear loud, loud birdsong. Coba is estimated to have had at least 50,000 inhabitants at its peak. The site has two ball game courts.
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