The Trillium

Set out on an ATV journey to Las Coloradas, where mineral-rich lagoons create striking shades of pink against the coastal landscape. This guided ride follows sandy tracks across the Yucatán Peninsula, with open stretches that let you feel the wind and terrain directly beneath you. Along the route, local guides share insights into the region’s wildlife, vegetation and salt-harvesting history.

The changing colours of the lagoons form the natural highlight, revealing how light and minerals shape this unusual setting. Fast-moving yet grounded in place, the ride blends exploration, speed and scenery into a vivid encounter with Yucatán’s coastal edge.

Journey to a hidden cenote reserved exclusively for guests of Awakening Sanctuary, where clear freshwater pools sit within a quiet natural enclosure. This experience centres on unhurried immersion, allowing you to enter the cool water, float beneath open sky and take in the stillness of the surrounding rock and foliage.

After time in the cenote, a picnic of traditional Yucatecan dishes is served nearby, extending the moment beyond the swim. Removed from public routes and crowds, the visit offers a direct, personal encounter with the region’s limestone landscape and underground waters, shaped by calm, privacy and connection to place.

Explore the Maya ruins of Ek Balam, an archaeological site that reveals its history through remarkably preserved stone and stucco detail. Walking through the complex leads you past carved façades and ceremonial structures before reaching the towering Acropolis, whose steep steps reward the climb with wide views over the surrounding jungle.

Unlike more frequented sites, Ek Balam retains a quieter atmosphere, allowing closer observation of reliefs, symbols and architectural form without interruption. Moving through the ruins at your own pace offers a direct encounter with Maya craftsmanship and urban planning, where scale, texture and setting together evoke the depth of the region’s past.