MISSIONS AND HACIENDAS

The peninsular regions in Baja California, in northwest Mexico, and the Yucatan, in the southeast, offer two distinct tours, both of which are full of adventure and culture. In Baja California, you can visit adobe constructions that were built as missions during the colonial era. They were constructed as part of a larger effort to colonize the border territories and to lure indigenous people to the Catholic faith. In the Yucatan, you can visit old 19th- and 20th-century henequen haciendas. Today, many of the haciendas have been converted into luxurious hotels offering a wide variety of tourist services. In the surrounding areas, you can enjoy numerous natural attractions, including beaches, sinkholes, ecological reserves and Mayan archaeological zones.