Archive for September, 2008

Adventure sports at Acapulco with Grupo Mayan!

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Acapulco is another Mexican destination known for its adventure sports and breathtaking views from where the locals exhibit one of the most breathtaking sports they have been doing every time since they were young. Acapulco city offers you varied choice of activity that ranges from above the ground level to under the ground level.

Best place to stay when you are checking out the city of Acapulco is the Grupo Mayan hotel and resort here. You will definitely not regret your decision here. With Grupo Mayan you are bound to enjoy the place two times over, not just you your children too will have a lifetime of memories of this hotel and resort.

There is a kid’s club the hotel does charge around 200 pesos for a day for your kids here, but they are also given food and loads of enjoyment in the water park and several activities that the hotel staff have planned for them.

If you are the adventurous type of are looking for some activity you will learn quite a lot from this vacation then you have a choice of going under the sea and taking a look at the sea life at the Acapulco beach. With the Grupo Mayan staff it is not problem if you have never really tried it out before, they are well equipped with trainers to take care of the beginners and making some of the experienced ones more comfortable with their under sea venture.

If you have planned a long Mexican vacation Grupo Mayan ensures that not a single day goes waste, after a day spend sight seeing and shopping you would definitely want to relax and give some rest to your nerves, with the fitness center and spa at this hotel it is not at all impossible.

Dining out and getting bored thinking of whether you could check out some of the local art, cultural and performing art forms, no worry, the Grupo Mayan has its own art and cultural center where you will get to see world class performances where you will find some of the most breathtaking art and dance forms.

You can check out for handicrafts and art works of local artisans in the markets of Acapulco, you can even watch the breathtaking divers who dive from 9 feet into the sea water when the surf is full at the beach.

Check out Acapulco and the variety of entertainment and sight seeing it has to offer you with the Grupo Mayan.

Cancun Mexico Vacation Grupo Mayan

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

If you truly want to discover the fun and excitement of Mexico I recommend you pack your bag and head to the airport. Take your bathing suit, your sun cream and you snorkel mask and get on the plane for a wonderful Grupo Mayan trip.
Cancun which is located on the very tip of Riviera Maya represents your picturesque tropical heaven with its talc color sandy beaches and its nearby lush jungle type forests. Its Great Mayan Coral Reef is the second larges in the world, paralleling the Mayan Riviera. Grupo Mayan divers have stated the reefs is a divers dream and has made the area the hottest spot in Mexico for scuba diving enthusiasts. The underwater excitement that awaits you is unheralded in the rest of the world, ranging from Cozumel to Cancun, all the way to Tulum.
Beyond its snow white beaches, it’s swaying palm trees, its crystalline clear water and friendly attitudes of the Grupo Mayan locals claim Cancun has some of the most elegant places to visit.
Every year thousands of people from all over the world visit the city of Cancun and as a result the city has become the number one attraction in the area. Travel arrangements are readily available that will suit just about every Grupo Mayan visitors budget ranging from the popular youth hostels which are inexpensive to spend the evening in to the luxurious beachfront resorts. Only in Cancun can you find an abundance of activities for people of all ages.
A vacation to Cancun is almost like a guarantee for a vacation that will be saturated in beautiful warm sunshine as you participate in lying upon the white silky beaches, diving in the clear waters of the Caribbean generally enjoying the romantic nature that is only Cancun.
Cancun boasts of some of the world’s best golf courses, which are the finest in scuba and snorkeling in the world and definitely lives up to its reputation as a sports wonderland. Ask any Grupo Mayan water sport fan and they will tell you how well it lives up to its name with its scuba diving, windsurfing, snorkeling, parasailing, water skiing, kayaking, jet skiing, fish as well as being able to swim side by side with the bottle-nose dolphin that populate the area.
Grupo Mayan guests can easily improve their game of golf when they play a few rounds on these magnificent greens and their choice is endless as they are afford the opportunity to test their golf skills and improve their game on some of Mexico’s best.
To create some very favorable vacation memories you need to get out and actually do some of the great things being offered. Don’t just take home a Mexican sombrero or a bottle of Mexico’s finest Tequila, take home an experience. I suggest that you get activity involved with the local people. As a Grupo Mayan guest be sure to visit where they visit, enjoy what they enjoy, just get to know them.

Bugs in the Grupo Mayan

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

In recent years many divers visiting the Grupo Mayan enjoy the hunt of Lobster diving, that is commonly known as “Bug Diving”. The actual hunt surrounding these interesting crustaceans is not only fun but also the end results are a tasty treat to finish the day with.

Lobster dives are quite popular in areas of the Grupo Mayan as the divers take to the ocean in search of the Spiny Lobster, which is always in popular demand. All the lobster dive zones generally have precise Lobster hunting seasons defined and unique diving excursions become organized around the start of these seasons. Most tour personnel of the Grupo Mayan are general aware of these seasons and will readily advise you of that. They schedule their dives not only on the season but also on where to dive, the paramount times to accomplish the dives and on any sort of bag limits as well as quantity and size limitations.

A unique feature involving Grupo Mayan dives going down for lobsters is that these creatures have a tendency to dwell in some very appealing places where most divers like to visit anyway such as artificial and natural reefs and undersea shipwrecks. As with other aspects of the hobby of diving, the hunting of bugs requires skill and lots of practice. Lobsters tend to be very intimidating when they snap those big claws around in the water. When you are lobster hunting keep in mind that those claws are very powerful and could easily give a nasty bit to the careless diver. More in lines with the speedy little critters is that you are likely to loose the lobster as it shuttles away long before you are able to scoop it up.

To go bug hunting you require no unusual equipment other then possibly a collecting bag plus a pair of heavy duty gloves. Most Grupo Mayan divers have developed a special system to capture these tasty morsels. When you are diving it would be best for you to circle the reef, or the cavern or the specific wreck searching within the crevices, all the holes or peeking within any cracks you may encounter until you happen to sight the small telltale antennas of the lobster or perhaps those snappy little claws. With some practice the skilled Grupo Mayan diver can quickly latch onto the lobster from behind its claws and in one scope lift him up carefully tail first place him into the lobster bag. Since lobsters tend to always in reverse, it is important to put them into the bags tail first. This way they swim into the lobster bag as opposed to swimming out.

Since the lobsters possess a nocturnal type nature many of the most successful Grupo Mayan dives usually in completed in the dark of night. Since we are already aware that the creatures reside in shipwrecks then certification in cavern diving, night diving and diving in shipwreck certification would possibly be a recommendation prior to engaging in these fun and interesting lobster dives.

Dolphin Center - Grupo Mayan Resorts

Monday, September 15th, 2008

The Grupo Mayan firmly supports the Dolphin Center located at the Dolphin Adventure. This highly popular and active entertainment opportunity in Puerto Vallarta offers the Grupo Mayan Resort guests and visitors several opportunities to learn first hand about the friendly dolphins, it will allow you to swim with them as well as interact with these highly intelligent mammals. All this is accomplished by way of the Grupo Mayan supported Dolphin Encounter and Dolphin Swim programs.

The Dolphin Center was constructed in 1996 shortly after Dolphin Adventure had been granted their special license necessary to care for these trusting dolphins. Many of the Grupo Mayan visitors ask who controlled the well fair of the dolphins. Usually it is a combination of organizations. In Mexico, it is specifically the Fisheries Department of Mexico.

The seawater pools, which hold the dolphins, are generally larger than what the United States, Europe and Mexico Fisheries agencies specify. Each of the pools will hold more then two million gallons of filtered seawater, which uses both ozone generators and sand filters to purify the water. Most of the guests at the Grupo Mayan who visit this attraction are very content with the human treatment extended to the dolphins.

Upon receiving their granted license to maintain and care for dolphins in 1996 the construction of area one was begun. The custom made lagoon was constructed upon a floating dock in order to properly accommodate the movements relating to the tide which usually changes the water level up to 6 feet per day. Area 2 was opened October 2000 and as a result of the increased dolphin families as well as the success of the programs it was again expanded in the year 2004. the Grupo Mayan was extremely happy to see the ultra modern education facilities that were created specifically for the dolphin and other marine mammal. Grupo Mayan guests particularly enjoy the underwater viewing area, which allows them to face the various sea life eye to eye. They have even constructed a special maternity pool complete with life support systems catering to the expectant mothers.

Grupo Mayan is glad of the dolphin centers combined thirty years of experience in handling all phases in the study of marine mammals. They are firmly committed to overseeing the welfare and health of the dolphin families. They readily admit to the Grupo Mayan visitors that the dolphins are exceptionally complex and highly intelligent thus they are still learning many things about these fantastic animals.