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Sian
Ka'an (where the shy begins' in Maya) was founded in 1986
and a year later declared an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located
in the state of Quintana Roo, at 2 and a half hour of Cancun.
The
reserve of 618,000 hectares encompasses most of the ecosystems
that exist in the Yucatan Peninsula; from the medium and low-growth
jungles, beaches, savannas, marshlands, mangroves, lagoons,
islets, cenotes, underground rivers to 100 km of untouched
and virtually unexplored coral reef. Sian Ka'an is
a wonderland of plants and animals. Over 800 plant species
have been identified and over 350 species of bird call the
reserve home. The majority of these are water birds and during
the breeding season, large colonies of frigate bird, pelican,
egret and ibis congregate in the mangrove forest. There are
even a few breeding pairs of jabirus, a rare stork that is
the largest bird in the Americas. The reserve is alive with
jaguar, tapir, peccary, temazate or brocket deer, grison,
coatimundi, tropical porcupine; 100 species of mammal altogether,
while off shore there's over 70 species of coral and all kind
of tropical fishes. There is also more than 20 sites of Mayan
ruins whose have been located to date.
You
can wander about on your own, but by far the best way to see
the reserve is with the people who know it best, "Amigos
de Sian Ka'an"
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