XAMAN HA AVIARY
Xaman Ha Aviary is a wonderful natural habitat for some 60 species of tropical birds who populate the jungles of the Yucatan peninsula.
Xaman Ha Aviary is a wonderful natural habitat for some 60 species of tropical birds who populate the jungles of the Yucatan peninsula.
Here you can see roughly 200 individual birds living in harmony with one another, all within an open-air sanctuary that has paths and trails leading to the birds' preferred nesting areas. These birds live, eat, fly and reproduce within Xamana Ha's little Mexican jungle, and they intermingle with many of the non-winged species of Quintana Roo; like iguanas, butterflies, squirrels, and the turtles and fish found in the cenotes of the Riviera Maya and Yucatan.
Kids love this place! Xaman Ha is one of the only places where children are certain to see some of the most spectacularly colored birds of the jungle and hopefully develop a sense of repect for them and their natural habitat.
And Xaman Ha is a great find for adults too, and a unique opportunity to practice your photography skills. Both still and video cameras are allowed in Xaman Ha Aviary, and for those bird lovers who like to use a tripod to steady their camera, these are also allowed at no additional fee (unlike many of the Maya ruin sites of the peninsula)
Xaman Ha Aviary is located in the heart of the Riviera Maya in Playa del Carmen, midway between Cancun and Tulum. Their address is: Paseo Xaman Ha S/N Fraccionamiento Playacar, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico. To get there drive highway 307 south past Playa del Carmen and Playacar. Then take the left "retorno" lane (U turn lane) to head north on highway 307 staying in the extreme right lane. Pass the first Playacar entrance, go up the hill and then make a right turn into the next Playacar entrance. Go past the guard gate and continue straight to a traffic circle and bear right taking the first off-shoot lane to the right. Xaman Ha Aviary will be a short distance on your right. If you reach the golf course or Plaza Playacar you've gone too far. Entry fee: $150.00 pesos per adult, one child under 12 free with a paying adult. Hours: daily 9am-5pm.