Native Trails MyTrails 2026 57 Campeche portance of the National Institutes of Technology of Mexico, the umbrella organization, within the Mexican university system. 19 Visit of the archaeological site of Tohcok Duration: 00:30 h · Level: Easy The archaeological zone of Tohcok is a fairly small site dating back to the Mayan Classical epoch (300 – 900 AD). The ruins, which show remains of vaults and columns, include elements of both Puuc and Chenes style. Recent excavations suggest that the structures visible today are only an insufficient indication of the former importance of the place. The zone of Tohcok is also a nature preserve. 20 The stingless Mayan bees – the meliponines Duration: 01:00 h · Level: Easy Visit of the women’s cooperative for traditional honey production in IchEk. The Maya made intensive use of the small, stingless bees for honey production. The species – halfway between honeybee and bumblebee – builds nests directly on the Mayas’ houses. As a symbol of the bee god Ah Muzen Cab – honey maker – they were also objects of religious ceremonies. 21 Visit of the Casa Betania Monasterio Duration: 02:00 h · Level: Easy Since 2012, Uayamón has been the seat of the Monasterio Casa Betania, the center of a Catholic community that has been founded, with the consent of the then bishop, in Campeche in 2008. Based on a Marian fundament, it promotes less central contents, referring to a pick of saints of a somewhat eclectic nature. During your visit, you will learn which aspects may also play a part in certain segments of Mexican popular piety. Walking through the village, you will also get an impression of the living conditions of the rural population on the Yucatán Peninsula. 22 Visit of the ruins of Edzná Duration: 02:00 h · Level: Easy The ruins of Edzná are located in the northwest of the state of Campeche, about 60 km (37 mi.) from the capital Campeche. The early settlement began to spread at an explosive rate about 400 BC and became a center of power, which ruled large parts of Yucatán. The most beautiful building of Edzná is certainly the building “Edificio de los Cinco Pisos”, one of the most interesting buildings in the entire Maya culture. 23 Visit of the archaeological site of Dzibilnocac Duration: 01:30 h · Level: Easy Dzibilnocac had its heyday in the Late Classic period (600 – 800 AD), which is also the time the most important preserved building in this archaeological zone was erected. Known as “A”, “1” or “Temple-Palace”, the building shows many motives in Chenes style, e.g. the mouth of the Monster of the Earth, an important element of Mayan mythology, and the rain god Chaac. Other structures in this archaeological zone, which was abandoned about 1000 AD according to the finds of ceramics, have not been investigated so far. 24 Stop at the Mayan ruins of El Tabasqueño Duration: 01:30 h · Level: Easy The architecture of the archaeological zone of El Tabasqueño is very attractive. Several buildings in Mayan Chenes style surround a rectangular place, and somewhat lower you find the temple-palace. Its huge entrance gate is adorned with ornaments in animal forms and shows different images of the rain god Chaac. 25 Visit of the archaeological site of Hochob Duration: 01:00 h · Level: Medium The archaeological zone of Hochob is located on a hill about 30 m (100 ft.) high and flattened in the summit area. Its form determined the layout of the buildings. A particularly splendid structure is the Main Palace with its huge mask of the Monster of the Earth in the middle part of its façade. It is one of the best examples of the Chenes style.
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