Aat Punta Sur National Park you can watch the crocs fed and observe the antics of a wild pig and playful coati mundis from close up. There's also a great lighthouse to climb with a stunner of a view at the top.

Jungle Explorations

Cozumel island is still more than 96% wild, untamed jungle and there are several local outfits on the island that specialize in tours into the island's interior.

Here you can view bat caves, swim in cenotes (natural ponds formed in the limestone) and view lots of wildlife from the ubiquitous iguana to white owls to coatis, armadillos, foxes, and crocodiles. You can even catch a Mayan ruin or two while you're at it.

If you want to get a taste of the jungle on your own, stroll the San Gervasio ruins.

They aren't grand like many on the mainland. But they're worth a trip just for a chance to see the jungle areas as they must have been back when Mayan women from all over the Yucatan made the pilgrimage to Cozumel to present fertility gifts to the gods.

If you don't have young kids who get tired walking more than a block or two, be sure to catch the ruin that's a couple blocks down the road to your right from the central ruins area. Most people never make it out there and it's the prettiest one. go it on your own,

	.Lovely lagoon and gardens at Chankannab National Park
Your family is also sure to enjoy an excursion through Chankanaab Park's lovely botanical gardens with over 700 tropical plant species and many opportunities for close looks at some pretty enormous (and proud) iguanas

Part 3, Exploring the Culture

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