Archaeological Site of Hormiguero - Xpujil

Small but very beautiful with preserved relief plastic on some structures, tunnel like chambers and a multitude of blue butterflies. Entrance is free, facilities clean and well kept. You will most likely have the place to yourself. The only caution is that the last 1.5 km it is offroad, so drive carefully.

Small areal but totally worth it. The pyramide and the monster head door are amazing. Also you go not only for the ruins to here but also for the wild life. The black spider monkeys love this place for picking the sweet honey fruit in the trees and they are indeed real delicous, not the monkeys, the fruit ;)

According to the guy running the site, Hormiguero only gets 60 visitors a year! So obviously when we went we were the only visitors there. The road there is bumpy and full of pot holes (watch out as we popped a tyre on our first attempt to get there) but it's worth it. The site is dilapidated and in need of some more funding to spruce it up, but that does take away from the ruins. There are only a couple of structures but they have some amazing carvings that are worth the trip. We also tagged on a trip to see the howler monkeys which was a 20 minute walk, which added to the magic of the site. There are also numerous lines of leaf cutter ants crawling across the pathways and roads which are incredible to see too.

Mediocre compared to becan. If time pushed you could totally skip this one. Otherwise enjoy the 35 min rough ride. Ps google will end you at a lot where you could park and hike 1.2km one way to the ruin site. Again a just so so hike. Or you could drive to the end. This part of road is totally unpaved so be careful.

Getting to this site is not the easiest. While it is only 12 miles south of Xpujil the last mile of the 'road' is pretty rough. It is actually a two track road. If you are able to get down it there is a nice large parking lot for use. There is staff that lives on-site and is helpful. I lost track of the time zones and I ended up getting there an hour before opening but the nice men let me in anyhow. There is a restoration underway (Dec 2019) so it was fascinating to me to see the process and the amount of effort into rebuilding these ruins.

Beautiful place to visit. We saw some spider monkeys near the temple. Loved the vibe. No entrance fee.. shame that they dont charge anything, area needs some support from tourists.

Very nice archeological site and hiking area through a forest, dotted with many additional stone heaps, presumably unexcavated ruins, no entrance fee. We were the only visitors and had the entire place to ourselves. Worth a visit.

Well-maintained site, but fairly remote from Xpujil It's well worth the trip. The road gets very narrow and bumpy near the site.