Author: Linda Patterson

For most of us, a real natural environment apart from human influence isn’t something we can find next door. The more our cities and suburbs expand, the more difficult it is to escape humanity’s zone of activity. Even seasoned travelers are hard-pressed to escape the endless tourist circuit of cities, resort-lined beaches, and mountaintop spas that pamper plenty, but don’t put a premium on the ability to really interface with nature outside of our methods of building right over it. Luckily, even for those who aren’t experienced jungle-trekkers, there are some areas of unblemished nature still within reach; and what’s more, they can be explored without harming these precious environments in the process. Central America’s Yucatan peninsula contains over 100,000 acres of the planet’s lushest, thickest, most isolated tropical rainforest. A series of hiking trails, graded over several levels of difficulty, wind through the heart of the jungle. With trails designed specifically for the novice explorer, virtually anyone in good health can walk in awe through a ceaseless panorama of pristine natural ecology at work.

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