Hacienda Sotuta de Peón Tours — Local services in Yucatán

It was a rather disappointing experience given the good reviews we saw. Firstly, we were the only 3 people in a 30+ people group that didn't speak Spanish. We signed up for an English tour, and this is what we ended up with. We didn't even know the tour has started since we saw the guide speaking in Spanish to the large group. It wasn't until the photographer came over to us and told us that this was our tour when we knew to join the group. By the time we joined, the guide was already finishing up the introduction and we had to catch his attention to let him know that this is supposed to be a bi-lingual group.

As one can imagine, the guide, with no fault to him, was focused on explaining everything in Spanish. He would give us a short synopsis in English at the end of every explanation. It was literally about 6-8 minutes of talking in Spanish and he would explain something to us in 2 min. I would imagine there was a lot of details left out. The guide was fluent in both languages and tried his best to accommodate us. But we definitely felt like the outcast. I would say if you're signing up for an English group, know that this could what you can end up with.

The cenote was an underground one. We've been to other cenotes in the area by then, and this was definitely not a highlight. We also purchased lunch but have had better food in many other places around Yucatan. The venue was nice but overall, I don't think this tour was worth it for the price. We just felt like a herd of sheep being moved from one place to another. You...

Despite the actual experience being excellent with very gracious guides, other workers on the tour, and food, giving this 1 star due to the dishonorable business practices of the owner. I came with a friend who called to purchase tickets several days ahead and was clear we wanted Sunday morning, she was given a link and bought tickets. When we arrived, they said our tickets were for the previous day and would not be honored. There was no language issue as my friend is a local, and she owns and operates a 40 room boutique hotel in Meridia so clearly has no confusion how to buy a ticket for something. She was interested in this experience to recommend to her guests. Since we had driven an hour to get there. and after 15 minutes of trying to get them to at least give us some credit towards purchasing new tickets, the tour was starting so we had to purchase new tickets, so a 3 of us paid DOUBLE price. There was plenty of room on the tour, and no reason for them to treat us like this. In our businesses we always strive to be most accommodating and this was totally opposite. Unfair and shady. I hesitate...

Com bé diuen ells una HACIENDA VIVA. Molt bé el recorregut pet conèixer la hisenda.

Sotuta de Peón és una de les poques hisendes henequeneras que existeixen en plena producció i en què la història es troba viva. Recórrer les seves instal·lacions representa una experiència extraordinària on la bellesa, el confort i l'aventura són els protagonistes d'una travessia pel passat peninsular gloriós.

El recorregut es realitza en plataformes de fusta, jalades per mules, amb rodes metàl·liques que transiten sobre rails de Cauville, importades de França. Extensos plantíos d'henequén ens donen la benvinguda com a preàmbul al tour que ens permetrà conèixer de prop Sotuta de Peón, una hisenda Viva.

Els visitants aborden a la rotonda les plataformes jalades per mules que els esperen. D'aquí es dirigeixen, creuant un bell planter d'henequén, cap a la hisenda. La primera escala es realitza a la Casa Maya, típica i funcional construcció elaborada amb Paclum, material que s'obté d'una barreja de terra i zacate on una família maia realitza les seves activitats quotidianes envoltada d'henequenals.

La segona part del tour consisteix a endinsar-se a les entranyes de la terra i apreciar l'extraordinària bellesa del cenote Dzul-há (Caballero de Agua), en què escultures naturals de pedra emmarquen un balneari natural de fresques aigües cristal·lines, en què el visitant podrà nedar en una atmosfera inigualable.

Després es trasllada a la Casa de Màquines on es té l'oportunitat de veure la raspa de les fulles d'henequén amb maquinària antiga on encara s'utilitza la famosa roda "Solís", inventada pel senyor Esteban Solís, enginyós iucatec que amb el seu invent va aconseguir augmentar significativament el volum de fulles d'henequén raspades per hora.

Per concloure es realitza un recorregut per la Casa Principal, amb amplis passadissos, mobles antics, quadres, llindes i un decorat que mostren l'esplendor en què vivia la família...