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El
Rey is an extremely
small ruin hardly worth the visit for its archaeological
value, except that it's in the middle of the Cancun
hotel zone, it is a nice remembrance of who originally
occupied this land. The main reason to visit the
ruin is for the hundreds of iguanas that flee
the grand hotels and find refuge here in the quiet
and little visited ruins.
Hours: 8:00 am-
5:00 pm
There is a new visitors center and the guards
will feed the iguanas making for an entertaining
show.
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Large Cancun hotels can be seen
from the
ruins of El Rey
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Not
only are there hundreds of iguanas, but they aren't
afraid of humans. Sunning themselves in the midst
of the ruins, you can get quite close before they
run for cover. The reason for this lack of fear
is the fact that the park administrators feed
them. In fact they very likely will do that while
you are there. When you do, dozens will come running
from the holes in the rocks.
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