Elefantes en México - The Activities

Elefantes en México - The Activities

June 1st, 2011 @ 5:04 pm by Mrs. Elephant
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It wasn’t just sun, sand, food, and drinks for the Elephants while on our honeymoon in Mexico. Excellence Playa Mujeres had several daytime activities as well as nighttime shows.

Fire show

Every night when housekeeping would turn down our bed, they left a list of the activities for the next day. We watched a cooking class, took a tour of the kitchen (where I was spotted by a Weddingbee reader!) and Mr. E tried his hand at rifle shooting.

The targets were so small

This was how far away you had to stand back to aim

Sadly Mr. E didn’t win the rifle shooting (and I really could have used another massage!). Speaking of massages, we had a couples’ massage by the ocean which was so relaxing. After the massage we enjoyed champagne with chocolate covered strawberries and watched the waves roll in.

We went off of the property twice during the week. Once was to take the ferry over to Isla Mujeres for souvenir shopping.

And the second time was for our excursion to the Xcaret ecological park in Playa del Carmen.

I researched online before our trip and booked something that Mr. E and I have always wanted to do: swim with dolphins!

We got to pose for pictures, and do tricks with the dolphins which included the foot push, had them sing to us and gave them belly rubs.

Once we dried off and paid an arm and a leg for the photos and DVD of the dolphin swim, we headed to the wine cellar caves for a wine tasting.

Our wine tasting ended up being a personal one since the other group of 6 was delayed at the dolphin swim. We had food pairings with 5 different Mexican wines.

The 5 wines we tasted

The second course included a Carpaccio of Red Snapper and Salmon with Chardonnay

The fourth pairing was duck with mole sauce and Shiraz

Mr. E is a fan of the dry wines

And there you have it. A honeymoon which was a perfect balance of relaxation and activities. We really enjoyed getting away for a week, and most of all spending time together as husband and wife.

Are there any activities or excursions that you will be doing on your honeymoon?

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24 Responses to “Elefantes en México - The Activities”

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xtatic1 (message) 778 posts, Busy bee

How fun! Isla Mujeres was one of the contenders for our honeymoon and it looks beautiful! Due to hurricane season we chose Costa Rica (which will be rainy instead) and are planning lots of activities along with lots of pool/ocean time. I would love to swim with dolphins though!

6/1/11 @ 5:17 pm (reply)

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Blue Moon (message) 16 posts, Newbee

AHHH - that’s where my fiance and I are honeymooning! I’m so excited but now even more so after reading your post! I would love any tips, fav restaurants, etc that you could give me! It looks like you two had a BLAST

6/1/11 @ 5:25 pm (reply)

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peacockchris (message) 369 posts, Helper bee

I loved Xcaret!!! The underground river is awesome (but cold lol). I went there a couple of years ago with a group of friends. My fiancee and I are thinking about taking our honeymoon to that same area Riviera Maya. We are trying to decide where to stay now.

6/1/11 @ 5:27 pm (reply)

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Miss Pony (message) 4,175 posts, Honey bee

Fire shows are the best. My BM and I say that’s what we’re going to be when we grow up
Your honeymoon looks like it was amazing!

6/1/11 @ 5:32 pm (reply)

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kellyinpurple

Was it totally weird to be recognized by a reader? Other Bees, has it happened to you? Did you love that someone told you they read you, or would you rather they not say anything? Just curious!

6/1/11 @ 5:34 pm (reply)

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bridesmomma (message) 451 posts, Helper bee

Looks like an awesome honeymoon!

6/1/11 @ 5:51 pm (reply)

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Leia

Hi - I second Blue Moon’s request for suggestions! This is a top contender and you are definately swaying me. Can you tell us info on the dolphin experience? I have no idea if this is something we can fit into our budget…but I would love to try and make it

6/1/11 @ 5:56 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Earrings (message) 2,477 posts, Buzzing bee

Dolphins! What an awesome honeymoon Mr E and I had a couple’s massage on our honeymoon too and it was so worth it.

6/1/11 @ 6:15 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Elephant (message) 6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

@Blue Moon: Our favorite restaurants were Spice (the only one we did twice, but that was the hibachi. Not sure how the other part is), Basmati & Chez Isabelle. We enjoyed room service for breakfast or the buffet.

I would arrange for transportation from the airport to the hotel before hand. We had our round trip set up before and made things very easy once we got through customs.

If you PM me, I’ll be happy to answer any other questions on Excellence

@kellyinpurple: For me personally, it was actually really cool! It’s so nice to know that there are people out there that read the blog and follow along with our journey.

6/1/11 @ 6:22 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Elephant (message) 6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

@Leia: The dolphins was by far our favorite memory. It was a little pricey at $358 (which included entrance into the park and the dolphins) but was something that we decided to save for our honeymoon. The instructors spoke in English (for us and another couple) and Spanish (for the other swimmers) and made sure that we all had time to play the games with the dolphins. For us it was a once in a lifetime type of thing.

6/1/11 @ 6:32 pm (reply)

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bRooklynRocks (message) 3,767 posts, Honey bee

Wow Mrs. E, that looks so awesome. I’d love to swim with dolphins, except, well, I can’t swim However, just thinking of all the food you ate and the massages and room service. Dang, evrrythan’ looks so good!!

6/1/11 @ 7:07 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Lox (message) 1,128 posts, Bumble bee

So the hive and honeymoons… we were spotted by readers too!

6/1/11 @ 7:30 pm (reply)

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Meggie (message) 6 posts, Newbee

I am SO jealous of the swimming with dolphins. My childhood dream was to be a trainer at Sea World.

6/1/11 @ 8:39 pm (reply)

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cc226 (message) 258 posts, Helper bee

Hi Mrs. Elephant! It is your spotter from Mexico Glad you guys had such a great time. Happy marriage!

6/1/11 @ 8:54 pm (reply)

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Miss Bunting (message) 458 posts, Helper bee

OMG DOLPHIIIIIIIINS! Sorry, I just get so excited. Would you recommend Delphinus? Did you get much free time/one on one with them, or did it feel rushed?

6/1/11 @ 9:37 pm (reply)

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Miss Pain au Chocolat (message) 1,698 posts, Bumble bee

It looks like so much fun! Friends of ours went to Xcaret. We plan on sailing as much as possible!

6/1/11 @ 11:03 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Elephant (message) 6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

@cc226: Hey!! I hope you and your husband had a wonderful rest of your honeymoon!!

@Miss Bunting: I don’t have anything to compare it to, but I thought Delphinus was really great. Online it breaks it down to 15 mins of instructions and 45 mins in the water with the Dolphins, but I think we only spent 5 or 10 mins with the instructions.

Our instructor did a really good job of speaking in English and Spanish so everyone could understand. We did group time (as a group of 6) to just be able to pet the dolphins as they swam around us. Then he would break it down for individuals (like the foot push) and pairs for the tricks (like the belly rub you see us doing). Mr. E and I didn’t feel very rushed and it felt like we had more than 45 mins in the pool.

Hope that helps!

6/2/11 @ 6:52 am (reply)

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Mrs. Ostrich (message) 1,948 posts, Buzzing bee

Look at those little animal cracker-like shooting targets….they’re so cute I love that you two did a nice balance of adventure vs mellower activities…it looked like a perfect honeymoon.
Ps - I heart Mexico. The end.

6/2/11 @ 9:04 am (reply)

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Miss Winter (message) 260 posts, Helper bee

Love love love the picture of you getting pushed up out of the water by the dolphin! Your posts are getting me pumped to start planning our honeymoon!

6/2/11 @ 10:39 am (reply)

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Mrs. Buttons (message) 5,046 posts, Bee Keeper

Aw - everything looks so fun! Love the picture of you being pushed by the dolphin…fun! When I swam with the dolphins years back, they had me hold onto the fin to get my ride (I think it was because I was small and the dolphin could handle my weight versus my parents, who were instructed to do the foot push): now I want to foot push! That looks so fun.

I can’t wait for our honeymoon…

6/2/11 @ 12:59 pm (reply)

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