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This lookout point gives a beautiful 360° view of the area.

Anyone interested in Mayan history should visit Tikal

Temple IV is the highest in Tikal with a height of 70 meters. The view of the surrounding temples rising out of the rainforest is fabulous and involuntarily reminds one of the adventures of Indiana Jones and Lara Croft.😅

The Temple of the Jaguar is clearly visible from the "Mundo Perdido" viewing platforms and from Temple IV.

The observation tower is named after the Itzá ruler, Ah Kaan Ek (“Black Snake”, Hispanicized Canek).

Hernán Cortés, on his march to Honduras in 1523, came through Tayasal with an army of Spaniards and about 600 Chontal Mayas in pursuit of Cristóbal de Olid, shortly after he had hanged the Aztec king Cuauhtémoc at Itzamkanac. He met the Itzá ruler, Ah Kaan Ek ("Black Snake", Hispanicized Canek), and held a Catholic mass with him. The Spaniards left a dying horse behind. Fearing that the Spaniards would blame the Itzá for the horse's death, they built a wooden horse as a replacement... In 1618, two Jesuit priests, accompanied by several hundred indigenous people from Belize, visited the town of Tah Itzá and were initially received warmly. When the priests saw that the Itzá worshipped the wooden horse Tzimin Chac ("Horse of Thunder"), built during the time of Cortés, they destroyed it and a fight broke out. The ruler of the Itzá, also named Ah Kaan Ek, had the Spaniards expelled. Source: Wikipedia

The crossing only takes a few minutes.

The archaeological site is called Tayasal. The ruins date back to the Mayan period.