Crococun Zoo

I read about this place on the internet just before we left for our vacation on the Mayan Riviera. It was very close to our hotel, only a $6US cab ride, and highly recommended on tripadvisor, so we paid it a visit. Just a wonderful place for kids and adults alike! Originally established as a crocodile farm, it now has other kinds of animals and seems to partly function as a rescue and conservation park. Admission was $20 for adults, less for kids, and you are taken around the zoo by a very knowledgeable guide in small groups. Small bags of food (banana, carrots, apples, nuts and seeds) for the animals was available for a small price before we started on our tour. (You had to remember to quickly hide your bag, because the wild monkeys in the park would steal it immediately. They descended very rapidly from the trees and stole a bag of food right at the entrance from the man from Sherwood Park that was touring with us). The boys got to feed deer, monkeys, macaws, turtles, and a coatimundi. Among other animals, they got to hold a crocodile, boa constrictor and macaws. We walked right through a large enclosure filled with snoozing crocodiles (apparently they were well fed ;-)). It was fantastic. We learned a lot, and it was wonderful to have such a close interaction with so many animals. I highly recommend this to anyone staying around Puerto Morelos. Crococun is open seven days a week and is right on the main highway, but I don't believe they advertise. I think they like to have visitors but not so many the place turns into Disneyland.