Hi guys!
For most of the day we just relaxed as it was raining really heavily so we didn't want to sit by the pool, and we were going to xplor fuego later.
At 4:45pm we got the bus to xplor and Ricardo the person who was in the bus with us and explaining everything about the park was so funny! He told us that as we were all adults he would probably make a lot of innuendo etc. He was Mexican but his English was amazing! Hubby and myself were very impressed! He made a lot of jokes, especially about me and hubby as we were the only English married people there, so he was saying hubby should be my slave on the rafts and do all the work and if not he would provide a whip! Ha ha was very funny.
When we got there we were given helmets and a locker.
at the centre of the park was a large red heart that sounded like it was beating, and everything lead back to that heart so it was hard to get lost which was good!
We decided to do the river swim first as Ricardo suggested we do that first as the water gets colder as the night gets later. If you don't know what xplor is its basically underground rivers with stalagmites and stalactites which you can swim and raft around, it's also in the jungle a bit so there's a car which you can drive around in and there's zip lines (very high up) that goes all over the top of the park/jungle.
The river was warm enough and there was two routes to choose from so we chose the longer one which would take 25 minutes to swim round. There were lights in the caves so we knew where to go and we were told not to touch the stalagmites as the oils we secrete basically stop them from growing anymore! There were only a few lights so it was still a bit dark and we could get the full experience, I think we were very far underground! There were bats flying around too which we thought was so amazing and fish in the river too! It was so amazing and hubby and I loved it!!
We then went on a double raft around another part of the river through the caves, this was a bit more stressful than the swimming as we had to paddle with hand paddles and be careful not to touch anything but the river had rose quite a bit so we had to keep ducking and moving our bodies out of the way of stalagmites. It was still pretty though.
We then decided to get a drink in one of the two drink places, I had hot chocolate which was so needed as it was a bit cold and raining, and hubby had some Mexican drink that ricardo had told him to get as it had an aphrodisiac in it. There was a mongoose there and the waitress said we could feed it biscuits, and it ate right out of our hands! It was so amazing!!
After that we went to the part where you could drive around the jungle and hubby decided he would drive. It was pitch black and the only light was the headlights on the buggy car thing which weren't that bright. We didn't see any wildlife but there were parts that told us to turn the lights off and when we did it was so scary as we couldn't see where we were going! Hubby loved it as it was very bumpy and he likes to drive fast but I was a bit scared we were going to crash! It was fun though!
We went to the restaurant to get something to eat and the food was quite good actually with a lot of choice.
We then decided to do the zip lines next. I was so so scared! I'm a bit scared of heights and the thought of basically hanging above the tallest trees suspended by a wire terrified me!! But I knew hubby wanted to do it and I didn't want to spoil the trip so I agreed to do it. There were 7 towers each one taller than the last, a ring of fire and a water landing. At some of the towers hubby and I were allowed to go together, at others we were allowed to go at the same time and on one of them we had to go alone and I was terrified but it was so fun!! I wanted to do it again! I can't explain the feeling but it was so amazing!
After that we did the river swim again and then went to get another drink. This time there were raccoons which the hubby fed!
At about half 10 we got changed and took some photos and then went to collect the photos the park took and we got picked up at 11:15 PM.
We got back to the hotel at 1am and I wasn't tired so stayed up a bit watching TV. I think it was the adrenaline still as xplor had given me a proper rush!
We had another chat and both rated xplor fuego 10 out of 10 and would recommend it to everyone! It was the most amazing thing I have ever done and so exhilarating.
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