Laguna de Muyil

About this audio guide

This guide to Laguna de Muyil, beside the Maya port ruins near Tulum, traces the canoe trade that once moved through these waters into the Sian Ka'an canal system. It follows the merchants and minor officials who handled salt, jade, obsidian, cacao, and other goods long before any king saw a share, and the coastal network that kept this site inhabited longer than almost any other on the eastern Yucatán. Listen from the lagoon's edge, where the water still runs the old route toward Chunyaxché and the sea.