Ghost Town ATV Tour: Explore Misnebalam's Haunted History & Enjoy a Break at Silcer Beach Club

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A thrilling ATV adventure coupled with an exploration of a deserted haunted town is a fantastic combination trip. You will encounter a genuine haunted town, notorious for its tales of specters, sorcery, public hangings, and an ongoing apparitional entity named ‘Julian’.

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This adventure is perfect for you! Discover a ghost town while riding an ATV. Experience the charm of old-style Mexico, including haciendas and other architectural wonders.
Your guide will greet you just inside the Progreso cruise port. You’ll then be escorted to comfortable, air-conditioned transportation. It’s a brief 10-minute ride from the pier to…

This adventure is perfect for you! Discover a ghost town while riding an ATV. Experience the charm of old-style Mexico, including haciendas and other architectural wonders.

Your guide will greet you just inside the Progreso cruise port. You’ll then be escorted to comfortable, air-conditioned transportation. It’s a brief 10-minute ride from the pier to Progreso, where you’ll head to the ATV base camp. All ATVs are recent models and well-maintained. Drivers must present their driver’s licenses; the minimum age to drive solo is 18 years. Once helmets are on, you’ll set off to Misnebalam Ghost Town. The journey takes about an hour on trails.

Misnebalam was inhabited from 1910 to 2010, when the last 21 residents decided to leave. It was believed that witches, influenced by aluxes—gremlin-like spirits that protected the land but deterred intruders—lived there.

Paranormal activity is still reported today, with an active ghost named “Julian,” who died in 1920. Your bilingual guide will share more about this intriguing history. Guests will have about 30-45 minutes at Misnebalam.

After visiting Misnebalam, you’ll return to your ATV and head to the nearby Paraiso Blue Lagoon. Enjoy a refreshing swim surrounded by nature. Relax at the lagoon before riding to Silcer Beach Club for a leisurely beach break.

At Silcer, you’ll find beach chairs, umbrellas, a swimming pool, kayaks, paddle boats, stand-up paddle boards, and free WiFi. There’s even a kid’s club! Non-motorized water sports are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Stroll along the beach, purchase a drink from the bar, or order from an authentic Mexican menu that also includes American favorites. Relax in a hammock with a full ocean view. This is a day not to be missed. For the best value, add the All-Inclusive package for unlimited drinks and food!

Drinks available for purchase at the bar include: Piña coladas, Margaritas, Soft drinks, Mixed drinks, Beer (Corona and other Mexican beers owned by Corona such as Modelo, Pacifico, etc.), and bottled purified water. All mixed drinks can be made with or without alcohol.

The restaurant offers: Panuchos (a traditional Yucatecan dish), Salbutes (another traditional Yucatecan dish), Quesadillas, Tacos, Chicken Fajitas, Salsa and chips, Guacamole, Nachos, Pizza, Burgers, and Hot dogs. Some menu items may vary.

If time permits, you’ll enjoy some sightseeing and shopping in the town of Progreso. Your transportation will then return you to your Progreso cruise ship port after a memorable day in Mexico.

Points of Interest

Shore Excursions Mexico

What's Included

Ride in style on an automatic Yamaha or Italika ATV!
Get guidance from an English-speaking, certified excursion guide!
Full gear provided, including helmets and protective guards!
Enjoy the safety of fully insured and licensed transport!
Convenient round-trip transport from the cruise ship terminal!
Optional All-Inclusive beach add-on available!

What's Not Included

Towells and lockers
Food and drinks, unless specified

Additional Information

Minimum age is 18 years
Minimum drinking age is 18 years
At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
Refunds will not be issued if tour/activity is missed due to late or non-arrival of cruise ship
May be operated by a multi-lingual guide

Location

Shore Excursions Mexico

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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M3430zrbiancac

Sep 11, 2021

Rustic and informative - This was hands down the best excursion to get out of you confort zone! They gather you up by the ship and then you head down to town get introduced to the local guide and then it's about a 20 minute ride when you reach this rustic very realistic barn where there's some animals around and the atvs the place looks a bit run down from the years but it definitely has its appeal, there they give us gear and instructions on how to use the atvs, so we were fortunate to go on rainy days and got plenty muddy haha loved it!! Then we arrived to an abandoned church and other complex of building and were told the story of this hidden little town. What I personally liked as the fact that this place wasn't structured fancy for those who want paved roads and pure cleanliness y was down and dirty and you got to enjoy and see what people down there really live by day by day. After wards we head to the beach club. Guys some advice take a change of clothes with you please you will need it! After a little while at the beach relaxing then we head back to the boat with the rest of the groups so all in all it was unexpected but we'll worth it. 5 out 5

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Corymd5508fo

Feb 24, 2023

Wouldn’t do again - Not as great as it was made out to be. This was not a bust but definitely disappointed. Beach club kept wanting us to buy the all inclusive for every guest even after we said we were not eating and would pay as we go. Charged $28 for three cokes and two chips with salsa.

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Amyc0919

Jun 25, 2021

DO NOT do this! - If I could rate this zero, I would. Slicer Beach Club is super small & kinda skanky. Pool is literally the size of a hot tub & nasty. However, Slicer is the highpoint of this tour. Female "guide" in van went on & on & on about how all Americans are rich but her ppl are destitute. (So do you hate us or do you just want some our $?) Looong drive to the middle of nowhere "farm" where we were handed off to another "guide" for the ATV ride. Female guide departs to host another tour. What? Now it is me (single, older female), my barely teenage grandson and some random dude in the sticks of the Yucatan - no other shipmates on excursion. But wait...once upon the ATVs, we proceed even further into the sticks. Flashbacks of 20/20 Mexico kidnapping stories are overtaking my brain....Dust, gravel, iguanas, scrub brush, heat, so much heat, so much dust, so desolate, so far from the ship...we finally arrive at the "ghost town" where random dude guide actually pushes over some rocks so we can scale a wall. (I'm an old lady!) He remains outside the walls, hmmmm. Graffiti, broken down bldgs, tall grass & overgrown trees...As we explore, we suddenly come upon armed random dude #2 perched in a sorta treehouse/lookout above the property. I am scared to death but smile & speak to the guy only to be met with a harsh, silent glare. We quickly re-scale the wall & return to the ATVs as our guide & the armed man exchange heated words I cannot understand. Money exchanges hands & we are abruptly escorted away from the property. Drive back took us by an awful smelling sewage plant (no lie) & a nearby lagoon where we could swim. Umm, no thank you. Can we just go back to the ship? This is way too much Mexico for us. Back to the farm that was so bad even the animals looked miserable..underweight horses, a messed up bird...seriously, it was like the Island of Misfit Toys - so, so sad. A 45-60 minute wait later the female guide finally comes back with her other "tour" who all looked as miseable as us. No water. No bathrooms. No end to this nightmare that I funded. Even my ATV loving grandson hated this excursion. We made it out alive & back to the ship on time... those are the only positives I can offer. For the love of all that is good & holy, STEER CLEAR! (Date of our tour was 5/2019)

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Markpd8887dk

Dec 15, 2019

ABSOLUTELY HORRIFYING!!!! - From the dirty, gross van, to the "tour guide" who didn't explain much, we were very upset to have spent so much money on this excursion. Once we found where we needed to be, we were taken to what was presumed to be a parking lot filled with other dirty vans and buses. We got in the nastiness and were horrified on what was to happen next based on our surroundings. We were relieved to have 3 more couples join us on this experience. We were taken through what I can only assume was their town. A town of filth, boarded up concrete buildings with graffiti, and poverty that was very clear. There were not many vehicles or people around which added to our anxiety of where we were being taken. We saw men driving trucks with rifles in clear sight. We arrive at the "home" of one of the tour guides, inside a locked fence. At least we saw the ATV's because if not, we would have not gone inside. One step inside the gated complex I look to my right to see the carkus of some animal's head laying on the ground. I alerted my Husband while trying to shield my children. There were many animals in this "complex." Horses, malnutrished dogs, puppies, pigs, peasants, and goats. We take this ATV excursion through nothing but dirt roads and brush. Nothing to see for 40 of the approximately 45 minute ride to the "Ghost Town." We arrive to the "Ghost Town" to see 3 buildings. We were told the "keeper" was not working that day, so all we saw were the outside of these buidling full of grafitti. Clearly run down. Was it a true ghost town? Doubtful. Fast forward to the beach club. Wow. We think someone took whatever money they had and claimed a part of the beach. The tour guide had previously mentioned, several times, that we had not purchased the $25 all you can eat and drink package, but we certainly could buy one if we wanted to. We were so filled with dust and dirt from the ATV's all we wanted to do was get back to the ship and shower! The "tour guide" took us back to the ship, but not without drilling into us that it'd be $10 per person for the ride back. Once at the ship, we get out, and again he stated we would like $10 per person, but I will leave that up to you. I have him $28. Odd amount, but I had only 8 singles and had planned on that as a tip at first. This excursion cost is $468 and we were very, very mislead and disatisfied. Progreso is dirty, run down, and not at all what pictures show it to be. PLease consider yourselves warned.

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