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Playa CaracolvsCroco Cun
Both are rated very highly by experts. Overall, Croco Cun Zoo is preferred by most reviewers compared to Playa Caracol. Croco Cun Zoo comes in at #1 in Cancun with endorsements from 4 sources like Lonely Planet, Travel + Leisure and Frommer's.
Playa Caracol
Fodor's
Across from Mayafair Plaza, Cancun
From $0/night
Fodor's "The last "real beach" along the east–west stretch of the Zona Hotelera is near Plaza Caracol and the Xcaret dock." Full review
Croco Cun
Frommer's Fodor's
Travel + Leisure
Lonely Planet
Km 31 Riviera Maya, Puerto Morelos
From $0/night
Frommer's "Once a crocodile farm, CrocoCun now runs a breeding program that has helped replenish the toothy reptiles’ local population and extends its protection to all animals native to the Yucatán. " Full review
Fodor's "The biologists running the Croco-Cun Zoo, an animal farm just north of Puerto Morelos, have collected specimens of many of the reptiles and some of the mammals indigenous to the area." Full review
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Be sure to wave hello to the 500-pound crocodile secure in his deep pit.
Travel + Leisure "Learn all about local wildlife on a guided tour at Crococun. At this one-of-a-kind zoo, kids and adults can pet, hold, and feed some of the area’s most fascinating animals. " Full review
Lonely Planet "About 23km south of the Cancún airport, this former crocodile farm now calls itself a conservationist zoo that protects some of the area's endangered species." Full review
