Sun, sand, some R&R and a cool Piña Colada – Isn’t that what we are all craving as spring taunts us with sun and 70’s one day and snow the next? Ideally in the springtime I’d like to be somewhere with my toes in the sand and gazing at the turquoise Caribbean. Although Colorado does not present this option, with Turner’s recently secured client, the Riviera Maya, I can at least pretend I’m near the beach.

From a young age I have traveled to the Riviera Maya to spend a week away from reality. However, in the past decade the Riviera Maya has enticed travelers interested in adventure travel and ecotourism, not just R&R. Each time I return to the Riviera Maya I am astonished with the advancements in this travel sector.

What I have come to love so much about Xel-Há is how it makes nature accessible to any traveler. At the park I’ve swam with dolphins. I’ve been snorkeling by myself when a sting ray uncovered itself from the sand and slowly floated up beneath my body. I’ve even mastered the swaying, floating bridge.

As I’ve learned more about the Riviera Maya through Turner, I now have three new adventure sites I’m dying to visit:

Coba Sunset: An afternoon tour where travelers can visit the archaeological site of Cobá by foot or bicycle. It includes a workshop on Mayan ceramics, a dinner of regional dishes and a performance to live Mayan music by the Tihosuco Mayan community.

Hidden Worlds: Boasting the one-of-a-kind SkyCycle, a cable with a bicycle suspended at tree top level. This one kilometer bicycle ride in the sky allows riders pedal over the natural park without disturbing the eco-system.

Rio Secreto: A system of caves and subterranean rivers where travelers can swim or walk through the Mayan jungle that is filled with stalactites and stalagmites.

But for now, it’s spring in Colorado. Although I’m not in the Riviera Maya, luckily, at Turner my day allows me to work with clients that take me from the turquoise Caribbean, to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, to the heart of Downtown Denver all in a day!