The Chac Mool ruins are found on site at Playa Blanca. The complex consists of a Pyramid, a Main Temple with the Cha Mool statue and a number of platforms.

Chac Mool is a small but interesting archaeological site, partially because of its remoteness, but also because it has some similarities to Chichen Itza and Tulum. Chichen Itza, because there are several Chac Mool statues found there, and Tulum because these ruins are also located next to the Caribbean sea.

Chac was the god of rain and thunder, and his color was red. I found it interesting that one of the Chac Mool’s hand was red, apparently a remnant from its creators. There were also traces of paint over a door way to one of the buildings. Something interesting that I found also was an elevated Plaza area with a number of short columns in rows, also very similar to Chichen Itza but much smaller in scale.

The Santa Rosa peninsula where the Chac Mool ruins, lies between two large bays, Bahia de la Ascencion and Bahia Espiritu Santo. It is an area of spectacular, desolated beauty that includes diverse habitats of sea life, shallow bays, brackish mangrove, estuaries, savannas and low jungle.