Akumal is a small beach-front tourist resort community in Mexico, 62 miles south of Cancún, between the towns of Playa del Carmen and Tulum. It is located on Akumal Bay and Half Moon Bay on the site of a former coconut plantation in Tulum Municipality in the state of Quintana Roo, and is part of the Riviera Maya area.
Boca Paila is a unique parcel of land with over 866 meters or one half mile of perfect white sand beach and transparent turquoise Caribbean waters, located in the Sian Kaan Biosphere (30 minutes south of Tulum.) The Cancun International Airport provides direct flights to many of the major cities in the world.
The Yucatan Peninsula extends like a thumb into the ocean. The Cancun(east) side of the peninsula is on the Caribbean Ocean with its extensive network of large bays and sandy beaches. Its flats are home to bonefish, permit, snook and tarpon.
Cozumel Island is mostly an undeveloped Mexican island in the Caribbean Sea. It is a popular cruise ship port of call famed for its scuba diving. At Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, divers can explore a section of the Mesoamerican Reef and Museo Subacuático de Arte’s submerged sculptures. Chankanaab is an eco park surrounding a lagoon with underwater caverns, home to dolphins, manatees and sea turtles.
Holbox is an island in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, located on the north coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. It is approximately 26 miles long and nearly a mile wide, and it is separated from the mainland by a shallow lagoon that is home to flamingos, pelicans and other rich birdlife.
Punta Allen is the largest village in the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve at the end of the Boca Paila Peninsula in Tulum Municipality in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The Sian Ka’an Biosphere and Punta Allen draw bone fishermen from all over the world who enjoy the saltwater flats and fly-fishing.
On the windy northern shore of the peninsula, sleepy Río Lagartos (Alligator River) is a fishing village that also boasts the densest concentration of flamingos in Mexico, supposedly two or three flamingos per Mexican, if one believes the provided math.
Xcalak is a village of 375 inhabitants in the municipality of Othón P. Blanco, Quintana Roo, on the Caribbean coast of Mexico. Xcalak is one of the last unspoiled stretches of Mexican Caribbean located on the Southern end of the Costa Maya.
