Akumal Riviera Maya Mexico: Travel Guide, Hotels, Tour Operators, Dive Centers and Real Estate

Akumal is one of the older areas on the coast and is famous for being a very tranquil place and also for the thousands of endangered sea turtles.El explorador no admite los marcos flotantes o no está configurado actualmente para mostrarlos.

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Akumal

The name means "Place of the Turtles" in Mayan and is one of the southern most resorts in the Mayan Riviera. A beach town it is located just north of Tulum and is only 65 miles of good road from Cancun.

Akumal is one of the older areas on the coast and is famous for being a very tranquil place and also for the thousands of endangered sea turtles that come here to lay their eggs.

The eggs are laid in the spring, but the breeding season is from May to October and also takes place on the beach. It is not uncommon to spot giant sea turtles called 'caguamos', make their way up the beach and dig holes in the sand. They then fill them with eggs, cover the holes, and with sheer determination drag themselves back into the sea.

Dolphin Discovery, Experience the action and feel the emotion of swimming with dolphins in the ocean

Akumal is nestled into an intimate sheltered bay and is really a great getaway for someone looking for peace and tranquillity with amenities of much larger cities. Travelers looking for a bit of paradise on a smaller scale are searching for Akumal.

Water sports abound in Akumal. The beaches are serene and the calm waters of the bay are perfect for snorkeling, diving or just swimming. There is an incredible reef just off shore and further out some of the best cave diving in the world.

There are a series of ridges honeycombed with these caves which are separated by canyons. There is also a coral wall located between the reef and the caves. Wall and cave diving are considered the playground of more experienced divers, however, there are still great areas for the less experienced.

This part of the Mexican Caribbean is filled with colorful marine life. There are over 500 different species of tropical fish within swimming distance of shore. Giant sponges in hues like hot pink and florescent orange light up the ocean and there are coral beds including a brain-coral garden located offshore in about six to seven feet of water.

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Loggerhead, green and hawksbill turtles feed in the reef offshore and are not especially wary of divers. Jet ski's are rented in Akumal and sport fisherman have a choice of many different locations and styles of fishing.

The statue of the Spanish shipwrecked sailor (1511 A.D.) Gonzalo Guerrero, dressed as a Maya warrior, stands guard over the bay as a reminder of the first contact between Europeans and the Maya.

Gonzalo Guerrero married into a noble Maya family and became a dreaded foe to the Spanish. He is called the father of the first Mestizo, the first Mexican of mixed European and native blood.

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