Playa Niños
The best beaches of Cancun you will find in your Hotel Zone, a large tourist residential that lives facing the Caribbean. Playa Niños is the beach of Puerto Juárez, the fishing district adjoining the city of Cancun. Welcome to the beach of the village!
- Puerto Juárez (Cancún), on the Punta Sam road, 400 meters from the Puerto Juárez Ferry Terminal (Captain Hook).
- Services: bath and showers (showers). Lifeguard hut and palapas. Free parking. Street vendors and restaurants nearby. Wastebaskets available.
- How to get there by public transport? From the cruise terminal the buses leave to Puerto Juárez that leave you on the beach. The bus of Route 1, circulates around Hotel Zone, leaves you about 500 meters from the beach.
The sea that bathes Puerto Juarez does not have the beauty of the turquoise blue that we are accustomed to see in the photos of Cancun. The best beaches in Cancun are in its Hotel Zone, about 24 kilometers of coastline that lives and enjoys the honeys of the Mexican Caribbean. The reason of its beautiful colors you can read in this entry.
Playa Nizuc
Costa Cancún is the maritime strip of almost 30 kilometers that occupies the Hotel Zone of the city of Cancun, where we find several public beaches. Nizuc Beach is probably the most unknown of all of Cancun.
- Kilometer 28 of Kukulcan Boulevard, in the Hotel Zone of Cancun.
- Services: free parking. Palapas where you eat what you bring and litter bins available. You can go with pets.
- How to get there by public transport? The bus of Route 1 and Route 2, circulates through Hotel Zone, has stop at this beach.
Playa Delfines
The color of the Caribbean Sea in Cancun is simply spectacular, it falls in love with anyone. Arriving, seeing and taking a picture in front of the Caribbean Sea is almost instantaneous. In Playa Delfines is the most requested viewpoint, the place of the photo.
- Kilometer 18 of the Boulevard Kukulcan, in the Hotel Zone of Cancun.
- Services: free parking. Palapas, loungers, bathrooms, showers. No pets.
- How to get there by public transport? The bus of Route 27, Route 1 and Route 2, runs through Hotel Zone, has stop at this beach.
Chac Mool Beach
Playa Chac Mool has wide white sands, turquoise colors that entangle and an excellent location near the hub of nightclubs that mark the nocturnal rhythm … a lively beach and the most popular Cancun Hotel Zone.
- Location: Playa Chac Mool kilometer 10 of the Boulevard Kukulcan, in the Hotel Zone of Cancun.
- Free parking, fills up very fast, few squares. Palapas, loungers, bathrooms, showers, surveillance. No pets. Playateca service, enjoy your reading.
- How to get there by public transport? The bus of Route 27, Route 1 and Route 2, runs through Hotel Zone, has stop at this beach.
Playa Pez Volador
In the Hotel Zone of Cancun there are several public accesses very well signposted to the different beaches. The well-known beach of Pez Volador is an excellent little beach with no indications, a haven of calm in Cancun.
- Location: Playa Pez Volador kilometer 5 of the Boulevard Kukulcan, in the Hotel Zone of Cancun. Where the huge Mexican flag.
- Services: there is no service. The parking is free and free will in a zone enabled next to the access.
- How to get there by public transport? The bus of Route 27, Route 1 and Route 2, runs through Hotel Zone, has stop at this beach.
Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve
The Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve is one of four in the Yucatan peninsula. This jewel of a place, declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1987, is located on the doorstep of the touristy Riviera Maya, a true escape to nature.
- The Sian Ka’an Reserve is located between Tulum and Felipe Carrillo Puerto. It has 5 accesses being the most popular the Tulum, Boca Paila road. The arc of entry to the Reserve is located about 15 kilometers from Tulum.
- Entry cost: 35 mxn
- How to get there by public transport? From Tulum to Punta Allen there is public transportation, van (van or van) daily at 14 from the taxi station in Tulum. From Punta Allen he returns at 5 in the morning.
- Punta Allen, where there is also a place to camp. I advise you to book in high season like Christmas, and months of January and December.
- Cautions: with the road in good condition it takes between an hour and a half and two hours from Tulum to Punta Allen. In poor condition put 5 and a little more. There is no gas station in Punta Allen.
- From the archaeological zone of Muyil there is a path that runs an interpretive trail through Sian Ka’an and reaches the lagoon. Here you can also go on boat trips.
- From Felipe Carrillo Puerto there is 70 km, direction VigÃa Chico or El Playón. From here, boat to Punta Allen, 10 minutes.
Blue Hole National Park
Blue Hole is the image we associate with Belize, that beautiful blue hole in the Caribbean. There are other Blue Hole in Belize that are not so famous, but they will surprise you on your way. We visited the Blue Hole National Park.
- National Park Blue Hole is located 20 kilometers southeast of Belmopan, on the magnificent Hummingbird Highway (86 kilometers Belmopan-diverted to Dandriga)
- How to get there by public transport? From Belmopan there is public transportation.
- Accommodation: in Belmopan and San Ignacio you find all types of accommodations. On the road there are several lodges, in some you can camp.
- It is recommended to wear long sleeves, light and clear, not white. It protects you from the sun, insects and plants. Hat, insect repellent and sunscreen. Do not forget the swimsuit. If you have a flashlight you can bring it to the cave. If you are going to do tubing, remember to wear closed shoes that can get wet.
Misol-há waterfall
The Misol-Há waterfall has become one of the images of Chiapas. Its 30 meters jump over a pool of water makes it a great stop on your way to rest and take a bath.
- Misol-há is located 20 kilometers from Palenque, highway 199 towards San Cristóbal.
How to get there by public transport? From Palenque, exit to the junction of Misol-há. From here it is 1.5 km to the hotel. - Another option is to go by taxi from Palenque, they are waiting for you to return.
- Entry cost: 10 mxn
- Light and light clothing, hat, insect repellent, sunscreen, closed shoes and swimsuit are recommended. There is in times that an incredible barbarity slides the floor.
Agua Azul Biosphere Reserve
Agua Azul is one of the stops that soften the way of the traveler through the exuberant territory of Chiapas. Beautiful pools of turquoise water that meander the mountains known as the Tzeltales Mountains of Water.
- Agua Azul is located 58 km from Ocosingo, 64 km from Palenque and 200 from San Cristobal de las Casas.
- How to get there by public transport? From Palenque, exit to the Blue Water crossing (1h30 “). From here there are 4 kilometers that you can do in another bus until the entrance. From San Cristóbal you must go by bus to Ocosingo and from there another bus to Palenque.
- Entry cost: 35 mxn. There are two payments, Agua Azul and the community of the area.
- Light and light clothing, hat, insect repellent, sunscreen, closed shoes and swimsuit are recommended.
Barton Creek Caves
Belize is filled with caves, holes, wells, underground rivers, caverns … the limestone that sustains Belize comes to be like a gruyère cheese, with hundreds of surprises for the traveler. The caves of Barton Creek are crossed by canoe.
- Barton Creek Caves is located on the San Ignacio Road (45 minutes from Barton Creek) to Belmopan. At the height of Georgeville you turn to Mountain Pine Ridge. From here Barton Creek is 6.5 kilometers by dirt road.
- There are services at the entrance and the owner who manages the canoes has lodging and restaurant near the parking lot.
- How to get there by public transport? Unfortunately there is no public transport. Tour agencies offer tours. If you arrive by own car remember that the road can get ugly with rain. Much mud and the mighty river.
