Beach club with palapas and loungers on Isla Holbox

HOLBOX
A DAY IN PARADISE

Nature, urban art & relax

Holbox, an island most of which is nature reserve. You don't get there easily, and yet it has become very well known in recent years. And I too am taking you there!

From your hotel we drive to Chiquilá, a small ﬁshing village north-west of Cancun. The trip there goes through small villages and green jungle, it doesn't get much more local than this.

We sail a little further, to Punta Mosquito. This is the most northern point of Holbox where you are completely surrounded by sand and water. No matter how far you look, nothing but sea on one side and the island on the other.

In Chiquilá a lancha, a ﬁshing boat, is waiting for us. This one takes us ﬁrst to Isla de la Pasión. Unfortunately the last hurricane destroyed the observation tower, but what remains is beautiful large sandpit with some vegetation where birds come to look for food.

Golf carts parked on the beach at Isla Holbox

Holbox by your self

Then the boat docks in the port of Holbox and f rom here we continue by the most common local means of transportation: the golf car. Have a nice tour of the village, see the murals that are everywhere and enjoy the relaxed atmosfeer. I'll show you where in the village you can eat well. If you prefer to eat at the beach, I also have tips for that.

Street mural of a woman with an hourglass in Holbox

Street mural of a woman and a whale shark in Holbox

After dinner there is more time to enjoy Holbox itself. Another round through the village, or to the sea, which is shallow and slopes very slowly, so even for (smaller) children it is great for paddling.

Four travellers on the shore of Isla Holbox at sunset

Old wooden pier in the shallow sea at Isla Holbox

A cenote seen from above, hidden in the jungle

About late afternoon, we drive back to the port and get back into our lancha. But, we don't go straight back to Chiquilá, we make a stop in Yalahau.

This place is hidden away in the mangrove forests of the mainland, and here we ﬁnd an “ojo de agua”: the estuary of a cenote, an underground cave system with f resh water.