mahahual

Mahahual


Mahahual is in the middle of the coastal strip known as Costa Maya which extends from Punta Herrero to Xcalak, the southernmost point of the Peninsula bordering with Belize. For years a practically forgotten fishing village, today Mahahual has several small hotels ranging from rustic cabanas to more sophisticated but still small and intimate accommodations. Mahahual is a charming little village with white sand beaches, ideal for snorkeling, sailing or sport fishing; fresh fish and seafood are readily available in all of its little restaurants. Only about an hour away by boat you will reach the impressive Banco Chinchorro barrier reef –a diver’s paradise- which also constitutes one of the six Biosphere Reserves on the Yucatan Peninsula. The archaeological site of Chacchoben is only a short one and a half hour car or bus ride away. In 2001 the newest Caribbean port of call “Puerto Costa Maya” -only a few miles north of the village- started operations and in March 2005 it already welcomed its one-millionth passenger.