Aventuras Akumal - diving central

Villas DeRosa is a family run hotel ($55) with 1-3 bedroom rental condos ($100-$200) that have kitchens. They also run the Aquatech Dive Center which offers dive trips to reefs less than a 15 minute boat ride. They also specialize in cave, cavern and technical dive training.

South of Akumal

The brand new Bahia Principe all inclusive hotel is just after Aventuras Akumal. Further South along the highway is Aktun Chen, a dry cave you can tour. On the left (beach side) is DIF a government run camp. You can fish on the narrow beach here.

Most of the beaches between Akumal and Tankah have recently been closed to the public because they are being developed by private corporations. The first of these is Chemuyil. On the right there is a Y shaped entrance into Chemuyil Pueblo. It has a few small mini-supers and Pizza Leo's serves passable pizzas and wonderful salads and garlic bread. Xcacel is the next closed beach. It is being turned into a hotel by Sol Melída. It used to be a wonderful place to boogie board and the main turtle nesting beach, but now the entrance is closed and guarded.