CancúnTom's Mexico

We did a little weekend getaway starting last Friday through Sunday. We stayed at the Bahia Principe Tulum, but stopped in Akumal to check it out on the way back to Cancun. We settled at this wonderful little rustic palapa bar right on the beach in the bay. As we enjoyed our ice cold cerveza’s we watched the snorkelers and scuba divers in the bay having a great time. It was a bit cloudy but the day was better than the photo’s indicate.

This is the community entrance to Akumal

Typical Akumal beachfront condo (Thanks Mapchick)………….La Bahia (The Harbor)

Tranquil beach

The beautiful Akumal bay

Don’t run over our crustacean friends

Young women enjoying the warm Caribbean water

Inside of the palapa beach bar on Akumal

View of the bay from my bar stool

Turtle Bay Cafe & Bakery Thanksgiving Feast Menu

The Turtle Bay Cafe & Bakery Dining Palapa

Carved wooden gorilla chair

Other side of the Gorilla chair

Tables made from tree stumps and trunks

If your ever in the Rivera Maya area don’t miss stopping and checking out Akumal. It’ s a very small unspoiled community the is exactly what you envision a place like this would be in Mexico

2 Responses to “AKUMAL……….a quick visit”

• Earnest Daft says:

  April 12, 2010 at 12:27 pm

  Awesome post as usual, thank you for posting so much helpful content on a regular basis.
• Allan Forness says:

  November 29, 2009 at 9:03 am

  Tom,

  We took a day trip to Akumal 2 yrs ago and spent 3 nites there last year. It has great snorkeling right from the beach and Lol Ha is a great beach bar. Thanks for the trip report and pictures. Brought back wonderful memories. Al