Xel-Ha Blog

CANCUN-RIVIERA MAYA, MEXICO.- Xel-Ha, one of the most important tourist attractions in the Cancun-Riviera Maya destination, welcomes a flow of over 700 thousand visitors annually, and such success is based on its essence being intact through the years: being the world’s biggest natural aquarium.

With its 85 hectares of jungle and water, Xel-Ha is a Natural Wonder with a huge variety of options for fun and family entertainment, and the guarantee of living matchless experiences.

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Snorkeling in Xel-Ha is a one-off activity that guarantees astounding experiences. This backwater of tranquility is an over 14 hectares body of water where the world’s most important underground rivers system converges with the Caribbean sea, a very special habitat where different and very interesting species coexist; species that can be watched during the immersion.

A BIG-EYED GUY

The “horse eyes amberjack” also called “big-eyed” is a very large fish that can reach a length of 2 meters and a weight of 75 kg. Even though it is a pelagic species – rathers spawn offshore- in Xel-Ha, it can be looked at near the floating bridge. It is amazing how dozens of amberjacks come by in search of smaller fish, whom they predate. It is a sliver-colored fish with the ability of enduring salinity changes, so common in the inlet, where fresh water mixes with seawater.

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Chris Robinson, the popular Canadian radio host, specializing in travel and tourism, who has traveled to over 150 countries during his life, selected the natural park Xel-Há, from Cancun-Riviera Maya, to his world’s top ten destinations list.

The natural park Xel-Ha shows up in Robinson’s “Top Ten Fun Places”, with Orlando, Florida; Branson, Missouri; Las Vegas, Nevada; Queenstown, New Zealand; Legoland, Denmark; Santa Claus Trip, Lapland; Club Med Sandpiper, Florida; Rotorua, New Zealand; and Banff, Alberta, Canada.

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Xel-Ha is a natural park located on the Riviera Maya, to 76 miles from Cancun. It is the number one place to snorkel and to watch marine life as it is considered the largest aquarium in the world. That is why Xel-Ha is a place you must not forget to visit when you be here in the most important destiny in Mexico.

A Chacah tree is a species belonging to the Burseraceae Family. Mayans use its crust due to its healing properties to relieve and cure burns and rashes caused by the Chechen, as well as dysentery, fever, and the measles. Chacahs may reach a height of up to 30 m, and in Quintana Roo they are scattered all over the jungle. This species is often used as a living fence.

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