Isla Mujeres has a vast array of activities to keep the energetic visitor amused.

Within walking distance of the Casa de Mariposas are ample snorkelling and beach club facilities at Garrafon De Castille and Playa Indios as well as the multiple activities and scenic splendour of Garrafon Park.  Click HERE to visit Garrafon's website to plan your visit to this ecologically aware playground.

Diving opportunities are multiple on Isla Mujérés with courses available for beginners and advanced divers. Popular dives include Manchones Reef and Banderas Reef as well as the legendary Cave of the Sleeping Sharks.

Snorkelling tours are readily available to the Cross of the Bay and the lighthouse areas and generally include all kit hire, lunch on a beach, lifejackets and two or three snorkel stops.

We thoroughly recommend a trip to the nature reserve at Isla Contoy which is a 30 kilometres north of Isla Mujeres. This day long trip includes snorkelling stops on route, free time on this wonderful island and bbq lunch on the beach.  Isla Contoy only permits a maximum of 200 visitors per day and it is definitely worth the trip.   Learn more about Isla Contoy by clicking HERE

At certain times during the summer months the Whale Sharks gather just off Contoy and Isla's 'Captains' offer tours out to view these amazing huge and gentle creatures.  If you have the opportunity to take this tour do it, it's a once in a lifetime experience.

Carnival is the most energetic time of Isla's year. Like a mini Mardi Gras the island lets it hair down and parties until dawn.  There are parades, open air singing and dancing in the Zocala and a general atmosphere of whooping it up before Lent!  This is a popular time of year to visit the island and for 2005 Carnival will be between January 28th and February 1st.  The locals will be happy to have you join their celebrations and everyone is welcomed to dance in the street!

For those wanting to travel further afield to sample the Mayan Ruins of Tulum and Chitzen Icha or visit the parks of Xel Ha and Xcaret there are several travel agencies on Isla that can arrange tours.


Isla has so much to offer that one trip isn't enough to do it all. You have to spend a certain amount of your time just laying in a hammock watching the world go by.

You are on vacation after all!