![]() You may want to think about one of these choices that are popular with our travelers: We've got 712 hotels you can pick from within 5 miles of Yal-ku Lagoon. If you want to find things to see and do in the area, you might want to stop in and see Akumal Beach and Xel-Há Park. Akumal is a relaxing city well known for its entertainment and seafood. In the meantime, stay safe and happy travels.Akumal is home to Yal-ku Lagoon. While we were in México, we visited the Mayan ruins of Coba. You need to get tested on the day before you leave to return home. If you travel outside of the country as we did, be sure to have all your vaccinations against Covid, especially for returning to the US. We didn’t find many organized activities for adults and information about these and the resort, in general, was very difficult to find.Ī five-star resort shouldn’t have mediocre food and they definitely need to do something about the reservations and restaurant availability however, we still had a fun vacation thanks to the pools and the beach. The circus was the best with contortionists and acrobats. The shows consisted of lip-syncing and dancing to music. The entertainment and activities were pretty lame. They had hamburgers, tacos, hotdogs, and a variety of snack and lunch foods. The other bars are around the beach including one next to the beach with a small restaurant next to it. They had live entertainment at the Sky Bar above the restaurants, which was fun. There are various bars around the resort. One of the resort paths through the jungle vegetation The jungle vegetation is very pretty and interesting What was fun about that was seeing chachalacas and other birds, agoutis, coatis, and rock iguanas in these and other places in the resort. The hotel rooms encircle small ones of the jungle. The resort has kept large patches of native vegetation in various areas of the resort. The Caribean Coast at the Resort Snorkeling around the rocks in the cove was very rewarding with lots of colorful fish There is a large stretch of beach on the resort grounds away from the crowds that is practically unknown In fact, the whole resort is very well maintained. ![]() The staff is out raking up the seagrass that washes in each morning and they keep the beach area clean. This was indeed, my favorite thing about the resort. ![]() While I don’t know most of them, I am able to identify some of them: Sergeant Majors, Blue Tang, and Butterfly Fish. The cove is quite nice with rock outcrops in the water that attracts a wider variety of fish. Two, we had full-face covering snorkels, which made breathing easier and they didn’t leak due to the tight seal of the mask. For one, snorkeling equipment is available at the resort but you can only use them for an hour at a time. We were glad we took our own snorkels for a couple of reasons. The reason I chose Grand Sirenis Riviera Maya in the first place was the access to a private cove in the Caribbean Sea and the snorkeling right off the beach. Our favorite swimming place however, was definitely the beach. One of the hotel complexes and one of the pools It had a wonderful juice bar close by where we enjoyed getting very healthy smoothies. The other pool we liked was called the relaxing pool because it was basically a quiet pool surrounded by vegetation. We especially enjoyed the lazy river pool, which is like a stream that winds through and around some jungle vegetation as well as some other parts of the resort. The resort grounds are beautiful and the pools are very nice. Needless to say, when we finally got to the buffet, we ate our fill! We arrived tired and hungry as we had very little to eat during the day only to find out that the only restaurant available to us was the buffet, which didn’t open until 6:30 PM. After a couple of hours on the highway, we made it to our destination, the Grand Sirenis Riviera Maya resort. After a few hours, we finally made it through and out of the airport. Because the lines were longer than the entry area that was roped off, people were just trying to find a way in including us. We arrived in Cancun only to find hundreds, if not thousands, of people trying to make it through immigration. We ran through the airport and just made it in time. Of course, we had to travel from one terminal to another to make matters worse. We had about ½ an hour to make our connection. ![]() Another mistake I made was not checking the flight schedule. We flew from Albuquerque to Houston to Cancun. The big mistake was thinking it wouldn’t be busy if we traveled before the Christmas-New Year week. I haven’t traveled around the Christmas holiday in years. Having been to the Riviera Maya on México’s Yucatan coast, we thought it would be a relatively easy trip. I finally got up the courage (with Covid still causing problems) to fly out of the country for a vacation just before Christmas.
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