Mexico 2025

[Lorenzoid]

Tulum is where the caves are, though after my last trip a couple of months ago, I am tempted to give Puerto Aventuras, where I had based myself a couple of times before, another go. Tulum has changed a lot in the 22 years since I first visited. It's pretty crazy now. As a dive shop owner put it, "Tulum is the only place I've lived where it's easier to get your chakra fixed than your boiler."

 

[trimixdiver]

Puerto Aventuras

How far is this place to cave sites not familiar with this place will look into it tho where to stay need a house or place to stay there are 2 of us only so 2 beds

 

[halocline]

How far is this place to cave sites not familiar with this place will look into it tho where to stay need a house or place to stay there are 2 of us only so 2 beds

You should look up the location, it’s about halfway between Playa and Tulum, maybe a little closer to playa. It’s a big mixed use gated community, tons of condos for rent via airbnb, some bigger hotels, lots of restaurants and a marina. Lots of ex pats and wealthier Mexicans live there.

It’s convenient for me to stay there because I dive with Under the Jungle, which is located at the entrance to the Tajma Ha cenote, a few miles south of P.A. There are cave sites all up and down the highway from just south of Playa to south of Tulum.

If you are pretty certain you want to focus on the caves near Tulum, then maybe stay down there. My comments about Tulum are based on what it used to be like vs what it’s like now. I stayed at a nice little beach place about 15 years ago and it was not much more than a funky, cool little town. Now it’s just very, very different.

 

[Lorenzoid]

If you are pretty certain you want to focus on the caves near Tulum, then maybe stay down there. My comments about Tulum are based on what it used to be like vs what it’s like now. I stayed at a nice little beach place about 15 years ago and it was not much more than a funky, cool little town. Now it’s just very, very different.

Same thoughts and experiences for me, though in the Puerto Aventuras area I dived with Zero Gravity, not Under the Jungle (I hear Nat is great, though). As for my first adventure in Tulum 20+ years ago, the little beach palapa guesthouses I stayed in are no longer there.

 

[andrepenhabrasil]

I went to Tulum in November, stayed at Hotel Blanco, across the road from Chedraui (it´s a mexican supermarket chain). It was clean and cheap (about US$40/night) and the breakfast was decent. It was quite close to the shop I was getting my tanks from, Easy Chango.
I´m going back at the end of June, but I´ll be diving with Under The Jungle, so we (me and my cave diving GF) opted to stay in Paamul.

 

[trimixdiver]

Tulum has been pretty quiet lately it seems. Still a great place to visit and go cave diving.

The new airport also makes getting into town a lot easier. The ADO bus from the airport takes about 40 minutes

What Airport is this...we fly into Cancun then hire a car....?

 

[dylanfromwinnipeg]

What Airport is this...we fly into Cancoon then hire a car....?

Tulum Airport (TQO) | Felipe Carrillo Puerto Airport

Tulum Airport (IATA: TQO | ICAO: MMTU) officially known as Aeropuerto Internacional de Tulum is an international airport located south of Tulum, Q.R., México.

thetulumairport.com

 

[trimixdiver]

Tulum Airport (TQO) | Felipe Carrillo Puerto Airport

Tulum Airport (IATA: TQO | ICAO: MMTU) officially known as Aeropuerto Internacional de Tulum is an international airport located south of Tulum, Q.R., México.

thetulumairport.com

I Just looked at the link... from here Australia to many stops and time lost.

 

[vinegarbiscuit]

My husband and I run a bed and breakfast in the jungle halfway between Puerto Aventuras and Chemuyil, some 2 km south of Cenote Taj Maha. Guests that wish to dive independently can stay in one of our two guesthouses and rent tanks and weights; they also have the option to buy a packed lunch from us. We can give advice to guests on which cenotes are guide-free (some like Chikin-Ha and Kalimba require it) and how to find the main line, as well as which cenotes are closed to cave diving, the latter of which is sadly a moving target. We can also provide guide services as needed. You can find out more at www.xoc-ha.com

 

[trimixdiver]

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