Xcalak, Mexico
Km 52 carretera Mahahual -Xcalak
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Friendly place... amazing fishing manager.... delicious food... I really enjoyed my stay... Bring home some homemade spirits
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Xcalak is a remote fishing village at the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula, but Costa de Cocos offers first class lodging and dining, and most importantly, some of the best fishing guides in Mexico!
There aren't nearly enough places like this left... awesome people, cool remote location, highly recommended
This was an older place about five hours drive down the road from Cancun. The beach isn't very good, almost no sand, the snorkeling is difficult as the area is very shallow and its a pretty good swim out to the coral heads. And I do mean shallow, like not deep enough to swim shallow. Xcalac is the nearest village, not much there. Mainly caters to the fishing group, which was great fun. Went out with my friend for fly fishing, the guide was excellent, us not so much, but he was patient and kind and we had a blast. The bed was comfortable, the water was hot, the lizard in the thatch roof not very noisy. Bear in mind you are at the end of a very long supply line, they take visa and dollars as well as pesos, bring all of it along. No ATM for miles, no banks, no cell coverage. The nearest ATM is in mahual and while we stopped four times they never had cash in them. The food is quite good, especially if they had fish. The beer was plentiful, fairly cold and brewed locally. Also had a local mango whiskey that was pretty good. The WiFi worked at the bar but expect daily power outages. Never very long, but it reminds you that you are way off the beaten path. They generate most of their own electricity with two windmills that can be a bit annoying if your cabana is close to them and the wind is up. And of course the generator runs if the wind isn't blowing. The staff were quite nice, had much better English than my very poor Spanish and we had no issues unless we wanted to talk about nonstandard things. Going snorkeling on the boats are fun, the guides are extremely knowledgeable about local waters, and it's huge fun to go blasting around at full speed down the waterways in the bay. Locals come to the bar and it's interesting to chat with them. Rooms and bathrooms were clean, neat and stocked, oh no box. I personally don't recommend it for younger kids as there is very little for them to do. Really recommended and internationally known for the fly fishing.
Great microbrewery beers. Average food. They had no fish due to poor weather.
Great place!!!
Been coming here annually for 4 years. Outstanding guides and fishery and the lodge staff absolutely rock. Can't wait to go back!
So remote...no television or radios in the room, the perfect place to unplug from the world. If you fly fish or scuba dive, this is a good place to go. Staff were friendly and food was excellent. I went to dive!
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