What to do and see in Akumal, Quintana Roo: The Best Outdoor Activities

June 4, 2021 Leonarda Pillsbury

Akumal means "Place of the Turtle" in the Mayan language, and if you snorkel here, you just might see one swimming alongside you. (Don’t touch it, though. That’s prohibited by law.) You’ll definitely see coral and beautiful fish in the clear, sparkling waters. This tourist-friendly little town is about an hour south of Cancun—but it seems light-years away.
Restaurants in Akumal

1. Akumal Dive Shop

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5.0 based on 1,286 reviews

Akumal Dive Shop

The Original Akumal Dive Shop is a 5 Star PADI IDC center. The first dive shop on Mexico's Caribbean mainland. With over 30 years experience, we offer the best snorkeling tours to encounter free turtles, Morninga and sunset Sailing in a catamaran, recreational diving and from Discover Scuba Diving experience to advanced levels of instructor training in Akumal, Tulum at the Riviera Maya.

2. Akumal Dive Adventures

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5.0 based on 46 reviews

Akumal Dive Adventures

We are a small dive shop in Akumal offering PADI certification, cenote and open water dives, snorkeling, fishing and equipment rentals.

3. Dive Cenotes Mexico

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5.0 based on 66 reviews

Dive Cenotes Mexico

Dive Cenotes Mexico (DCM) specializes in a wide array of cenotes cavern and cave diving services including cenote cavern and cave guiding and training (cave, technical, and all recreational scuba diver levels). DCM provides personalized diving services for the beginner to the advanced cave diver, along the Riviera Maya (Playa del Carmen-Akumal-Tulum), Quintana Roo, Mexico.

4. Blue Experience Diving

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5.0 based on 430 reviews

Blue Experience Diving

Blue Experience Diving welcomes you to Akumal and the Mayan Riviera. We offer PADI diving certification courses from beginner to Pro, daily Ocean Dives in the incredible reefs of the Mexican Caribbean, and Cenote diving in some of the most beautiful open or cavern Cenotes of the region, all this in small groups, tailoring the experience to your personal requirements and level of experience. Join Blue Experience Diving to start or continue your underwater adventures.

5. Akumal Ecological Guides

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5.0 based on 139 reviews

Akumal Ecological Guides

We are a team of local guides in Akumal, and we can find sea turtles and enjoy them for an hour, on the way we can see turtles in their natural habitat, also colorful fish, coral reefs all in a sustainable way.

6. Buceo 3A

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5.0 based on 22 reviews

Buceo 3A

Buceo 3A is a dive company formed of two Padi professionals. After working few years in local dive centers, we became independent. Buck 3A offers you dive courses, regular dives and excursions such as cenote diving, bull shark diving, fishing and snorkelling. Guides speak fluently English, Spanish and French. All activities are done in small groups to give you the best service possible.

7. Namaste Transportation & Tours

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5.0 based on 26 reviews

Namaste Transportation & Tours

Namaste Transportation and Tours is a small, locally owned, Akumal-based company that provides private airport transportation and tours to anywhere in the Riviera Maya and Yucatan Peninsula. Our rides are not shared with other groups and are customised to meet our clients’ needs. Guests enjoy our new, air-conditioned vans. Our drivers speak English and Spanish.

8. Deep Bubbles

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5.0 based on 20 reviews

Deep Bubbles

We made our passion for diving our profession, for this reason we want to transfer this passion, in diving, in any environment, with safety and fun. We always put safety first, with us you will find the best conditions for fun, stress-free and all the attention that we can offer in water. After decades of teaching and scuba training, we are pleased to give at your disposal this experience.

9. Akumal Bay Dive Center

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5.0 based on 147 reviews

Akumal Bay Dive Center

Diving for us is not just a job but a passion, a love for the sea, and love for the nature that surrounds us. For this land is made up of many contradictions, where beauty explodes, but other times it is hidden, as in the Cenotes, whose transparency of water makes use feel as if we were suspended. Our pleasure is to discover these beauties with you and share a passion that is full of unforgettable

10. Akumal Natura Rescue

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5.0 based on 108 reviews

Akumal Natura Rescue

Wild animals and cenotes environmentalist tour. A guided tour of four hours in which you will meet more than 80 animals of 23 different species plant a tree, know the flora with its medicinal plants of the jungle and at the end you can swim in a magnificent illuminated underground cenote. To get there you have to go first to the meeting point at Akumal Natura Glamping (googleMaps). From there we will take our vehicle to the ranch with the animals, plants and cenotes. All togheter 4 hours experience.

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