Isn’t it wonderful when a holiday comes with an added dimension other than sun, sand and sea? At Mayakoba, an eco-friendly luxury resort on the Riviera Maya in Mexico, the resort’s four luxury hotels were designed to integrate with the landscape. We had the pleasure of encountering a huge variety of wildlife in Mayakoba on a fascinating journey through its 250 hectares.
The Riviera Maya, which stretches for 75 miles south of Cancun, is home to a huge variety of flora and fauna as well as the second largest coral reef in the world. Mayakoba, which means “the city over water”, won the coveted Ulysses Prize for “Responsible Tourism Development” by the World Tourism Organization. It was the first resort in Latin America supported by the Rainforest Alliance and has a unique habitat of beach, sand dune, mangrove and jungle. Architects, biologists and geologists preserved nature and restored the mangrove area so well that wildlife has grown by..The post Wildlife Watching on a Fascinating Journey Through Mayakoba appeared first on Luxury Columnist.