Whale Shark: Watch, Don’t Touch.

Whale Shark Encounter Rules The Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) is one of the three species of Sharks that feed through a water filtration mechanism, along with the Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and the Boquiancho shark (Mega Mouth Shark), which holds a wide variety of plankton and nekton, including small crustaceans like krill, crab and algae, small fish like sardines, anchovies, …

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Ñañas, The fisherman.

-The fisherman has no shoes, has bad taste, but knows great times Don Emir Campos, better known as Ñañas, is one of the most beloved characters of Holbox Island, this peculiar fisherman is also a composer and a musician, as well as an experienced “weather man”. Fish or no fish cast your longline.Brave, master of the longline, bait and net, …

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Marquesitas, from the craving, to a Yucatecan tradition.


The raspberry marquesita, with cream cheese and dutch “EDAM” cheese shreds, obtained the Golden Fork Award for being the best dessert during the 1st International Gastronomy Fest in Holbox Island. This culinary jewel, first emerged in 1938 as a craving creation by Mr. Vicente Mena “Polito”, who originally was selling ice cream in the park of Santiago in Merida.During the …

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