Akumal Turtle Guides: Rules, Getting There, Best Time
Akumal turtle guides: the refuge rules, going without a tour, Akumal from Cancun, turtles and cenotes in a day, the best time and what to bring.
The Akumal Turtle Rules
The Akumal Bay turtle rules from the refuge's protection programme: a certified guide, two buoyed circuits, life jackets, sunscreen, hours, limits and the fee.
Read guide →Akumal Without a Tour
Akumal on your own: the beach is public, the turtle circuits are guided only. The Tsuuk Akumal gate, the fees, getting there and the swims to book.
Read guide →Akumal Turtles from Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum
Getting to the Akumal turtles from Cancun, Playa del Carmen or Tulum: distances on Highway 307, pickup times, the day trips with the swim, and the fees.
Read guide →Turtles and Cenotes in One Day
Tours that pair the Akumal turtle swim with a cenote, with or without the Tulum ruins: open cenote or cave, time with the turtles, lunch, fees and pickup.
Read guide →The Best Time to See Turtles in Akumal
When to swim with the Akumal turtles: the turtles feed in the bay all year, the circuits run 9 to 5, the wind rule, hurricane season, sargassum and nesting.
Read guide →What to Bring for the Akumal Turtle Swim
What to bring to snorkel with the Akumal turtles: the sunscreen rule, a rash guard, cash for the fees, what the tours lend you, and what is not allowed.
Read guide →Short on planning time? See the Akumal turtle day →