Fall break 2022 (November/Thanksgiving) marked the start of our annual relaxing beach vacation. We spent five days exploring the sand bars of Holbox, Mexico. We redeemed free nights through hotels.com for an all inclusive, chic hotel off of the beach called Villas HM Palapas del Mar.
O booked transport from Cancun to Holbox ferry ahead of time. We bought ferry tickets upon arrival.
After making it to the hotel in Holbox (and room with a private hot tub!) we spent each day about the same: breakfast, pool, explore sand bars/beaches/island and nightly private hot tub.
One afternoon we ventured out at low tide and walked the sand bars towards the bird sanctuary, however by the time we started heading home before supper, high tide started coming in. We definitely had an adventure! The three of us, with the backpack over Orlando’s head, and me helping our seven-year old in the deeper parts for him, made it back to the coast, where we considered how likely we would find salt-water crocodiles living in the mangrove forests. Thankfully, a few other groups were ahead of us, and we all made it back to the main part of the island. Orlando swore he stepped on something that tried to bite his swim shoe. He later told me that story once we were safely back at the resort…
We left Holbox via ferry and private car, where we stayed one night in Cancun before our flight. We had so much fun jumping waves. A different type of beach entirely from the quiet shallow shore of Holbox, but it was fun! Pictures below:
Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed our little island adventure together!