We visited Xel-ha, "the worlds largest natural aquarium." The brochure says "snorkel close to hundreds of fish in the most spectacular inlet of the Mexican Carribean." This reef is supposed to be second in the world to the Great Barrier Reef. It is beautiful and large but where are all the fish?
I think it's my fault, my expectations were too high, it is a theme park after all. The word natural and comparisons the Great Barrier Reed fooled me, I feel so used.
Im not sure how large the inlet is but in this space I saw 1 Queen Parrot Fish, some doctor fish and I think I saw a yellow tail snapper and lots of bums poking out of the water. Snorkeling Xel-Ha was like a giant game of heads down bums up.
Other than snorkelling we took a walk around the park. For a fee you can swim with dolphins and Manatee, although I'm not sure what is natural about keeping them cooped up in small spaces but everyone seemed to enjoy it.
There are cenotes and caves to go swimming in but we opted to float down the river on inner tubes.
My favourite part of the day was watching Lach ditch his inner tube to climb the "cliff of courage", which was about 5 metres high, to show off his running man/jumping skills to a couple a Americans who were scared to jump. Only to climb back up yelling to me
"Should I do the running man or the genie this time?"
I kept floating.
Xel- Ha was all inclusive, all you can eat buffet (which was amazing) from 5 different restaurants, including dessert! and all you can drink Pina Coladas. I did not need dinner that night.
Pina Coladas in Bio degradable cups.
After spending most of the day laughing and shaking my head at American tourists, I was later faced head on with an Iguana. It ran straight for me. I screamed and I was the one being laughed at.
See how scary it looks!
My camera is broken, so all photo's are stolen from Lachie.
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