If you’re the type of Tulum hotel visitor who prefers extraordinary adventures over simply lying on the beach all day, Whale Shark Season 2014 is for you!

Roughly beginning in May and ending in September (with July and August being the most active months), giant whale sharks begin migrating from all over the world to swim in the warm, clear waters of the Mexican Caribbean Sea.

Ask about typical Mexican souvenirs, and most tourists would mention things like tequila, sombreros, blankets, and some of the brightly painted, mass-produced trinkets like skulls or maracas. While these items and more are popular and widely-available in the Riviera Maya, a discerning traveler to Tulum Hotels might prefer to take home a souvenir unique to the Yucatan peninsula and not something trucked from halfway across Mexico.

Here’s a short list of unique souvenirs that are all made or produced in this area:

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One of the Riviera Maya‘s most exciting natural events has begun–the annual Sea Turtle Nesting Season. Beginning each year around mid-April and stretching into around early November, adult female sea turtles, primarily Loggerheads (Caretta caretta and Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas), make their way to the area’s beaches to dig nests and lay up to 150 eggs twice each season. Approximately 2 months later, these baby turtles hatch and instinctively head toward the sea with moonlight as their guide.

Visitors to Tulum hotels in May have a wonderful opportunity to witness one of the Riviera Maya‘s most unique spectacles: Xcaret park‘s annual Gran Travesia Sagrada Maya, or Great Sacred Mayan Journey, held this year from May 22-24. This awe-inspiring event pays homage to a tradition of the ancient Maya, who yearly braved the ocean in dugout canoes, crossing from the mainland to the Island of Cozumel to worship the goddess Ixchel.

Travel industry media in the last handful of years has liberally bandied about the term “sustainable tourism,” but what does this phrase actually mean to the average tourist to Tulum hotels? Also known as “responsible tourism,” sustainable tourism is tourism which reduces negative social, economic, and environmental impact on the areas visited. This fosters not only responsible economic growth and care for the locals, but also provides more meaningful experiences for tourists who can better understand cultural and environmental concerns.

Visitors to Tulum hotels find Tulum and the Riviera Maya to be the perfect place to take a family vacation. At Cabanas Tulum, we’re committed to providing the perfect retreat for your family, so you’ll return to your “real life” relaxed, refreshed, and energized to face anew the hectic demands of modern life.

Once a hippie backpacker’s paradise of sand floor cabanas and simple eats, Tulum’s Hotel Zonehas rapidly evolved into a world-class, eco-chic vacation destination that honors its roots while boasting upscale, yet comfortable accommodations and inspired culinary offerings that could please the most discriminating of palates. Tulum hotel guests have a wide variety of top-notch restaurants to choose from along the beach road, from sushi to pizza, to Pad Thai, and more.

South of the Cabanas Tulum Hotel lies one of Mexico’s greatest natural treasures. Along the southeastern edge of the Yucatan peninsula, where the Riviera Maya empties into the sea, is an explosion natural beauty.

The Mayans honored the area’s beauty by naming it Sian Ka’an, which means “Origin of the Sky.” In 1986 the Mexican government set aside over 5,000 square kilometers of the coastline and surrounding wetland were as a biosphere reserve.

Many Mayan beliefs have survived to the present day right here, near the Cabanas Tulum Hotel. Spirituality has come to fill the air around Tulum, Mexico. You will find activities focused on healing the body and soul, including yoga, spas, holistic workshops, and practices native to the Riviera Maya.

Mayan beliefs approached spirituality and healing together. Today it’s no surprise that people come from around the world to experience the ceremonies of traditional healers,

Located about 75 miles to the south of Cancun, lies the mostly untouched stretch of beach land that is Tulum, Mexico. Fortunately, here is an area that tourist property developers have not spoilt. Instead, the beachfront is lined up by beach clubs and cabanas. As you walk along the beach, you cannot resist the urge to step into one of these clubs for a bite or a drink.