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Cozumel Certified Scuba Diving
Come practice certified scuba diving in the second largest coral reef in the world ...
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Cozumel Reef Snorkel
Enjoy the thrill of snorkeling in the gorgeous coral reefs you will find in Cozumel. Cozumel Reef Snorkel is an unparallel adventure!
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Cozumel Snorkel "Aquaworld"
Enjoy a fabulous coral reef snorkel tour with the amazing Cozumel Snorkel program offered by Aquaworld
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Jeep Adventure
Amazing landscapes of jungle and ocean! One of the most complete and interesting tours that this beautiful island offers its visitors
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Golf Club Cozumel Country Club
Created to provide a first-class golf test for players of any skill levels, Cozumel Country Club offers a challenging experience to the serious golfer and allows an enjoyable surrounding for the not so serious one
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Cozumel
was a well-known diving spot before Cancún ever existed, and it has ranked
for years among the top five dive destinations in the world.
Tall reefs line the southwest coast, creating towering walls
that offer divers a fairy-tale landscape to explore.
For nondivers, it has the beautiful water of the Caribbean with all the accompanying watersports and seaside activities.
What's more, Cozumel has the feel of a small island--short roads that don't go very far, lots of mopeds, few buses and trucks,
and a sense of isolation. The island is 45km (28 miles) long and 18km (11 miles) wide, and is 19km (12 miles) from the mainland.
Most of the terrain is flat, undisturbed scrubland. The name comes from the Maya word Cuzamil, meaning "land of the swallows."
Today, it remains the home of two species of birds found nowhere else: the Cozumel vireo and the Cozumel thrasher.
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Cozumel: The World's second largest Reef wall
The only town on the island is San Miguel, which, despite the growth of the last 20 years, can't be called anything more than a small town.
It's not particularly attractive, but the place and its inhabitants are agreeable--on Sunday evenings, everybody congregates around the plaza
to be sociable and have a good time. Staying in town can be fun and convenient. You get a choice of a number of restaurants and nightspots.
Because Cozumel enjoys such popularity with the cruise ships, the waterfront section of town is wall-to-wall jewelry stores (many more than
you would think demand could support) and souvenir shops. This and the area around the town's main square are as far as most cruise ship passengers
venture into town. Elsewhere you find mainly offices, restaurants, small hotels, and dive shops.
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Things to do also in Cozumel and the mainland:
Playa del Carmen and
the mainland are a convenient 25-to-45-minute ferry ride away,
weather permitting. Some travel agencies on the island can
set you up with a tour of the major ruins on the mainland,
such as Tulum or
Chichén-Itzá,
or a visit to a nature park such as Xel-Ha
or Xcaret. The island
has its own ruins, but they cannot compare with the major
cities of the mainland.
During pre-Hispanic times, Maya women traveled by boat to the island to worship the goddess
of fertility, Ixchel. More than 40 sites containing shrines remain around the island,
and archaeologists still uncover the small dolls customarily offered in the fertility ceremony.
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