Top-down view of palm trees and thatched umbrellas on a white beach meeting turquoise surf

Explore Our Islands

Snorkel reef walls off Cozumel, swim beside whale sharks near Holbox, and fall asleep to a bird island's quiet. Four Caribbean islands, one slow loop.

Four islands

Pick a shore, we'll plan the crossing.

Aerial view of the narrow tip of an island with low white hotels, palms and a jetty in mint-green shallows

IslaMujeres

Just a short ferry from Cancún, Isla Mujeres is barely seven kilometres long, easy to cross end to end by golf cart.

Snorkel the underwater sculpture museum off its shore, then watch the sun drop from Punta Sur at its southern tip.

  • Snorkelling
  • Underwater museum
  • Golf-cart rental
  • Seafood shacks
  • Sunset points
  • Boutique stays
Best months
December to April
Getting there
Ferry from Cancún, about 20 min
Plan Mujeres
A rustic wooden pier leading to a thatched palapa over calm turquoise shallows under big white clouds

IslaHolbox

Northwest of Cancún, Holbox is around 42 km long and car-free, separated from the mainland by a shallow lagoon full of flamingos and pelicans.

In summer, boats head out to swim alongside the whale sharks that feed off its coast.

  • Whale sharks
  • Flamingo lagoon
  • Golf-cart rental
  • Beach bars
  • Seafood shacks
  • Boutique stays
Best months
June to September for whale sharks
Getting there
Ferry from Chiquilá, about 25 min
Plan Holbox
Half-underwater view of a clear coral reef beneath a calm blue sky and a distant green coastline

IslaCozumel

Cozumel's west coast drops away into reef walls of sea fans and brain coral, protected as a national marine park.

Drift-snorkel the shallows in the morning, then ride the quiet east coast road in the afternoon.

  • Reef diving
  • Snorkelling
  • Boat trips
  • Seafood shacks
  • Beach bars
  • Boutique stays
Best months
November to April
Getting there
Ferry from Playa del Carmen, about 45 min
Plan Cozumel
Frigatebirds circling over a mangrove-covered island and an untouched curve of white beach

IslaContoy

Contoy is a national park and seabird sanctuary. Only a small number of visitors are allowed each day, arriving by licensed boat.

Frigatebirds and pelicans nest in the mangroves while you walk an empty beach and snorkel on the way back.

  • Bird sanctuary
  • Boat trips
  • Snorkelling
  • Protected park
  • Sunset points
  • Seafood shacks
Best months
November to May
Getting there
Licensed day trip from Isla Mujeres or Cancún
Plan Contoy

Sample journeys

Three ways to hop.

Every trip is planned around you. These are starting points, not packages.

  • A golf cart on a sandy lane between brightly painted houses and bougainvillea
    3 days

    Mujeres, slowly

    Cancún → Isla Mujeres

    Golf-cart lanes, the sculpture reef and long lunches at the water's edge.

    from US$890 pp

  • Pink flamingos wading in a calm, shallow lagoon with mangroves on the horizon
    5 days

    Holbox and the lagoon

    Chiquilá → Holbox → Contoy

    Flamingo mornings, whale-shark season and a day on a bird island.

    from US$1,490 pp

  • A white catamaran under sail over vivid turquoise water near a palm-covered island
    7 days

    The full hop

    Cozumel → Mujeres → Contoy → Holbox

    All four islands by ferry and catamaran, with nothing rushed.

    from US$2,690 pp

When to go

Read the sea like a calendar.

Rough guide only. Wildlife and weather shift year to year, so we confirm the details when we plan.

  • Whale sharks off Holbox: June to September
  • Flamingos in Holbox lagoon: April to October
  • Dry, calm-sea season: December to April
  • Sargassum seaweed risk: April to August
  • Hurricane season: June to November

Enquire

Tell us your island.

Share a rough plan and we'll come back within two working days with a route, stays and a price.

A white hammock strung between leaning palms over a shallow turquoise beach at golden hour

Which islands?

Plan my trip