Punta
Allen, is a hotel zone of Tulum. An ideal site for the
ecological tourism, because colonies of herons, crocodiles
can there admire themselves and manatíes, in
addition to the flora of one of the greatest reserves
of the world. The landscape of the zone offers aquatic
jungle and sea, ecology and sports like the Kayac and
the Esnórquel, in a world protected throughout
almost 100 Kms of reefs in the coast of the reserve
Sian Ka´an.
Punta Allen is a small community of hardly 300 inhabitants,
located in the Mayan Riviera, to 180 kilometers of Cancún.
It is a privileged site, because an is nailed in the
middle of the wonderful Reserve of the Biosphere of
Sian Ka and is one of the zones that were not affected
by the hurricane Wilma. Miraculously, the natural beauty
with which was equipped east site, one is intact.
The
place counts on at least 12 sites of lodging, of ecological
cabins, constructed of wood and guano, with all the
services, in a rustic and natural style. Between the
varied international subjects of gossip and drinks that
offer the four restaurants that take care of the tourism
is the lobster in all their presentations, because there
same they capture it, because it is the main productive
activity of that the villagers maintain themselves,
simple and hospitable people. Because it lacks electrical
energy, for being a protected site, works with solar
energy and the starred nights almost feel like for lunada
or a nocturnal stroll by the calm beach, observing an
illuminated sky. He is ideal to develop all type of
tours, mainly those with expedition character and adventure,
by the variety of flora and fauna on which it counts.
And that to say of the sport fishing, that is all a
tradition in this town. In addition to a bay, beach
and lagoon, within the 527 thousand 147 hectares, of
which an consists the Reserve of the Biosphere of Sian
Ka, also can be enjoyed natural wells and underground
rivers
The
Reserve of the Biosphere of Sian Ka'an, is located in
the central part of Quintana Roo. Its name comes from
the Mayan “ziyan caán”, that it means
“the sky birth”. This reserve got up to
the list of zones considered like Patrimony of the Humanity
the 20 of January of 1986, and in 1987 it was including
in the list of sites that conform the World-wide Patrimony
by UNESCO.
How to arrive: Highway
307, entering by the hotel zone of Tulum.