Cozumel Island

Cozumel is an island and municipality in the

Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of
Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, opposite Playa
del Carmen, and close to the Yucatan
Channel. The municipality is part of the state
of Quintana Roo, Mexico.

The island is located in the Caribbean Sea

along the eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula about 82 kilometers south of
Cancun and 19 kilometers from the mainland. The island is about 48 kilometers long
and 16 kilometers wide.

Cozumel is Mexico's largest Caribbean island, largest permanently inhabited island,

and Mexico's third-largest island, following Tiburon Island and Isla Angel de la
Guarda. It is the place in Mexico to receive the first sunrays. This system of
Mesoamerican reefs spans over 22 kilometers, extended in white beaches that
frame it. but they are not the only thing that will
make you love the island.

Thanks to its great marine biodiversity, it is

considered an ideal place to practice diving.
The great reef banks that form live underwater
gardens are home to a rich and varied marine
fauna.

Apart from offering spectacular, dreamy

landscapes, it has a wide variety of ecotourism
activities such as zip wires, rappelling,
kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, swimming
with dolphins, snorkeling, fishing, golf,
motorcycle rides, bicycles, canoes and kayaks.

Diana Bretado
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