El Cuyo, Mexico

 Towards the end of our time in Mexico this year we decided to take a few days to visit the small beach town called El Cuyo. Getting there required a long travel day but it was worth the trip…

We took the AutoProgreso bus to Merida Centro, walked about 15 minutes to the Noreste bus terminal to get a bus to Tizimin which took us about 2 and a half hours. It was an interesting drive as the landscape was full of farms and cattle ranches….

Lots of irrigation systems….

This statue was at the beginning of Tizimin showing the white bulls they raise here.

We saw lots of working ranches along the way…

When we arrived at the bus station in Tizimin we waited an hour and then took the bus to El Cuyo. We saw a couple of more tourists on the bus headed that way as well, but mostly locals. 

And of course a place to say a prayer while waiting for the bus! 

We stayed at a small family run hotel very close to the beach, no high rises here but we did notice lots of construction around town. Here is an aerial view from our hotel’s website. It is called Al Muzenkab.

Here you can see that the little town is quite tropical with a beautiful beach.

The hotel had a nice pool to cool off later in the day after being at the beach which offers very little shade…

Here are some photos of El Cuyo beach…

This little guy was cooling off in the water as well…

It’s family time under the pier, lots of families enjoying the beach. 

El Cuyo is also known as a great place to kite surf when the winds pick up in the afternoon…

Overall, El Cuyo reminded us of Caye Caulker in Belize. It definitely has a beachy feel with lots of colourful houses and street art…

The town is not very big so easy to walk from one end to the other. Since it is a fishing village the boats are moored in the marina which is at the west end of the town…

Drying fish skins…

Another thing we liked about El Cuyo were all the neat places to eat…

This Argentinian  food truck was very popular…

A great place for breakfast…

Long time since I had yellow curry and it was delicious! 

Don’s Mexican breakfast… 

A place to sit while waiting for your table…

More examples of the street art which is all over town…

The church in the town square…

A typical street scene, most roads are sandy…

If you are looking for a laid back place to visit and unwind then El Cuyo should be on your list. We really enjoyed the slow pace of life here and will definitely look to return another year and stay a bit longer. I checked out the bus schedules from Cancun and it looks like a doable trip from there to El Cuyo so maybe our first stop next season.