• By colective boat with scheduled departures: Chiquila - Holbox: 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17 and 19 hours. Holbox - Chiquila: 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16 and 18 hours.
• Or by always available small boats, which can take you direct to the Hotel (About $30 USD /boat).

Some Facts:

• No shoes, no shirts, no problem.
• Delicious sea food including lobster, conch and octopus.
• Best white sandy beaches of the region.
• Few phones, cars and PCs but lots of sea shells and flamingos.
• Dolphins in their own environment.
• Oasis for birdwatchers and nature lovers.
• Great fly fiching: Tarpon, Snooks.
• No post office, no homeless, and two napping police officers.

HOLBOX was inhabited by the mayas long before the first spanish arrived in the early XVI century.
Later on even english woodcutters and pirates based their operations on this island, seeking for a secure hideaway, reliable food supplies and fresh water from the Yalahau well.
Surprisingly, white settlers were not bodered during the long uprising of the mayas (1847 - 1901) who took control over most of the Yucatan Peninsula, leaving Holbox, Isla Mujeres and Cozumel unharmed.

Late last century the village was relocated a few miles NE after a devasteting Hurricane. Although Holboxeans enjoyed for a while good profits from their coconut plantations, they developed during the last decades a growing fishing activity due to the richness of the sorrounding sea.
None the less, their small tourism infrastrucure and their relaxed lifestyle will offer you some unforgetable vacations.

EXPERIENCE THE UNIQUE NATURAL BEAUTY OF HOLBOX!