Isla Holbox
Beach Isla holbox
A little uncontaminated tropical paradise, a natural reserve of the Yucatan coasts with an emerald lagoon.
Holbox, an island known for its beautiful beaches, hides many mysterious histories about one of the most mystic Civilizations known to men, The Mayans.
Historically this island was home to a part of this civilization. They gave the name “Black Hole“. Probably for the internal lagoon and its dark waters which is located on the south side of the island.
At the end of the ninth century, the Mayans of classic period, even with their sophisticated and high technologic level, mysteriously disappeared.
From the Mayan period up to 1873, there is no history known of the inhabitants of the island. In 1873 the first known new inhabitants of ISLA HOLBOX arrived, for the majority Hispanic, creating the new community called “Villa de Holbox” (HOLBOX VILLAGE).
The creation of villages used the natural resources as a base of the local economies, one of that was the flourishing fishing.
Up to today the island is still using the fishing industries as there biggest economic resource, slowly but determined converting the industrial fishing to turistic fishing tours and other turistic activities. With the warm welcome of the local people, the untouched nature, and the freedom you feel when entering the island is not comparable to any other turistical destination. Therefore holbox is still one of the few places were peoples find there internal peace and were there dreams come true.