Palancar Beach and Snorkeling
Amy Beasly

Cozumel also had tendering, but they didn’t offer the early tendering without a ticket, which was a bummer. We did manage to get on one of the first tenders into the island, but it still took about 1 hour to go through the process, kind of a chaotic, unorganized process with a rush of people trying to get downstairs to the tender. The nice thing on this tender was that they had a rental car representative (Executive Car Rental) on the tender, so we were able to make our rental car arrangements before we got to the island. This worked well for us since we knew that we wanted to rent a car and drive around ourselves. We got a 7 passenger van for $75. We were able to drive to the beach, after stopping at numerous beaches and reviewing their options, we decided on (Playa Palancar) which I would highly recommend. You could use the chairs, restrooms, etc. for no charge. The food there was VERY good (beef tacos ($6.50) were made from steak, not hamburger), my husband and our friend each ordered a different kind of fish ($11 each), and they were excellent! Pop (or Soda, for the Southerners) was a little more expensive, $2/can. We played volleyball (free), the net was very worn, and we had to draw our own boundaries in the sand, but we had fun and got some exercise. They had snorkel equipment there for $10, or they’d take you out in a boat for $14, we didn’t go because we ran out of time, but I really wish we had. We talked with a guy who went and he said it was beautiful snorkeling, he highly recommended it. After the beach we drove around the island, it’s amazing how undeveloped it really is! It’s a pretty drive up the coast, rustic and rocky.

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