First International Cultural Festival in Mahahual

While New York is covered under a big pack of snow, here in Yucatan peninsula its getting warmer every day..Thermometro indicated this morning already 80F.

@ Mahahual everybody is now warming up for the first International Cultural Festival Mahahual Cruzando Fronteras to take place at our beautiful beaches.
From february 18 until february 24 the streets and beaches of Mahahual will be the scenary of lots of music, dance, movies, theatre, documentaries and much more during this festival celebrating Italian and Mexican heritage. There will be more than a 100 Mexican and Italian artist present, among others writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II, script writer and filmmaker Guillermo Arriaga, writer and translater Pino Cacucci, musician Vladimiro Cantaluppi, illustrator Chiara Carrer, editor Paula Chaurand,  cinedocumentalist Luis Lupone, writer Élmer Mendoza and compay Salt Imbanqui México.

Like Mahahual is profiling itself more and more as an eco touristic destination, there will also be attention during the festival for the environment, preservation and sustainable tourism.. On saturday february 23, a huge clean up day of the beaches of Mahahual has been planned. Because of ocean currents, coming from different continents, everyday plastic sacks, bottles, cans, etc wash up on the beautiful beaches of Mahahual. This has become a big problem, threatening the flora and fauna forming part of the fragile eco system of the reef, stretching in front of Costa Maya. Like last year, Sustenta year will help to get rid of the tons of floating plastic. Everybody who wants to help is welcome ! At the end of the day there will be a forum called "Mahahual Ecotouristic Village".

You can stay up to date about the festival on their FB page. At Maya Luna we still have a bungalow available, and we are even offering a 15 discount during the festival week, in order to promote this very special first time event.

New managers

As promised I would introduce our new management at Maya Luna. For the past 2 months Andrea and Tim have been doing a great job managing Maya Luna. Andrea studied anthropology and is specialized in the Mayan culture. At this moment she is setting up personalized tours to take Maya Luna guest to, among others, the Maya ruins near Mahahual. We are also working on a special project for parents with children; we will keep you posted on this. Tim is an excellent cook and you will love the dishes that he added to our menu. Of course he continues to prepare our famous stuffed pineapple.

Our bungalows look fantastic and the small palapas with hammocks on the beach  are more inviting than ever. Tim took some fantastic photos of the enormous amount of birds, especially pelicans, for the past month daily visitors of Maya Luna. 
Rio Bermejo, where the water of the mangrove swamps mixes with the seawater, turned into a paradise for birdwatchers, I could not take my eyes off of the huge amount of birds… and all this just a 5 minute walk of Maya Luna.
For those who want to escape the cold and snow...watch our website and FB page, we will soon offer a very special discount! stay tuned ;-)