What’s on in the Riviera Maya this May?

Whether it beryllium battling elephantine billfish oregon learning however to gully similar Da Vinci, there’s a batch going connected successful the Riviera Maya this May. There’s the Sacred Maya pilgrimage, implicit 10 hours canoeing crossed the strait from Xcaret to Cozumel successful grant of the goddess Ixchel, positive golfing, soundless discos and more. 

Eat and portion done Cinco de Mayo astatine The Viceroy

(Viceroy Hotels and Resorts)

Celebrate and observe Mexico done mole this Cinco de Mayo at The Viceroy Riviera Maya resort, hosting a bid of eating and drinking experiences implicit the month’s archetypal play astatine its La Marea and Coral restaurants that culminate successful poolside cocktails connected May 5. Something a small antithetic for meal by exploring the antithetic regions of Mexico done their mole from May 2 done 5, oregon bask superb thoroughfare foods accompanied by the dependable of accepted mariachis connected May 3.  

Date: May 2-5
Location: Viceroy Rivera Maya, Playa Xcalacoco Frac. 7, Playa del Carmen
Cost: Email [email protected] to reserve your spot 

Shenaniganz Karaoke

(Munchy’s Sports Bar)

Sing up a tempest and find your interior rockstar, if you’re game! I’ve ever wanted to effort karaoke but ne'er recovered the courage. Good happening this one’s held astatine Munchy’s Sports Bar, truthful the barroom is unfastened and providing encouragement. Grab your friends and a cocktail oregon 2 if needed, and person a amusive nighttime retired belting retired your favorites connected stage.

Date: May 7, 7p.m.-10 p.m.
Location: Munchy’s Sports Bar, Puerto Adventuras
Cost: Free

End the week with seaside salsa successful Tulum

(Tulum Salsa Academy)

For me, this is simply a cleanable mode to upwind down the weekend. Sway your hips to immoderate salsa astatine a beauteous formation determination with teachers from the Tulum Salsa Academy, past enactment for meal and a cocktail astatine Lula Hotel Tulum to ticker the sunset implicit the Caribbean, followed by a twilight formation walk.

Date: 11 May, 4:30p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Location: Lula Hotel Tulum
Cost: 432 pesos

Full satellite soundless disco successful Puerto Morelos

(Tucker Joenz/Unsplash)

Three DJs, 3 vibes, one unforgettable night. Receive your wireless headphones on with a invited cocktail upon accomplishment to groove the nighttime distant to house, hep hop and Latin music, soaking up afloat satellite vigor arsenic you dance. Switch betwixt DJs, channels and euphony styles and suffer yourself to the music. As they say, “It’s going to beryllium weird, wild, and wonderful. Don’t conscionable perceive astir it — perceive it for yourself.”

Date: May 12, 9 p.m.-11 p.m.
Location: La Sirena, Jose Maria Morelos Mz 4, Puerto Morelos
Cost: 350 pesos, get your tickets here

Draw a unrecorded exemplary successful Cozumel

(Galo Art Studio/Facebook)

Ever dreamed of drafting similar Da Vinci? Well, here’s your chance. Join Galo Art Studio for a drawing with unrecorded exemplary session. Run by nonrecreational artists and assemblage owners, they supply the unrecorded model, instruction, and materials. All you bash is person fun, unbend and unleash your interior creativity. Who knows, you whitethorn beryllium a Michelangelo! 

Date: May 16 astatine 6 p.m.
Location: Galo Art Studio, 5 Calle #691, San Miguel de Cozumel.
Cost: 500 pesos

Cozumel’s 54th International Billfish Tournament

(Cozumel International Billfish Tournament/Facebook)

Also known arsenic the Mexican Boat Rodeo, this yearly lawsuit draws anglers from each implicit the world, who conflict billfish similar bluish marlin and sailfish earlier releasing them backmost into the large blue. It’s sustainable sportfishing practices astatine its champion with a beardown absorption connected assemblage and biology awareness. This twelvemonth is promised to beryllium spectacular connected and disconnected the h2o for skippers, fishermen and spectators alike. 

Date: May 16-18
Location: Cozumel Island
Price: Register here, prices from 5,000 pesos per boat

Sacred Maya Journey astatine Xcaret and Isla Mujeres

(Grupo Xcaret)

For hundreds of years earlier colonization, Maya radical successful what is present Quintana Roo made pilgrimages to Cozumel successful canoes to venerate the Ixchel, goddess of fertility, the moon, tides, medicine and childbirth. Banned by the Spanish, a reenactment of this contented has been staged by Grupo Xcaret since 2007.

Setting retired from what is present the cove country of Xcaret, but erstwhile the Maya larboard of Polé, courageous canoists paddle tirelessly for hours to bring the goddess offerings and execute purification ceremonies. If your involvement is piqued by the journey, support an oculus retired for the telephone to registration for 2026 aboriginal this year.

Date: 16-17 May
Location: Xcaret Park connected the mainland, and Chankanaab Park connected Cozumel.
Cost: Entry to Xcaret US $113 with afloat entree to the full park. Entry to Chankanaab: US $29 adults, $20 children, residents with a parks card, free. 

Love Golf? 

(Mayakoba)

Love play but don’t privation to play? Here’s a accidental to get successful connected the enactment of the LPGA Tournament. Join the Rotary Club of Tulum and take your displacement to unpaid astatine a Greg Norman-designed course. Food’s supplied, on with a headdress and shirt.  

Date: 22-25 May
Location: El Camáleon Golf Course, Mayakoba
Cost: Free. Sign up here. 

Cenote tour

(Bel Woodhouse)

Dive into crystal wide waters and immerse yourself successful nature. This free tour with experienced guides shows the quality of Tulum’s cenotes. All are invited from archetypal timers to experienced explorers. It fills up accelerated truthful publication quickly, and don’t hide your chapeau and h2o bottle. 

Date: 26 May, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Location: Tulum
Cost: Free