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Garrafón’s
gaily decorated Caribbean-Mexican style main building is in the heart of
the Park, covering an area about 50,000 sq. ft.. Indoor facilities
include restaurants, shops, rental and water sports kiosk (snorkeling,
scuba, snuba, etc.), photo shop, showers, lockers, air-conditioned
bathrooms, first-aid station and offices. Outdoor areas feature
ticket booths, ramps and trails, lookouts and terraces, landscaped
gardens with hammocks and loungers, pool, snack bar, docks, roped off
area for water activities, and a path leading to Punta Sur.
Park
Hours
We are open 365 days a year from 9:00 to 18:00 hrs.
Amenities:
- Lockers: 270 lockers are available for visitors to
store their valuables.
- Towels: towel rental service is available in the locker area.
- Showers: located in the locker area.
- Bathrooms: one station is in the locker area, and the other
offering outdoor showers is located between the pool and Hammock Garden.
- First-aid Station: our infirmary is fully equipped to handle
minor medical emergencies.
- Information Booths: located at the entrance to the Park, in the
lobby area and in downtown Isla Mujeres.
- Other services: docking area, parking, stroller rentals, free
guided tours of Punta Sur and downtown Isla Mujeres, food and beverage
service available around the pool.
Groups
and Conventions
The Park
offers service for banquets, special events, weddings and conventions.
We can decorate our beautiful garden area for up to 550 people who will
be pleasantly surprised at the uniqueness of their surroundings and the
spectacular scenery.
Tamarindos
Restaurant with its excellent service and the capacity to seat 250
people represents a good option for smaller gatherings.
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one
of the favorite park activities. If you are not familiar with
snorkeling, our experienced aqua guides can quickly teach you
the basics and take you on a tour to some of the most wonderful
corners of the reef. You don’t even have to know how to swim,
just put on a life jacket and with the help of your fins mask
and a breathing tube you can safely glide along looking at all
the fish.
This
is a relatively new sport that combines scuba and snorkeling.
Air is supplied underwater by means of a flexible tube
connected to a plastic bag enabling swimmers to enjoy the
underwater experience for longer periods of time without air
tanks. All our guides are certified dive masters. They swim with
you at all times while you experience the incomparable sensation
of near weightlessness as you move along freely underwater
surrounded by an infinity of colorful tropical fish.
Just
like taking an underwater stroll! Compressed air is fed
into a diving helmet allowing you to breathe and walk freely
along the ocean floor within a distance of 25 feet and at a
maximum depth of 13 feet.
Experience
the thrilling sensation of flying over Isla Mujeres’s cliffs. Unique
in the Cancun area. adapted for recreational purposes and is
part of the Garrafón Park adventure. Takeoff is from the
top of 42 foot tower built on the highest part of the Park which
gives a combined vertical height of almost 100 feet above sea
level.
Garrafón
Park also offers kayaks to its visitors. We have single
and two- passenger kayaks on which you can explore the reef from
above safely inside park limits. Of course this activity
is always subject to ocean conditions.
Relax
on handmade white silk hammocks dangling between tall palm trees
surrounded by lush vegetation. Or if you prefer, stretch out on
a lounger or on a towel in the sun to recharge your body and
soul.
Punta
Sur can be reached using a scenic route called the Cheneques
Trail. You can also catch the Garrafón Park bus to Punta Sur,
one of our guides will describe the area’s attractions on the
way. The south point is a massive natural rock formation that
rises up from the reef offering a marvelous view of the
Caribbean Ocean. From here visitors can also look through the
Cave of the Blue Eye, a rock formation pierced by erosion where
observers can focus on the pounding force of the open sea and
the coral filled waters of the Bay at the same time.
Garrafón
Park’s Punta Sur recently hosted the First International
Sculpture Exhibition in which artists from around the world and
the Sebastian Foundation donated examples of their work to Isla
Mujeres. The exhibition took place on Dec. 8, 2001 with
distinguished sculptors such as Jose Luis Cuevas and the master
himself, Sebastian mingled with tourists, local politicians and
prominent members of the community including the park’s
director Francisco Córdova.
Goddess
I of the codices, she is said to be Goddess of the Moon, Wife of
the Sun and a High Deity of Reproduction. Ixchel was the
greatest Mayan goddess, her numeric and symbolic ascendancy
refers to a variety of sacred nuclei in terrestrial and
celestial orders. 
